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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''California Forest
Ecosystems Health Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Ecosystem management plans for National Forest System lands in
California.
Sec. 5. Process for full implementation of ecosystem management plans.
Sec. 6. Research and monitoring program.
Sec. 7. Miscellaneous requirements.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) Although people have had an active part in the
development and maintenance of forest structure and the
condition of the National Forest System lands in the State of
California for many years, recent forest management policies
have often resulted in a degeneration of the forest structure
and a loss of forest health and vigor.
(2) The Forest Service, through the judicious use of
ecosystem management, has an opportunity to reverse these
forest management policies and restore the health and vigor of
National Forest System lands in California.
(3) Ecosystems are dynamic and in a state of constant
change, and it is not possible to preserve a given ecosystem
condition in a static state over a period of time.
(4) The many and varied resources and uses of National
Forest System lands provide both tangible and intangible
benefits to the people of the United States.
(5) Although management of National Forest System lands in
California has traditionally placed first priority on the need
to produce maximum volumes of timber, the other multiple forest
resources and services are equally important to the people of
California and the United States.
(6) Ecosystem management must balance the needs of outdoor
recreation, range, timber, watershed, fish, and wildlife, as
required by the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16
U.S.C. 528 et seq.), as well as protect soil and air quality
and provide for forest research.
(7) National Forest System lands in California include some
of the most unique forest ecosystems in the world, including
giant sequoias, coastal redwoods, and bristlecone pines.
(8) Destructive forest fires classified by the Forest
Service as ''intense'' have occurred in unprecedented numbers
and size on the National Forest System lands in California in
recent years, and these fires pose a threat to the very health
of the forests and present a danger to human life and property.
(9) The Forest Service, through the judicious use of
ecosystem management, has an opportunity to reduce the
likelihood that fires classified as ''intense'' will occur with
such frequency and, at the same time, to improve forest vigor
and visitor safety.
(10) Ecosystem management that considers the needs of all
species and their ability to interact with the presence of
humans can integrate both the conservation needs of the many
species of the ecosystems and the multiple use activities of
humans.
(11) Identification of sound management options is both a
biological issue and a social issue, and the resulting
management policies must be socially acceptable, ecologically
sustainable, scientifically sound, legally responsible, and
economically viable.
(12) The results of management practices in local
ecosystems can have a profound effect on the levels of demand
for commodity outputs from other ecosystems around the world.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Adaptive management.--The term ''adaptive management''
means the experimental and monitored application of
scientifically derived management decisions to gain knowledge
that is then used to improve subsequent management decisions.
(2) Ecosystem.--The term ''ecosystem'' means a community of
organisms and its environment that functions as a unit.
(3) Ecosystem management.--The term ''ecosystem
management'' means the integration of ecological, economic, and
social factors to meet the biological needs of all associated
organisms and human needs through diverse, healthy, and
productive ecosystems, addressing resource supply,
conservation, and demand as opposed to a strategy for managing
individual species.
(4) Ecosystem management plans.--The terms ''ecosystem
management plans'' and ''plans'' mean the ecosystem management
plans for National Forest System lands in the State of
California required to be developed by section 4(a).
(5) National forest system.--The term ''National Forest
System'' has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
(6) Seral stages.--The term ''seral stages'' means the
various age or life stages of a vegetative community as it
progresses from initial establishment toward a climax stage or
equilibrium.
(7) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(8) Stand.--The term ''stand'' means an area within a
forest where the trees have similar characteristics with
respect to species composition, size, condition, and age.
(9) Vigor.--The term ''vigor'', with respect to forest
ecosystems, means the relative health of stands of trees and
related vegetation, including their actual growth rates as
compared with potential growth rates and their ability to
protect themselves naturally from forest pests, diseases, and
the effects of natural disaster.

SEC. 4. ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN
CALIFORNIA.

(a) Plans Required.--Notwithstanding the planning provisions of
section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604), the Secretary of Agriculture shall develop
and implement ecosystem management plans pursuant to this Act to
develop and demonstrate ecosystem management, including adaptive
management techniques, for National Forest System lands described in
subsection (b).
(b) Federal Lands Covered by Plans.--The ecosystem management plans
required by subsection (a) shall apply to all management units of the
National Forest System located in the State of California. In the case
of National Forest System lands in California that have been designated
by law for special management before the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall incorporate into the ecosystem management
plans applicable to those lands any statutory provisions that are in
effect on such date and applicable to those lands.
(c) Principles of Plans.--Ecosystem management plans shall embody
the following principles:
(1) Application of management techniques that will enhance
the health and vigor of the renewable natural resources on the
National Forest System lands covered by the plans and provide
for the continued protection of the soil, air, and water
resources of these lands.
(2) Improvement of the forest ecosystems on these lands
toward desired forest conditions that--
(A) provide a mosaic of forest seral stages--
(i) representing a range of wildlife
habitats necessary to meet the needs of the
species indigenous to the ecosystem being
managed; and
(ii) designed in such a way as to obviate
the need for corridors or special management
areas to meet the needs of given species or
situations;
(B) minimize the danger of stand-destroying
uncontrolled wildfire;
(C) increase or maintain the health and vigor of
stands at a level that will permit the stands to resist
naturally, to the greatest degree practicable, insect
and disease attacks and the effects of other natural
disasters while incorporating the concern that some
level of dead-wood, both standing and down, is
desirable in healthy ecosystems;
(D) maintain the sustainable economic well-being
and stability of communities in areas dependent upon
national forest resources; and
(E) are developed, to the extent possible, with
consideration of the conditions that are known to have
existed on these lands or on similar lands before the
impacts of European settlement.
(3) Concentration of management activities on the condition
of the renewable resources of an ecosystem rather than on
producing targeted outputs, with projected outputs based upon
attainment of specific stand conditions.
(4) Emphasis on tangible management results rather than on
procedural standards and guidelines, but with development of
scientifically credible monitoring standards and guidelines to
assess both short- and long-term management results.
(5) Except for any statutory provisions incorporated under
subsection (b) with respect to specific lands, prohibition on
requiring the allocation or categorization of tracts of land
for specific preselected ecosystem management emphases.
(6) Consideration of the habitat needs of all species
across a broad landscape using management indicator species
whose presence will reflect a suitable amount and distribution
of particular habitat elements, rather than concentrating on
the needs of single species in a limited area.
(7) Application across the entire unreserved land base in
such a manner as to harmonize the various multiple uses.
(8) Incorporation of maximum flexibility in resource
decisionmaking through the use of adaptive management.
(d) Management to Promote Desired Forest Conditions.--
(1) In general.--Ecosystem management under the ecosystem
management plans shall be planned and practiced in a manner
that--
(A) considers the entire landscape in a management
unit of the National Forest System covered by a plan;
and
(B) benefits, to the extent practicable, all
renewable resources and the human resource in or
dependent upon the management unit.
(2) Individual projects.--Individual management projects in
a management unit of the National Forest System covered by the
ecosystem management plans shall be designed to provide
multiresource benefits, promote the desired forest conditions
described in subsection (c)(2), and achieve maximum project
operating efficiency.
(e) Selection of Acres for Ecosystem Management Activities.--
(1) Minimum acres.--Ecosystem management plans shall
specify the minimum number of acres on which ecosystem
management activities will be applied annually in any
management unit of the National Forest System covered by the
plans. Such acreage shall be determined on the basis of the
total number of acres in the management unit, the work to be
performed across the unit as a whole during the plan period,
and the pro rata annual acreage on which ecosystem management
activities must be applied in order to establish and maintain
the desired forest condition during the specified plan period.
(2) Effect of natural disasters.--In case of natural
disasters, such as wildfire, flood, windthrow, insect or
disease attack, a revision of the schedule of acres to be
treated may be granted by the Secretary in order to conduct
restoration and rehabilitation activities on the acres affected
by the natural disaster.
(f) Participation in Development.--To ensure that the ecosystem
management plans are economically, scientifically, and socially
acceptable, the Secretary shall develop the plans through the use of
public involvement programs that emphasize input from residents of
local communities to be affected by the plans. The Secretary shall
continue to consult with all interested persons in evaluating or
modifying the plans.

SEC. 5. PROCESS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANS.

(a) Implementation.--Beginning not later than January 1, 1995, the
Secretary shall begin to implement the ecosystem management plans. The
Secretary shall develop and implement the plans progressively over a
five-year period to ensure full application of all plans not later than
January 1, 2000, to all National Forest System lands described in
section 4(b). Upon implementation of an ecosystem management plan for
any portion of the lands described in such section, the plan shall
replace and supersede any land and resource management plan (or portion
of such a plan) then in effect for such lands.
(b) Yearly Expansion.--During each year of the period specified in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall expand application of the ecosystem
management plans to contiguous areas required to be covered by such
plans, as described in section 4(b). To the extent the Secretary
considers it to be necessary, the Secretary may modify the ecosystem
management plans for each new addition in order to incorporate the
lessons gained from experience. Adaptive management shall be used to
evaluate management decisions and to develop new information to be used
to keep the plans and subsequent management decisions up-to-date.
(c) Modification of Ecosystem Management Plans.--The Secretary
shall modify the ecosystem management plans to incorporate findings
from research, adaptive management projects, or monitoring to the
extent such findings indicate changes in the plans are necessary or
appropriate to achieve the principles described in section 4(c). Before
the end of the first two years of the period specified in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall issue regulations that set forth the process
to be used for any modification of the ecosystem management plans.
(d) Consistency.--Resource plans and permits and other instruments
for the use and occupancy of National Forest System lands covered by an
ecosystem management plan that are executed subsequent to the
implementation date of the plan with respect to such lands shall be
consistent with the plan. If the ecosystem management plan is modified,
resource plans and permits and other instruments that are executed
subsequent to the date of the modification shall be consistent with the
modified plan. Appropriate supplemental documents under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall be
prepared for those resource plans and permits, contracts, and other
instruments in existence upon adoption of the ecosystem management plan
or any modification of the plan. Any revisions in existing resource
plans and permits, contracts, and other instruments shall be consistent
with the supplemental document findings and subject to the agreement of
all contractual parties. Any revision in present or future permits,
contracts, and other instruments made pursuant to this subsection shall
be subject to valid existing rights.

SEC. 6. RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROGRAM.

The Secretary shall describe in detail in the ecosystem management
plans and implement as part of the plans a targeted program of research
and monitoring aimed at measuring the effects of the management regimes
adopted under the plans. The Secretary shall ensure that monitoring is
sufficient to measure the responses of the various resources to
management practices and to provide a basis for adjustments of
subsequent management decisions.

SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Increased Use of Certified Professional Practitioners.--With
respect to National Forest System lands covered by the ecosystem
management plans, the Secretary shall endeavor to increase the amount
of field work to be done by professional practitioners certified by the
Forest Service.
(b) Accountability Procedures.--The Secretary shall develop
accountability procedures to annually measure and inform the Congress
concerning the work (as described in section 4(e)) achieved through the
use of funds appropriated each year for National Forest System lands
covered by the ecosystem management plans. The selection of acres upon
which such work will be performed shall be controlled through the
planning process. The accountability procedures required by this
subsection shall be established and in operation before the end of the
first two years of the period specified in section 5(a) and shall be
designed to ensure the accomplishment of the work in accordance with
plan direction.
(c) Budgetary Considerations.--The Secretary shall develop budgets
for each management unit of the National Forest System covered by
ecosystem management plans on the basis of estimated benefits to the
various resources affected by the ecosystem management activities, and
such budgets will be justified on such basis. The Secretary shall
provide the managers of these units the flexibility to accomplish over-
all objectives within over-all budgets in lieu of requiring and
preparing detailed line-item budgets for each unit of work, except that
accountability procedures developed under subsection (b) shall include
requirements for detailed explanations of expenditures and estimates of
benefits for each resource.
[A]: California Forest Ecosystems Health Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement ecosystem management plans for National Forest System lands in California.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''IP-Enabled Voice Communications and
Public Safety Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SERVICE.

(a) 911 and E-911 Services.--Notwithstanding section 2(b) or any
other provision of the Communications Act of 1934, the Commission shall
prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations
on providers of IP-enabled voice service to ensure that 911 and E-911
services are available to customers to IP-enabled voice service. Such
regulations shall include an appropriate transition period by which to
comply with such requirements or obligations and take into
consideration available industry technological and operational
standards, including network security.
(b) Non-Discriminatory Access to Capabilities.--Each entity with
ownership or control of the necessary emergency services infrastructure
shall provide any requesting IP-enabled voice service provider with
nondiscriminatory access to their equipment, network, databases,
interfaces and any other related capabilities necessary for the
delivery and completion of 911 and E911 calls and information related
to such 911 or E911 calls. Such access shall be consistent with
industry standards established by the National Emergency Number
Association or other applicable industry standards organizations. Such
entity shall provide access to the infrastructure at just and
reasonable, nondiscriminatory rates, terms and conditions. The
telecommunications carrier or other entity shall provide such access to
the infrastructure on a stand-alone basis.
(c) State Authority.--Nothing in this Act, the Communications Act
of 1934, or any Commission regulation or order shall prevent the
imposition on or collection from a provider of voice services,
including IP-enabled voice services, of any fee or charge specifically
designated or presented as dedicated by a State, political subdivision
thereof, or Indian tribe on an equitable, and non-discriminatory basis
for the support of 911 and E-911 services if no portion of the revenue
derived from such fee or charge is obligated or expended for any
purpose other than support of 911 and E-911 services or enhancements of
such services.
(d) Standard.--The Commission may establish regulations imposing
requirements or obligations on providers of voice services, entities
with ownership or control of emergency services infrastructure under
subsections (a) and (b) only to the extent that the Commission
determines such regulations are technologically and operationally
feasible.
(e) Customer Notice.--Prior to the compliance with the rules as
required by subsection (a), a provider of an IP-enabled voice service
that is not capable of providing 911 and E-911 services shall provide a
clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of such services to
each customer at the time of entering into a contract for such service
with that customer.
(f) Voice Service Provider Responsibility.--An IP-enabled voice
service provider shall have the sole responsibility for the proper
design, operation, and function of the 911 and E911 access capabilities
offered to the provider's customers.
(g) Parity of Protection for Provision or Use of IP-Enabled Voice
Service.--
(1) Provider parity.--If a provider of an IP-enabled voice
service offers 911 or E-911 services in compliance with the
rules required by subsection (a), that provider, its officers,
directors, employees, vendors, and agents, shall have immunity
or other protection from liability of a scope and extent that
is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other
protection from liability that any local exchange company, and
its officers directors, employees, vendors, or agents, have
under the applicable Federal and State law (whether through
statute, judicial decision, tariffs filed by such local
exchange company, or otherwise), including in connection with
an act or omission involving the release of subscriber
information related to the emergency calls or emergency
services to a public safety answering point, emergency medical
service provider, or emergency dispatch provider, public
safety, fire service, or law enforcement official, or hospital
emergency or trauma care facility.
(2) User parity.--A person using an IP-enabled voice
service that offers 911 or E-911 services pursuant to this
subsection shall have immunity or other protection from
liability of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope
and extent of immunity or other protection from liability under
applicable law in similar circumstances of a person using 911
or E-911 service that is not provided through an IP-enabled
voice service.
(3) PSAP parity.--In matters related to IP-enabled 911 and
E-911 communications, a PSAP, and its employees, vendors,
agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) shall have
immunity or other protection from liability of a scope and
extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity
or other protection from liability under applicable law
accorded to such PSAP, employees, vendors, agents, and
authorizing government entity, respective, in matters related
to 911 or E-911 communications that are not provided via an IP-
enabled voice service.
(h) Delegation Permitted.--The Commission may, in the regulations
prescribed under this section, provide for the delegation to State
commissions of authority to implement and enforce the requirements of
this section and the regulations thereunder.

SEC. 3. MIGRATION TO IP-ENABLED EMERGENCY NETWORK.

Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Organization Act (as added by section 104 of the ENHANCE
911 Act of 2004) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
''(d) Migration Plan Required.--
''(1) National plan required.--No more than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of the ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004, the
Office shall develop and report to Congress on a national plan
for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network
capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated
emergency communications.
''(2) Contents of plan.--The plan required by paragraph (1)
shall--
''(A) outline the potential benefits of such a
migration;
''(B) identify barriers that must be overcome and
funding mechanisms to address those barriers;
''(C) include a proposed timetable, an outline of
costs and potential savings;
''(D) provide specific legislative language, if
necessary, for achieving the plan; and
''(E) provide recommendations on any legislative
changes, including updating definitions, to facilitate
a national IP-enabled emergency network.
''(3) Consultation.--In developing the plan required by
paragraph (1), the Office shall consult with representatives of
the public safety community, technology and telecommunications
providers, and others it deems appropriate.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

(a) In General.--For purposes of this Act:
(1) 911 and e-911 services.--
(A) 911.--The term ''911'' means a service that
allows a user, by dialing the three-digit code 911, to
call a public safety answering point operated by a
State, local government, Indian tribe, or authorized
entity.
(B) E-911.--The term ''E-911 service'' means a 911
service that automatically delivers the 911 call to the
appropriate public safety answering point, and provides
automatic identification data, including the
originating number of an emergency call, the physical
location of the caller, and the capability for the
public safety answering point to call the user back if
the call is disconnected.
(2) IP-enabled voice service.--The term ''IP-enabled voice
service'' means an IP-enabled service used for real-time 2-way
or multidirectional voice communications offered to a customer
that--
(A) uses North American Numbering Plan administered
telephone numbers, or successor protocol; and
(B) has two-way interconnection or otherwise
exchange traffic with the public switched telephone
network.
(3) Customer.--The term ''customer'' includes a consumer of
goods or services whether for a fee, in exchange for an
explicit benefit, or provided for free.
(4) IP-enabled service.--The term ''IP-enabled service''
means the use of software, hardware, or network equipment that
enable an end user to send or receive a communication over the
public Internet or a private network utilizing Internet
protocol, or any successor protocol, in whole or part, to
connect users--
(A) regardless of whether the communication is
voice, data, video, or other form; and
(B) notwithstanding --
(i) the underlying transmission technology
used to transmit the communications;
(ii) whether the packetizing and
depacketizing of the communications occurs at
the customer premise or network level; or
(iii) the software, hardware, or network
equipment used to connect users.
(5) Public switched telephone network.--The term ''public
switched telephone network'' means any switched common carrier
service that is interconnected with the traditional local
exchange or interexchange switched network.
(6) PSAP.--The term ''public safety answering point'' or
''PSAP'' means a facility that has been designated to receive
911 calls.
(b) Common Terminology.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(a), terms used in this Act have the meanings provided under section 3
of the Communications Act of 1934.
[A]: IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations on providers of IP-enabled voice service (Internet protocol-enabled service for real-time two-way or multidirectional voice communications) to ensure that 911 (emergency) services and E-911 services (services that automatically delivers a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point) are available to customers of IP-enabled voice service. Requires: (1) nondiscriminatory IP provider access to 911 and E-911 services; (2) IP providers to provide to customers a clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of 911 and E-911 services; and (3) IP provider and user immunity in the provision and use of 911 and E-911 services to the same extent as local exchange companies and other persons, respectively.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated emergency communications.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Department of Homeland Security
Clearance Management and Administration Act''.

SEC. 2. SECURITY CLEARANCE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is
amended--
(1) by inserting before section 701 (6 U.S.C. 341) the
following:

''Subtitle A--Headquarters Activities'';

and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

''Subtitle B--Security Clearances

''SEC. 711. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY SENSITIVE AND PUBLIC TRUST
POSITIONS.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary shall require the designation of
the sensitivity level of national security positions (pursuant to part
1400 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar successor
regulation) be conducted in a consistent manner with respect to all
components and offices of the Department, and consistent with Federal
guidelines.
''(b) Implementation.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall require the utilization of uniform designation tools
throughout the Department and provide training to appropriate staff of
the Department on such utilization. Such training shall include
guidance on factors for determining eligibility for access to
classified information and eligibility to hold a national security
position.

''SEC. 712. REVIEW OF POSITION DESIGNATIONS.

''(a) In General.--Not later than July 6, 2017, and every 5 years
thereafter, the Secretary shall review all sensitivity level
designations of national security positions (pursuant to part 1400 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar successor regulation)
at the Department.
''(b) Determination.--If during the course of a review required
under subsection (a), the Secretary determines that a change in the
sensitivity level of a position that affects the need for an individual
to obtain access to classified information is warranted, such access
shall be administratively adjusted and an appropriate level periodic
reinvestigation completed, as necessary.
''(c) Congressional Reporting.--Upon completion of each review
required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall report to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
on the findings of each such review, including the number of positions
by classification level and by component and office of the Department
in which the Secretary made a determination in accordance with
subsection (b) to--
''(1) require access to classified information;
''(2) no longer require access to classified information;
or
''(3) otherwise require a different level of access to
classified information.

''SEC. 713. AUDITS.

''Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Inspector General of the Department shall conduct
regular audits of compliance of the Department with part 1400 of title
5, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar successor regulation.

''SEC. 714. REPORTING.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary shall annually through fiscal year
2021 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report on the following:
''(1) The number of denials, suspensions, revocations, and
appeals of the eligibility for access to classified information
of an individual throughout the Department.
''(2) The date and status or disposition of each reported
action under paragraph (1).
''(3) The identification of the sponsoring entity, whether
by a component, office, or headquarters of the Department, of
each action under paragraph (1), and description of the grounds
for each such action.
''(4) Demographic data, including data relating to race,
sex, national origin, and disability, of each individual for
whom eligibility for access to classified information was
denied, suspended, revoked, or appealed, and the number of
years that each such individual was eligible for access to such
information.
''(5) In the case of a suspension in excess of 180 days, an
explanation for such duration.
''(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and be made publicly available, but may
include a classified annex for any sensitive or classified information
if necessary.

''SEC. 715. UNIFORM ADJUDICATION, SUSPENSION, DENIAL, AND REVOCATION.

''Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Homeland Security
Advisory Committee, shall develop a plan to achieve greater uniformity
within the Department with respect to the adjudication of eligibility
of an individual for access to classified information that are
consistent with the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Access to
Classified Information published on December 29, 2005, or similar
successor regulation. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the plan. The
plan shall consider the following:
''(1) Mechanisms to foster greater compliance with the
uniform Department adjudication, suspension, denial, and
revocation standards by the head of each component and office
of the Department with the authority to adjudicate access to
classified information.
''(2) The establishment of an internal appeals panel
responsible for final national security clearance denial and
revocation determinations that is comprised of designees who
are career, supervisory employees from components and offices
of the Department with the authority to adjudicate access to
classified information and headquarters, as appropriate.

''SEC. 716. DATA PROTECTION.

''The Secretary shall ensure that all information received for the
adjudication of eligibility of an individual for access to classified
information that is consistent with the Adjudicative Guidelines for
Determining Access to Classified Information published on December 29,
2005, or similar successor regulation, and is protected against
misappropriation.

''SEC. 717. REFERENCE.

''Except as otherwise provided, for purposes of this subtitle, any
reference to the 'Department' includes all components and offices of
the Department.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 is amended--
(1) by inserting before the item relating to section 701
the following new item:

''Subtitle A--Headquarters Activities'';

and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 707 the
following new items:

''Subtitle B--Security Clearances

''Sec. 711. Designation of national security sensitive and public trust
positions.
''Sec. 712. Review of position designations.
''Sec. 713. Audits.
''Sec. 714. Reporting.
''Sec. 715. Uniform adjudication, suspension, denial, and revocation.
''Sec. 716. Data protection.
''Sec. 717. Reference.''.

Passed the House of Representatives November 2, 2015.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
[A]:
. Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require that the designation of the sensitivity level of national security positions be conducted in a consistent manner in all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components and offices, consistent with federal guidelines. DHS must use uniform designation tools throughout DHS and provide training to appropriate staff. The bill requires DHS: (1) by July 6, 2017, and every five years thereafter, to review all sensitivity level designations of national security positions at DHS; (2) if it determines that a change in the sensitivity level is warranted, to administratively adjust access and complete an appropriate level periodic reinvestigation; and (3) to report on such positions requiring access to classified information, no longer requiring access, or requiring a different level of access. DHS's Inspector General must conduct regular audits of DHS compliance with regulations regarding such designations. DHS must submit an annual report, through FY2021, on the denials, suspensions, revocations, and appeals of an individual's eligibility for access to classified information in DHS. DHS must: (1) develop a plan to achieve greater uniformity regarding the adjudication of eligibility of an individual for access to classified information that is consistent with the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Access to Classified Information, and (2) ensure that all information received for such adjudication is consistent with such Guidelines and is protected against misappropriation. The plan shall consider the establishment of an internal appeals panel responsible for final national security clearance denial and revocation determinations.