Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-s-1276
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Director of National Intelligence
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act - Authorizes funding for the cost of audits, investigations, and oversight activities relating to the revolving fund of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for financing investigations, training, and other OPM functions.
 
Directs OPM to terminate or debar an individual employed or contracted by OPM if OPM determines that the individual was involved in misconduct affecting the integrity of the OPM background investigations program.
 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence to issue guidance to federal departments and agencies on positions requiring a security clearance. 

action_date: 2013-09-25
text: 
Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act - Authorizes funding for the cost of audits, investigations, and oversight activities conducted by the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the OPM revolving fund and functions financed by the fund. Requires OPM to include in its budget an estimate by the OPM Inspector General of the amount required to pay the reasonable expenses (not to exceed .33% of total budgetary authority) to audit, investigate, and perform other oversight activities related to the revolving fund.

action_date: 2013-10-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 25, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act - Authorizes funding for the cost of audits, investigations, and oversight activities conducted by the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the OPM revolving fund and functions financed by the fund. Requires OPM to include in its budget an estimate by the OPM Inspector General of the amount required to pay the reasonable expenses (not to exceed .33% of total budgetary authority) to audit, investigate, and perform other oversight activities related to the revolving fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-10-11
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-10-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-10-10
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-10-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-10-10
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7387; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7387)
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-111. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-111. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate