To direct the head of each department and agency of the United States to submit annual reports to Congress on the security clearances to individuals by reason of the individuals' affiliation with hate groups, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6359
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-07-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Hate crimes

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Racial and ethnic relations

Religion

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires each federal agency and department to report annually to Congress on the following:</p> <ul> <li>the number of individuals who were denied a security clearance due to an affiliation with a hate group, and </li> <li>the number of individuals who received a security clearance despite an affiliation with a hate group. </li></ul> <p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation must establish and maintain a list of hate groups (i.e., organizations that have beliefs or practices that attack or malign a group of people based on immutable characteristics, including race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity).</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6359 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 12, 2018 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Ms. Wilson of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To direct the head of each department and agency of the United States to submit annual reports to Congress on the security clearances to individuals by reason of the individuals’ affiliation with hate groups, and for other purposes.

1. Reports on security clearances of individuals with hate group affiliation (a) Report required Not later than December 1 of each year, the head of each department and agency of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes— (1) the number of individuals who, during the preceding calendar year, were denied a security clearance by reason of an affiliation with a hate group; and (2) the number of individuals who, during the preceding calendar year, received a security clearance despite an affiliation with a hate group. (b) List of hate groups For purposes of carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish and maintain a list of hate groups, which shall be made available to the head of each department and agency of the United States. (c) Hate group defined In this section, the term hate group means an organization that based on official statements or principles, the statements of its leaders, or its activities has beliefs or practices that attack or malign a group of people based on immutable characteristics, including race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity.