Office of Personnel Management enhanced security clearance system

(a)

In general

Part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

Office of Personnel Management enhanced security clearance system

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Office of Personnel Management enhanced security clearance system

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11001. Office of Personnel Management enhanced security clearance system.

11001.

Office of Personnel Management enhanced security clearance system.

(a)

Definitions

In this section—(1)the term agency has the meaning given that term in section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341);(2)the term consumer reporting agency has the same meaning given that term in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a);(3)the term covered individual means an individual who is being considered for, or has been, appointed to a position as an employee or contractor of an agency that requires its occupant to have access to classified information;(4)the term enhanced security clearance system means the database established by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under section 3001(e) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(e)), including the enhancements thereto required under this section; and(5)the term major consumer reporting agency means a major consumer reporting agency as determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.(b)

Enhanced security clearance system

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Enhanced Security Clearance Act of 2013, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall implement the enhanced security clearance system.(c)

Comprehensiveness

(1)

Sources of information

The enhanced security clearance system shall integrate information obtained from various sources, including government, publically available, and commercial data sources, the major consumer reporting agencies, and social media.(2)

Types of information

Information obtained and integrated from sources described in paragraph (1) shall include—(A)information relating to any criminal or civil legal proceeding to which the covered individual is or becomes a party or witness;(B)financial information relating to the covered individual, including information relating to—(i)any bankruptcy proceeding of the covered individual;(ii)any lien against property of the covered individual;(iii)credit reports from the major consumer reporting agencies relating to the covered individual;(iv)mortgage fraud engaged in by the covered individual;(v)high-value assets, including financial assets, obtained by the covered individual from an unknown source; and(vi)bank accounts and the bank account balances of the covered individual;(C)associations, past or present, of the covered individual with any individual or group that may suggest ill intent, vulnerability to blackmail, compulsive behavior, allegiance to another country, or change in ideology of the covered individual;(D)public information, including news articles or reports, that includes derogatory information about the covered individual;(E)information posted on any social media website or forum that may suggest ill intent, vulnerability to blackmail, compulsive behavior, allegiance to another country, or change in ideology of the covered individual; and(F)data maintained on any terrorist or criminal watch list maintained by any agency, State or local government, or international organization, including any such list maintained by—(i)the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury;(ii)the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and(iii)the International Criminal Police Organization.(3)

Wealth indicator

The enhanced security clearance system shall have the ability to provide a wealth indicator for a covered individual about whom the major credit reporting agencies have little or no information.(4)

Past contacts

The enhanced security clearance system shall have the ability to provide the contact information of family members and present and former associates, co-habitants, and neighbors of the covered individual that has not been provided by the covered individual.(d)

Reviews of security clearances and access

(1)

Reviews

(A)

In general

Not less than 2 times every 5 years, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, using the enhanced security clearance system, shall review the accuracy and comprehensiveness of information relating to the security clearance or access to classified information of each covered individual who is appointed to a position that requires its occupant to have such security clearance or access.(B)

Individual reviews

A review of the information relating to the security clearance or access to classified information of a covered individual under subparagraph (A) may not be conducted until after the end of the 120-day period beginning on the date such covered individual receives the required notification under paragraph (4).(2)

Reporting results

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall—(A)notify the agency that employs or contracts a covered individual if a review under paragraph (1) finds information pertinent to the revocation of the security clearance or access to classified information of the covered individual; and(B)provide such information to the agency.(3)

Active security clearances and access

Each agency that employs or contracts a covered individual who has an active security clearance or access to classified information shall provide the names of such individuals to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management at intervals determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.(4)

Information for covered individuals

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the head of each agency that employs or contracts with covered individuals who have an active security clearance or access to classified information, shall ensure that each such individual is adequately advised of what types of information the individual is required to report to the head of the agency that may be pertinent to the continuation of the security clearance or access to classified information of the individual.(5)

Limitation

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring increased consideration of information relating to minor financial or mental health issues of a covered individual in evaluating the security clearance or access to classified information of such individual.(e)

Customization

An agency may provide to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management specific parameters, including specifications relating to the types of information to be monitored by the enhanced security clearance system, to create a method for evaluating the potential risk posed by a covered individual based on the position to which the covered individual is being considered for appointment or has been appointed.(f)

Individuals under investigation

(1)

Requirements for Inspector General

The Inspector General of each agency shall—(A)maintain a list of each individual employed by or contracted with the agency who—(i)has an active security clearance or access to classified information; and(ii)is the subject of a completed investigation by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management or such Inspector General; and(B)provide the list required under subparagraph (A) to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management upon request.(2)

Requirements for Director of the Office of Personnel Management

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall—(A)request the list required under paragraph (1)(A) before any notification under subsection (d)(2)(A); and(B)include in any notification regarding a covered individual under subsection (d)(2)(A) information indicating that the covered individual is included on a list maintained under paragraph (1)(A).(g)

Audit

Beginning 2 years after the date of implementation of the enhanced security clearance system under subsection (b), the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management shall conduct an audit of the enhanced security clearance system to assess the effectiveness of the enhanced security clearance system, and its fairness to covered individuals.

(b)

Funding from the revolving fund of the Office of Personnel Management

Section 1304(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting

implementation of the enhanced security clearance system under section 11001 and

after including.(c)

Amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Section 603(d) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(d)) is amended—(1)in paragraph (2)—(A)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraphs (3) and (4);(B)in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end;(C)in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; or; and(D)by adding at the end the following:

(E)any communication made in connection with the granting, denial, review, or revocation of a Federal security clearance or access to classified information of a covered individual (as that term is defined in section 11001 of title 5, United States Code), if that communication is made to—(i)an agency (as that term is defined in section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341)); or(ii)an authorized contractor or subcontractor of the Federal Government.

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(2)by adding at the end the following:

(4)

Communications relating to Federal security clearances and access to classified information

The exclusion under paragraph (2)(E) shall not apply with respect to information originating from a major consumer reporting agency (as that term is defined in section 11001 of title 5, United States Code) relating to a credit account or the credit history of a covered individual (as that term is defined in section 11001 of title 5, United States Code).

(d)

Technical and conforming amendment

The table of chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end following:

Subpart J—Office of Personnel Management Enhanced Security Clearance System

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