Title: National Security Transparency Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
National Security Transparency Act
This bill requires an individual serving as an acting official in certain positions related to national security to periodically appear before Congress. This requirement shall apply to an individual acting as the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, or the Director of National Intelligence. (Individuals serving in these positions must receive Senate confirmation, but the President may appoint without confirmation an acting official to perform the position's duties on a temporary basis.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6002 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6002

To require certain acting national security officials to appear before 
                   Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2020

Ms. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees 
on Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require certain acting national security officials to appear before 
                   Congress, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTING NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL APPEARANCES BEFORE CONGRESS.

    (a) Initial Appearance.--Not later than 60 days after the date that 
a vacancy occurs with respect to any office listed in subsection (b), 
the individual serving as the acting official or performing the duties 
for such office shall appear before the applicable committees of 
Congress set forth in such subsection for such office.
    (b) Offices and Committees of Congress.--
            (1) DOD.--The Secretary of Defense; the Armed Services 
        Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
            (2) DHS.--The Secretary of Homeland Security; the Committee 
        on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate.
            (3) Intelligence offices.--The Director of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security 
        Agency, or the Director of National Intelligence; the Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        Senate.
    (c) Subsequent Appearances.--
            (1) In general.--Forty-five days following the first 
        appearance under subsection (a), and every 45 days thereafter 
        until an individual is confirmed by the Senate to the position 
        with respect to which the acting official pertains, the acting 
        official shall testify, on an alternating basis, before the 
        applicable committees of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate set forth in subsection (b).
            (2) Waiver.--The chair of any such committee may waive the 
        requirement of paragraph (1).
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