Information Security Investment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-940
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

House of Representatives

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Modernization.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Information Security Investment Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill requires each Member of Congress and the President and Vice President to complete a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information.</p> <p>Specifically, (1) the House Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration must issue regulations to require each Member of the House and Senate to complete such training; and (2) the Office of Personnel Management must designate an appropriate federal agency or department to develop and provide to the President and Vice President such training.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 940 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Zinke , and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability , and in addition to the Committee on House Administration , 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 each Member of Congress and the President and Vice President to complete a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Information Security Investment Act of 2023 . 2. Mandatory completion of classified information training for Members of Congress (a) Requirement Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall issue regulations to require each Member of the House of Representatives and each Member of the Senate, respectively, to complete a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information during each Congress. (b) Deadline (1) In general Under the regulations issued by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate under subsection (a) , an individual shall complete the program of training required under such subsection and file a certificate of completion of such training— (A) in the case of an individual who is serving as a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate as of the date of the first day of the first session of a Congress, not later than 90 days after such date; or (B) in the case of any other individual, not later than 90 days after the date the individual first becomes a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate during a Congress. (2) Special rule for first session of One Hundred Eighteenth Congress In the case of the first session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, an individual described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall complete the program of training required under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Member of the House of Representatives defined In this section, the term Member of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. (d) Exercise of rulemaking powers The provisions of this section are enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. 3. Mandatory completion of classified information training for President and Vice President (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall designate an appropriate agency or department of the Federal Government to develop and provide a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information to the President and Vice President. (b) Deadline (1) In general The President and Vice President shall each complete the program of training described in subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date each such individual begins serving a term as President or Vice President, and every two years thereafter while each such individual continues to serve as President or Vice President. (2) Special rule for first training The President and Vice President shall each, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, complete the program of training described in subsection (a) .