119-hr1591

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1591 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1591

 To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
 make security clearance determinations and access determinations for 
political appointees and special Government employees in the Executive 
 Office of the President, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 26, 2025

 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Sanchez, 
 Mr. Lynch, Mr. Takano, Mr. Correa, Mr. Carson, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
Subramanyam, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Scholten, and 
 Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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 A BILL

 To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 
 make security clearance determinations and access determinations for 
political appointees and special Government employees in the Executive 
 Office of the President, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Security Clearance Review Act''.

SEC. 2. SECURITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS AND ACCESS DETERMINATIONS BY 
 DIRECTOR OF FBI FOR POLITICAL APPOINTEES AND SPECIAL 
 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
 PRESIDENT.

 

Section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
 ``

    (k) Political Appointees and Special Government Employees in the 
Executive Office of the President.--
 ``

    (1) Appointment and access to classified information.--
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
 ``
        (A) a political appointee or special Government 
 employee may not be employed in, detailed to, or 
 assigned to, the Executive Office of the President 
 unless such employment, detail, or assignment is 
 clearly consistent with national security; and
 ``
        (B) any political appointee or special Government 
 employee employed in, detailed to, or assigned to, the 
 Executive Office of the President may not have a 
 security clearance, or access any classified 
 information, unless such security clearance is granted, 
 or access determination is made, by the Director of the 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 ``

    (2) Determination and notification.--
 ``
        (A) Director.--If the Director of the Federal 
 Bureau of Investigation denies, suspends, or revokes a 
 security clearance or access to classified information 
 under paragraph

    (1) , the Director shall notify the 
 President and the appropriate committees of Congress of 
 such determination on the date such determination is 
 made.
 ``
        (B) President.--If the President nullifies, 
 reverses, modifies, or otherwise fails to recognize any 
 denial, suspension, or revocation of a security 
 clearance or access to classified information 
 determination made by the Director under paragraph

    (1) , 
 not later than 30 days thereafter, the President shall 
 submit an explanation (in writing) of the reasons for 
 such nullification, reversal, modification, or failure 
 to recognize to the appropriate committees of Congress.
 ``

    (3) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
 ``
        (A) Political appointee.--The term `political 
 appointee' has the meaning given that term in 

section 4

    (a)

    (4) of the Edward `Ted' Kaufman and Michael Leavitt 
 Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015 
 (Public Law 114-136; 5 U.S.C. 3101 note).
 ``
        (B) Special government employee.--The term 
 `special Government employee' has the meaning given 
 that term in 

section 202 of title 18, United States 
 Code.''.
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