National Security Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-6002
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Congressional oversight

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

Federal officials

National Security Agency
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Security Transparency Act</b></p> <p>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.)</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6002 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 A BILL To require certain acting national security officials to appear before Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Security Transparency Act . 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).