White House Security Clearance Accountability Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1604 To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security clearances to any employee of the Executive Office of the President who is under investiga- tion by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign govern- ment or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals on Standard Form 86, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7, 2019 Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny security clearances to any employee of the Executive Office of the President who is under investigation by a Federal law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign government or who fails to disclose contacts with foreign nationals on Standard Form 86, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘White House Security 4 Clearance Accountability Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:08 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1604.IH H1604 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1604 IH SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CER- 1 TAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 2 EMPLOYEES. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3110 of title 5, United 4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(f)(1) A security clearance— 7 ‘‘(A) granted to any covered individual before 8 the date of enactment of this subsection is hereby 9 revoked; and 10 ‘‘(B) may not be granted or renewed for any 11 covered individual after such date. 12 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 13 means any individual occupying a position in the Execu- 14 tive Office of the President— 15 ‘‘(A) who is under investigation by a Federal 16 law enforcement agency for aiding a foreign govern- 17 ment; or 18 ‘‘(B) who knowingly fails, or knowingly failed, 19 to disclose (on Standard Form 86 or any successor 20 form), to the extent such form requires such disclo- 21 sure, any relationship or contact with a foreign na- 22 tional.’’. 23 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 24 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 25 shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:08 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1604.IH H1604 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1604 IH Reform and the Committee on Homeland Security and 1 Governmental Affairs describing any instance during the 2 period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the 3 date of enactment of this Act in which an individual occu- 4 pying a position in the Executive Office of the President 5 was granted a security clearance despite an unfavorable 6 recommendation from the White House Security Office, 7 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other Federal 8 agency. Such report shall include the name and position 9 of any such individual and the date the decision was made 10 to grant the clearance. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:08 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1604.IH H1604 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS