Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hres-46
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-15
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

Congressional officers and employees

House Committee on Appropriations

House Committee on Armed Services

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

House Committee on Homeland Security

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

House of Representatives

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Legislative rules and procedure

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution creates an exception to the House limit on&nbsp;the number of employees who may hold security clearances within certain Member offices. Specifically, any member of the Armed Forces who holds a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense does not count toward the&nbsp;number of employees of a Member who may hold security clearances issued by the Office of House Security. The exception applies to employees of Members on the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, or Homeland Security; the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; or specified subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations.</p>

tv_txt: IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 46 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2025 Mr. Mills submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

1. Exemption of certain House employees who are members of Armed Forces from allotment of number of employees of Member office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security Rule XXIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 5. (a) If an employee of the office of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner described in paragraph (c) is a member of the armed forces who holds a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, the employee shall not be included in determining the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security. (b) The level of the security clearance of an employee of an office who is described in paragraph (a) may not exceed the lower of— (1) the level of the clearance held by the employee which was issued by the Department of Defense; or (2) the highest clearance level which may be sponsored by the office for its employees. (c) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner described in this paragraph is a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who serves on any of the following Subcommittees or Committees of the House of Representatives: (1) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations. (2) The Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the Committee on Appropriations. (3) The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations. (4) The Committee on Armed Services. (5) The Committee on Foreign Affairs. (6) The Committee on Homeland Security. (7) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. .