White House Security Clearance Accountability Act

Bill: 116-hr-1604
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2019-03-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Executive Office of the President

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Personnel records

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Subversive activities
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>White House Security Clearance Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the revocation or denial of security clearance for certain individuals and requires a report related to these individuals.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill revokes the security clearance of an individual who is in a position in the Executive Office of the President and (1) who is under investigation by a federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government, or (2) who knowingly fails to disclose any relationship or contact with a foreign national on their security clearance form. It also prohibits the issuance or renewal of security clearance under these circumstances.</p> <p>Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress on any instance since January 20, 2017, in which an individual who is in a position in the Executive Office of the President was granted a security clearance against the recommendation of the White House Security Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other federal agency. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1604 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2019 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , and Mr. Espaillat ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security clearances to any employee of the Executive Office of the President who is under investigation by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals on Standard Form 86, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the White House Security Clearance Accountability Act . 2. Limitation on security clearances for certain Executive Office of the President employees (a) In general Section 3110 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) (1) A security clearance— (A) granted to any covered individual before the date of enactment of this subsection is hereby revoked; and (B) may not be granted or renewed for any covered individual after such date. (2) In this subsection, the term covered individual means any individual occupying a position in the Executive Office of the President— (A) who is under investigation by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government; or (B) who knowingly fails, or knowingly failed, to disclose (on Standard Form 86 or any successor form), to the extent such form requires such disclosure, any relationship or contact with a foreign national. . (b) GAO report Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs describing any instance during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act in which an individual occupying a position in the Executive Office of the President was granted a security clearance despite an unfavorable recommendation from the White House Security Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other Federal agency. Such report shall include the name and position of any such individual and the date the decision was made to grant the clearance.