113 HR 5240 IH: CORRECT Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-07-29
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Clearance and Over-Classification Reform and Reduction Act
or the CORRECT Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Reforms to Classification and Clearance Processes
Subtitle A—Reducing Over-Classification
Sec. 101. Trend information on classified information and third evaluations.
Sec. 102. Uniformity in sampling.
Sec. 103. Ten percent reduction in holdings of classified information.
Sec. 104. Status update on efforts at reducing holdings of classified information.
Sec. 105. Report.
Sec. 106. Public Interest Declassification Board enhancements.
Sec. 107. Classification designation training.
Sec. 108. Reducing over-classification guidance.
Subtitle B—Governmentwide Reforms
Sec. 111. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 112. Report on certain designations.
Sec. 113. Transparency and accountability in personnel security investigations.
Sec. 114. Continuous evaluation programs and insider threat programs.
Sec. 115. Mitigating factors in the context of a continuous evaluation program or insider threat
program.
Sec. 116. Appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Sec. 117. Automated or nongovernmental adjudication prohibited.
Sec. 118. Report on media contacts policy for intelligence personnel.
Title II—Department of Homeland Security Clearance Process Reforms
Subtitle A—Designation
Sec. 201. Designation of national security sensitive and public trust positions.
Sec. 202. Audits.
Sec. 203. Review of position designations.
Subtitle B—Investigation
Sec. 211. Investigation services provider performance.
Sec. 212. Metrics.
Subtitle C—Adjudication
Sec. 221. Uniform adjudication standards.
Subtitle D—Denial, Suspension, Revocation, and Appeal
Sec. 231. Uniform revocation criteria and procedures.
Sec. 232. Annual reporting.
Sec. 233. Final appeals panel.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 241. Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 review and security clearance
reciprocity.
Sec. 242. Office of Inspector General report.
Sec. 243. Penalties for falsification relating to an investigation file.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term Chief Security Officer
means the Classified Information Advisory Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
(identified and designated pursuant to section 210F of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124m)).
(2)Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act termsThe terms agency
, authorized investigative agency
, authorized adjudicative agency
, current investigation file
, periodic reinvestigations
, and personnel security investigation
have the meanings given those terms in section 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(a)).
(3)Investigation service providerThe term investigation service provider
means the Office of Personnel Management and any other entity that undertakes investigative
services, including criminal record checks, financial record checks, field
interviews, employment review, and education verifications, for an
investigation file for a national security position.
(4)National security positionThe term national security position
has the meaning given that term in section 732.102 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
<enum>I</enum><header>Reforms to Classification and Clearance Processes</header>
<subtitle id="HE00957DC9C27466F806B552813697B42"><enum>A</enum><header>Reducing Over-Classification</header>
<section id="HA96353A065E546359572327AC5D525B0"><enum>101.</enum><header>Trend information on classified information and third evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 6 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; Public
Law 111–258) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H194A120761CD41C5A87B727F0E35A3E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51D4F49E50E444D6B0AAFCCCCB3EDC7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HAE4C11F5246E4DAFA9B7786676C8C09B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2016</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC30ED000D0B342008FE8A58CAD1CE57C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>no less than two</quote> and inserting <quote>not fewer than three</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35BF74982B72492C82B9D2B7B1292FA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34BAED4CBF3C42679A862B5A1023F04A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57108A5252174857850C972872739E0A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD6FC72015DDE4D75ACEB283EAC30B615"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning with the second evaluation under paragraph (2)(B), to assess, with respect to
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the degree to which the incentives for
accurate classification decisions referred to in subsection (a) have been
utilized, and the extent to which the use of such incentives, including
cash incentives or other alternative, non-cash awards, has improved the
accuracy of original classification decisions or derivative classification
decisions and a reduction in classified information.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H352AF76AB46E4576ACF5DDB2F8494C1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H11BC868ACF08471C883A37F294211C74"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Third evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each third evaluation required by paragraph (1) shall review progress made since the second
evaluation and the adequacy of the records to support each self-inspection
program determination in accordance with subsection (c), and assess such
department or agency’s procedures and activities regarding classification
challenges. Specifically, each third evaluation shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H59F1C7383C544EE991D691A090D92A79"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H827B7528C4A24ECC9880D6A3EEBA9447"><enum>(I)</enum><text>assess implementation of procedures by such department or agency to encourage authorized holders of
classified information, including authorized holders outside the
classifying agency, to challenge the classification of information that
they believe is improperly classified or unclassified, as required by
section 1.8 of Executive Order 13526 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note) or successor
order, and the degree to which such department or agency makes each
authorized holder of classified information aware of the procedures and
encourages such holders to challenge the classification of information
that they believe is improperly classified or unclassified; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HA1343EC0863E48EAAAA9119BF01FCDCC" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, review data reflecting the disposition of challenges received by such
department or agency, including how often such challenges resulted in a
change in classification;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HA9E6933749F245BBA6FD33413D71A840"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>review the degree to which information that was declassified was determined by the agency to be of
extraordinary public interest that does not undermine the national
security of the United States, including information on the number of
national security positions (pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/732">section 732</external-xref> of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations), by classification level, that are designated within
the agency during that period; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE11C239A5C9D42F88A443D2A650AB0EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall be completed not later than September 30, 2019.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB58857251C2544A2868AFF208769EA64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H610FB15E36704B1BB2DD99349B34D78B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF42F85D0E25430AA767AA8B8AD4ADAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9FD9D0F6B554966B001B11406B617E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after clause (ii) the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H26FDA7B4EB204E57BDD1429C9DB6A1ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information relating to the assessment required under paragraph (1)(C).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HC8929ECD14B64D75A44485A9DACDB6FA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Uniformity in sampling</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H511EEC538ACB4188924DFC5287BBDB15" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H13CFC88936204295B50632F64274C38B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uniformity in sampling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, shall
issue a standardized sampling technique for department and agency
self-inspection programs as required pursuant to Executive Order 13526 (50
U.S.C. 3161 note) in order to address any vulnerabilities in such
programs.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H908844183C8749D698E6F8223319A30A"><enum>103.</enum><header>Ten percent reduction in holdings of classified information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>), as
amended by section 102 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H8624D9BDE9F0465AAB0EF266D09CF3E7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Ten percent reduction in holding of classified information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall establish goals for reducing, by the date that is not later than five years
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, classified
information, through declassification and improved original and derivative
classification decisionmaking, by not less than ten percent as compared
to the amount of such information as of the day before such date. For
purposes of this subsection, classified information that would otherwise
be declassified pursuant to Executive Order 13526 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note)
shall not count towards such ten percent requirement.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H2E604C2A2F7D4847B87F1645511732D3"><enum>104.</enum><header>Status update on efforts at reducing holdings of classified information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704(d)(1) of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; Public
Law 106–567) is amended by striking the period and inserting <quote>and information on the status of efforts, to the extent practicable on an agency-by-agency basis,
at reducing the holding of classified information pursuant to section 6(d)
of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; Public Law
111–258).</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF5F754A3BA0D42A78A9F7F65758C36D9"><enum>105.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>), as
amended by sections 102 and 103 of this Act, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23E123434F2149C08DBB231C0AC1D39F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC5C3AD05036C42719A8489AA77BE76B6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of each department or agency of the United States with an officer or employee
who is authorized to make original and derivative classification decisions
shall submit to the appropriate entities (as such term is defined in
subsection (b)(4)) a report relating to progress accomplished under
subsections (c) and (d).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H8272F678041A4D65B0E454CDD5ACAF26"><enum>106.</enum><header>Public Interest Declassification Board enhancements</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6E0830DDC9884D5CAF33FE94BCC837BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reviews of classification guidance</header><text>Subsections (a) and (b) of section 704 of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (50
U.S.C. 3161 note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/567">Public Law 106–567</external-xref>) are amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HCE68B45D48B241E9A4662DCB077C9ABC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency declassification programs and classification guidance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B012B42B15749B883AB10FA8F19F9BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Declassification programs</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66B38EF3CDF140D9BD73D34323A0F0B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The head of any agency with the authority under an Executive order to classify information shall
annually provide to the Board, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives a summary briefing and report on the progress and plans of
such agency in the declassification of national security information.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD21F97BBC0FB446C86BFB98E2A9F223B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each briefing and report required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H67D90293F9C441C0B9251C1B70C8E686"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cover the declassification goals set by statute, regulation, or policy, the progress of the agency
towards completing such goals, and the planned goals and priorities of the
agency for its declassification activities over the 2 fiscal years
following the report;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H61AB3DDE8DBA4FF48D6FA7F7E2BE753F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>give particular attention to progress on the declassification of records and materials that are of
extraordinary public interest to the people of the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAABF9AD266C744AEAC2AB0A9081B3EEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>include information on the disposition of recommendations regarding Special Searches for Records of
Extraordinary Public Interest submitted pursuant to section 704(c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H48B17AD082EA402C83CE8ACB73CE4606"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consolidated report</header><text>The annual briefing and report under paragraph (1) for agencies within the Department of Defense,
including the military departments and the elements of the intelligence
community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</external-xref>)), shall be provided on a consolidated basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5E1960F6BBC6411ABB1FDCDA182CEB7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of classification guidance</header><text>The Board shall, on an ongoing basis, review classification guidance required pursuant to Executive
Order 13526 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note) or any successor order utilized within
each agency to assess—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H20A6453C8BA64311BD22A6EEC8BC68DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the validity of the national security basis for each instruction in the classification guidance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A87FCF5C54E4B1AB68AD1AC2D82A7A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the clarity of each instruction within the classification guidance to ensure that only the minimum
necessary information is classified; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H54E705430C484A82A39D7AEEAD5CF294"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the feasibility of narrowing or eliminating any classification guidance that is unnecessary or
obsolete.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2946B8416B624F2B86FAC1BA1E7DEE00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan for reviewing classification guidance</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Clearance and Over-Classification
Reform and Reduction Act, the Chairperson of the Board shall submit a
multi-year plan for reviewing classification guidance utilized within each
agency, with benchmarks for when and, to the extent practicable, which
classification guidance will be reviewed and how the findings will be
shared with the head of each agency and the inspector general of each
agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD5E4B8BC3A4E43868DCB7CC1D9B5FF12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recommendations for harmonizing and reducing classification guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Clearance and Over-Classification
Reform and Reduction Act, the Chairperson of the Board shall submit
recommendations for harmonizing and reducing classification guidance
across the Federal Government to the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC35CD5856CA5411B8220B50AF32C8038"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations on agency declassification programs and classification guidance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H05626FDDD8004297813D215B6F3345EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon reviewing classification guidance and discussing declassification plans and progress with an
agency, the Board shall provide to the head of that agency, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs the written recommendations of the Board as
to how the classification guidance and declassification program of the
agency could be improved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H69C28AE080174897908A7D75072799A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the Board provides written recommendations to the head of an agency in
accordance with paragraph (1), the Board shall make such recommendations
public in accordance with subsection (k).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H640E000560DD44AD858D977B4F9DD182"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Staff and detailees</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 703 of such Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HCEF15A8BC1824F888442D8EE66D6A944"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Director and Staff</header>
<paragraph id="H104ED51F1D5E44919B8556124CB22086"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairperson of the Board, in accordance with rules agreed upon by the Board, shall appoint and
fix the compensation of a Director, except that no rate of pay fixed under
this paragraph may exceed the equivalent of that payable for a position at
level V of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section 5316</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H973E3E8CDCD8414FAB2046923722EF15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairperson of the Board, in accordance with rules agreed upon by the Board, may appoint and
fix the pay of personnel as may be necessary to enable the Board to carry
out its functions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2E333F12C6294A54862679DF58A002EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability of certain civil service laws</header><text>The Director and staff may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule
pay rates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD0ABAD252A7042D2B074C56AC002797D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Any employee of the Federal Government may be detailed to the Board with the agreement of, and
without reimbursement to, the detailing agency, and such detail shall be
without interruption or loss of civil, military, or foreign service status
or privilege.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0123912900134B138EDB33AE40C2BBB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation and travel expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 703 of such Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H439909A6F9EA4FE490B2C2FD78A6F3A5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compensation and travel expenses</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90892A4B9D7B4223AC5F4935506A26D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9944A3FD22904CDDB6396F99741D5515"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Chairperson of the Board shall be compensated at the rate of pay payable for a position at
level III of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5314">section 5314</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2B88F84E7A1473B9CBF3FCBBA2DC479"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Members</header><text>Each member of the Board shall be compensated at a rate of pay payable for a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title, for each day
during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of the
duties of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3F1CE29C0B7846DF828B21DE8ED9AB14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>Members of the Board shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in
accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of
title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC5F4E7771B024A0F8769B1383EC13100"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public meetings</header><text>Section 704(c) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H798934B4CFFE41D8A0004DA3D22BA86B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Board shall conduct public meetings on at least a semiannual
basis and publish in the Federal Register notice of such meetings.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDEEEDD54F18544AC9B1DA1B54FC32748"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension of sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 710 of such Act is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1EBCE6C02F0245B9816516F3AB03AB17"><enum>107.</enum><header>Classification designation training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3344">50 U.S.C. 3344</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA527AD2126AA47D09A9022F77B828F88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A02F1CC5A37476E9640BD52F669ED81"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, including computer-based training,</quote> after <quote>annual training</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFA2FE422A8D4057B137DE3C8B3B8FBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>such</quote> before <quote>training</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF0AEF821E12B421B98A2F14D23364C49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CE5514BADA249CB8686C3BE2146D156" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H62662DB16CE745FAB49F81F74EFDB0C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Executive agency shall maintain records and make such records available to the
inspector general of each such agency of the extent to which training
required under this section is completed by each employee subject to such
training.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4E25056413414065BAA246DB222C7871"><enum>108.</enum><header>Reducing over-classification guidance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and disseminate to components of the Department of
Homeland Security and make available to other agencies guidance on best
practices and strategies to implement the Reducing Over-Classification Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>), as amended by this Act. Such guidance shall include
information on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H74141ACC40B4459E857B54AC7B9CA94B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Administrative approaches, including the establishment of internal quarterly meetings and working
groups to carry out the requirements of the Reducing Over-Classification
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/258">Public Law 111–258</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56DD5B65AC7549A28F70E75B083E435E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Consolidation of information security policies throughout an agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C221745A0974ECC9748A4D7385A314D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Provision of training, including in-person initial training and computer-based recurrent training,
in accordance with section 7 of the Reducing Over-Classification Act, as
amended by section 105 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H949FB5DD52D146E8B9D0FD5822575A4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Adoption of uniform formats for the preparation, production, or publication of classified
information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB1E515BCE3BB44AD9BCADD80147EBC44"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Ways to encourage an authorized holder of classified information to challenge the classification of
information that such holder believes is improperly classified or
unclassified, as required by section 1.8 of Executive Order 13526 (50
U.S.C. 3161 note) or successor order.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H57844BB8BE73457CBB3839661A0DD376"><enum>B</enum><header>Governmentwide Reforms</header>
<section id="H19F7EF7AEE6541B28698DED03928ABA4"><enum>111.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that a position shall only be designated as a national security
position if access to classified information is required or if that
position—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFA4156F9C2642EA89636871E47D01D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>presents a risk of a material adverse effect on the national security (as described in section
732.201 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE470E0A82AA34EEC82048D329CF30524"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is determined to be a public trust position (as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/731">section 731.106</external-xref> of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H18C3677EC9D6441DAE0D97B70D68F11D"><enum>112.</enum><header>Report on certain designations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9B34F884115F47B39571983D9E62D47F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, the head
of each agency with the authority to designate a national security
position shall submit to Congress a report that provides information
regarding any national security position for which access to classified
materials is not required and the position is not determined to be a
public trust position (as described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/731">section 731.106</external-xref> of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9C8C129D56354A5B920B7A989A14EEAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69EFCD113F1F4B3FA35A47303F6EE58B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description for the position, including specific information on duties and day-to-day operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H290D69B55B104933820E20DA3AF7D000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the history of the position’s national security position designation, including whether the
position is newly created or was transferred from another department,
division, or program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H920C96AFB8034530AACB94E27D260452"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an explanation of the position’s national security position designation and whether
responsibilities have been added to the position to explain the
designation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H112CDC3E54B844988AB7F150CFD4DB06"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an explanation of the national security implications of the position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H677C60F5CFAC446498C85FBA604BE949"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the advertising and recruitment mechanisms used to fill the position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H57399F30F4A94D3DB03054CF3C19D803"><enum>(6)</enum><text>information on the individual who holds the position, including as appropriate, information on
periods when the individual had previously held a national security
position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD40B5E7936D245F7A55E089F2672EB74"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demographic information on the individual who holds the position, including age, gender, race,
ethnicity, employment status, and geographic location.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1E609BB46478456A865612EAE9CC669F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public report</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD2AEC940CE854F04BAAA5498E0CDCD79"><enum>113.</enum><header>Transparency and accountability in personnel security investigations</header>
<subsection id="H79FB7269D2FC466998658BC57473D585"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
establish requirements for a uniform markings process to identify the
investigation service provider that originated each piece of information
in a current investigation file.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE140B7D928934156B073CDB2C936869C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Utilization</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6BC032072B5A4431851419609DC5E450"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the establishment of the uniform markings process pursuant to
subsection (a), investigation service providers shall utilize such uniform
markings process and make available, upon request by the authorized
adjudicative agency, all documents in a current investigation file.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB966B0304C6B435794107CCDF6944F64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>This subsection shall not apply to a personnel security investigation that an agency conducts using
its own personnel, under delegated or statutory authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H1143007C59A34B98B1C6BF0E411017B0"><enum>114.</enum><header>Continuous evaluation programs and insider threat programs</header>
<subsection id="H99781144EF0D4F2F9FAE4F626CF97E30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H90FDC0005E0A4D76B677D75524010DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>continuous evaluation</quote> as defined in Executive Order 13467, means reviewing the background of an individual who has been
determined to be eligible for access to classified information at any time
during the period of eligibility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFDBAC0FD6C94D088374BEBEA7649DBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Since 1998, at least 10 continuous evaluation pilot studies have been carried out by Federal
agencies to monitor the individuals with security clearances on an ongoing
basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD5784EAB26540A7AF9A38FFB3CC5D4A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of Defense has conducted multiple continuous evaluation pilots since early 2002 and
has more than one pilot that is ongoing as of July 1, 2014. By October
2014, the Department anticipates 100,000 people to be subject to
continuous evaluation with the population steadily rising to 1 million by
2017.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF01387661274772887B3690D96C496B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Office of the Director of National Intelligence plans for all individuals with Top Secret
clearances or higher to be subject to continuous evaluation by 2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H067739B479ED4A0192C60FDE84723622"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since 2010, applicants submitting an application for a security clearance, the Standard Form 86,
are required to consent to being monitored through continuous evaluation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E6364032DD41BEADD49C1FBC5862E6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In February 2014, the Office of Management and Budget issued a 120-day review of Federal employee
suitability and contractor fitness determinations as well as security
clearance procedures and recommended an accelerated timetable for an
integrated solution or continuous evaluation program across all Federal
agencies and security levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5DB91AD696D4BE5B5457223E1FADE21"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to continuous evaluation, some Federal agencies are establishing insider threat
programs pursuant to Executive Order 13587 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note), which
authorized the establishment of insider threat programs to, among other
things, identify any Government or contracted employee that may have
compromised national security through such employee’s work capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5832323098E465D992A8A5B3ED32FD5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Continuous evaluation and insider threat programs are proliferating throughout the Federal
government without requirements for protections to ensure that such
programs be designed and implemented in a manner that not only protects
national security but also promotes fairness, transparency, and employee
protections, including whistleblower protections.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3A954A77EEE84811A746153AAF8F566A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board, established under section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000ee">42 U.S.C. 2000ee</external-xref>), shall publish in
the Federal Register standards for the protection of national security and
promotion of fairness, transparency, and employee protections, including
safeguards to preserve the rights and confidentiality of whistleblowers
with respect to the operation of a continuous evaluation program and the
operation of an insider threat program by a Federal agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB9604F558CF44FC89F3DB5EE28D72887"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE0DADA97A1C141AD9DD3D95119CEF919"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of publication of the standards under subsection (b), the
head of any agency that is operating a continuous evaluation program or
insider threat program as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H978561D632F3421E9D358273634EE484"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certify whether such program is in compliance with the standards established under subsection (b);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H518D32F5475B49598577D5E7CCFCAB22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish such certification in the Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4B35A2261E5945D9A7D3AF952C864BC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Suspension or program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any such head who certifies that a continuous evaluation program or insider threat program does not
meet such standards or who fails to publish a certification of compliance
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall suspend the program until such program is
compliant and certification of compliance is published in the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H05C1AE45B88E43E8942F54216C979963"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of any agency that is operating a continuous evaluation program or insider threat program
as of the date of enactment of this Act shall annually submit to Congress
a report that includes the following information:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9CCCB8B4A5FB48F8ACBD6629D24A36FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of individuals in the agency subject to the continuous evaluation program or insider
threat program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF46C4173C31F495B8ECE3ABBF87A7D52"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of individuals in the agency whose eligibility for access to classified information was
suspended or revoked as a result of information acquired through the
continuous evaluation program or insider threat program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5758FA01B359495D83302455FEFCA8E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of individuals in the agency who are eligible to access classified information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9DD4D531E319487092AD1D970763FDDA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demographic information on each individual whose eligibility for access to classified information
was changed as a result of information collected through the continuous
evaluation program or insider threat program, including age, race, gender,
and ethnicity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7B2051A381CE425E8B6F84E487131BD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of the mechanisms used to conduct the evaluations, including how individuals were
selected, whether the evaluations were randomized, and if so, the nature
of the randomization, including the degree to which it was temporally
randomized and the degree to which the selection of individuals subject to
the program was randomized.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB38CF4495E6470A92DC673360CD3271"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the types of information that were captured through the continuous evaluation
program or insider threat program and were the basis for further
investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA2E16E5FDAFC479989E6551C641EA24B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The frequency that information captured through the continuous evaluation program or insider threat
program was the basis for further investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0F4054455CEA4B6FAF833073DC450EE6"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on any individual whose eligibility for access to classified information was changed as
a result of information collected through the continuous evaluation
program or insider threat program, including the clearance level of each
impacted individual and what position, if any, the individual holds within
the agency, number of years the individual has been eligible to access
classified information at the level held at the time that the individual
was subject to the continuous evaluation program or insider threat program
and, if available, the frequency that classified information was accessed
by each such individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H28154A69956044DBA27CF3BB119B532B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Identification of each database that was accessed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H591900AB8F95456093A91E0401621FDD"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protocols for resolution of information captured through the continuous evaluation program or
insider threat program that was the basis for further investigation,
including the provision of notification to the impacted individual’s
supervisor and the impacted individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H92A69D90DA474B1EBCE12DC05E5341DE"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on any specific instance in which the continuous evaluation program or insider threat
program resulted in the protection of classified information and national
security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H760469FA565D485AA6B110AC3C2B4627"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on the annual and life-cycle costs of the continuous investigation or insider threat
program and, in the event that the head of the agency intends to expand
the program, information on the anticipated costs of expansion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0206FD7E216F48FF987DF756D62033AE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The head of any agency that establishes a continuous evaluation program after the date of the
enactment of this Act shall be subject to the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFC2D93056A54AA5A18173A78B814D1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before initiating a continuous evaluation program or insider threat program, such head shall
conduct a pilot continuous evaluation program or pilot insider threat
program that is not shorter than 120 days in duration and uses a
representative sample of individuals eligible for access to classified
information, including individuals employed by contractors. Participants
in the program shall receive notification and, in the event that
derogatory information is identified through the program that results in
changes to such participant’s eligibility for access to classified
information, shall be provided access to the redress process described
under section 116.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA0587322BCC941378D8EA3AA3F508E6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before conducting a pilot continuous evaluation program or pilot insider threat program under
paragraph (1), such head shall publish, in the Federal Register, a notice
of the program that provides information on the provisions of the program,
metrics for evaluating its efficacy, and a privacy impact assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H19511892218D448EB3EB3B2B66D99121"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the initiation of a pilot continuous evaluation program or pilot
insider threat program pursuant to paragraph (1), such head shall submit
to Congress a preliminary report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H007E61862A9A453DB3606B08C6C38CCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of individuals evaluated under the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E628A74209B4C9395A6B8A7AB6FB037"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total number of individuals in the agency who are eligible to access classified information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9FE1C7232B9A4B5A80AD7736798DC02A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demographics of the individuals evaluated under the program, including age, race, gender,
ethnicity, employer, clearance level, and the number of years the
individual has been eligible to access classified information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CCCBAA868E84D3994C9DA42DB562E7A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a position description for each individual evaluated under the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF289736A81B84941A78950F2CE7B2755"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the mechanisms used to conduct the evaluations, including how individuals were
selected, whether the evaluations were randomized, and if so, the nature
of the randomization, including the degree to which it was temporally
randomized and the degree to which the selection of individuals subject to
the program was randomized;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H760F9B99AFFA4247B3B6E3B6D9F4E969"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the types of information that were captured through the program and were the basis
for further investigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H305A0E58413A498AA7844A89477B69A2"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the frequency that information captured through the program was the basis for further
investigation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26AA8606A2AE43BF82BE4A172B164830"><enum>(H)</enum><text>information on the number of individuals whose eligibility for access to classified information was
changed as a result of information collected through the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H46F5B7F91F9445F5A921F8E4A9A29A42"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of a pilot continuous evaluation program or pilot
insider threat program pursuant to paragraph (1) or expansion of a pilot
continuous evaluation program or pilot insider threat program, such head
shall submit to Congress a final report that updates the information
required in the preliminary report under paragraph (3). The report shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H20C939B8BE8146D2B2F4C6AEAC5FD7A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of each database that was accessed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8EF311AD792C4EC396B85596514C54A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protocols for resolution of information captured through the program that was the basis for further
investigation, including the provision of notification to the impacted
individual’s supervisor and the impacted individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H197591AFA09D4C3095D86C47FA1CA193"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on any specific instance in which continuous evaluation resulted in the protection of
classified information and national security; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B7DEAA224C3479FBE4E5C946ABA6A5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding the annual and life-cycle costs of the program and, in the event that such
head intends to expand the program or initiate a continuous evaluation
program or insider threat program, information on the anticipated costs of
an expansion or initiation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE0F7CF0F263A462C93D7918F7BAA442A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to expanding a pilot continuous evaluation program or insider threat program or initiating a
continuous evaluation program or insider threat program, such head shall
secure a privacy impact assessment from the top privacy and civil
liberties officials at such agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HECF6DB6E2ADE41E597B547D923FF93A4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Unclassified reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All reports required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form and be made
publicly available, but may include a classified annex if necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92C98BB8BAF846E79758BB90CF8C758F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation on data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of an agency that
operates a continuous evaluation program shall ensure that data collection
under the program is limited to databases and other sources of information
accessed for a periodic reinvestigation as of the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4BA5A09D15B448729981EC04FB737A30"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H2B5B391F4E9342B3B7166E30BC451385"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continuous evaluation program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>continuous evaluation program</quote> means any program continually reviewing the background of an individual who has been determined to
be eligible for access to classified information pursuant to Executive
Order 12968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note) or any other similar authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A913582185A48F8A554DCF4366B4117"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Insider threat program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>insider threat program</quote> means any program monitoring the activity of an individual who has been determined to be eligible
for access to classified information to improve insider threat detection
and prevention pursuant to Executive Order 13587 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note), or
successor order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HB6CC8FC880D5424FB3F004C859DFF927"><enum>115.</enum><header>Mitigating factors in the context of a continuous evaluation program or insider threat program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBC2C8FD0B11D441C9F62786A7C96FFFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuous evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for each adjudicative guideline
for individuals with access to classified information (as described in
part 147 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations or similar successor
regulation) the President shall update and tailor the conditions that
mitigate security concerns to address continuous evaluation of such
individuals performed pursuant to Executive Order 12968 (50 U.S.C. 3161
note) or any other authority, including the implications of recency on the
availability of mitigation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H63B8A3B992384D42AE9D382BF6F083BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Insider threat program</header><text>Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish
adjudicative guidelines, including conditions that mitigate security
concerns that consider the implications of recency on the availability of
mitigation, for an individual who is subject to an adverse decision based
on an insider threat program established pursuant to Executive Order 13587
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note) or successor order.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF14480CD12ED4FC592664E7D2129469C"><enum>116.</enum><header>Appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An employee for whom a final determination of ineligibility for a national security position has
been made is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7701">section 7701</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="H2E27E7DBD1A544BEA0FBB19092662612"><enum>117.</enum><header>Automated or nongovernmental adjudication prohibited</header>
<subsection id="H082E12B5DA2A4E69B33834C600C06104"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An adjudication by an agency that an individual may not have access to classified information may
only be made by a Federal employee and may not be rendered by an
automated, electronic, or computer system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4DAB22D2851B46E38A76E607793FD6BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal employee defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Federal employee</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>employee</quote> in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and includes any member of the uniformed services.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H25ECB1F12CEA412C9C2FE6F4B3B8132A"><enum>118.</enum><header>Report on media contacts policy for intelligence personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of the
intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the
National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</external-xref>)) shall submit to
Congress a report on each such element’s implementation of policy
directives regarding contacts with news media by intelligence community
personnel. Such report shall describe how each such element’s
implementation of such directives protects the free speech rights of
intelligence community personnel, including intelligence community
personnel who choose to discuss unclassified public policy issues with
friends or family members who may use new media technologies.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Department of Homeland Security Clearance Process Reforms</header>
<subtitle id="H8F4C9C9412534A5EA86EA047B6D0D175"><enum>A</enum><header>Designation</header>
<section id="H55356DEE563E446D9E92D870C432E17A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Designation of national security sensitive and public trust positions</header>
<subsection id="H7F8E1BCC17D248B688E1DD97C25334A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the Department of Homeland Security, including all
components of the Department, to designate the sensitivity level of
national security positions (pursuant to part 732 of title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations, or similar successor regulation) in an accurate and
consistent manner within the Department, including all such components.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DFF6D2CCC034F698E0F0149AA2B930F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall require the utilization of
uniform designation tools throughout the Department of Homeland Security,
including all components of the Department, and provide training to
appropriate staff of the Department, including staff of all such
components, on such utilization. Such training shall include guidance on
factors for determining eligibility for access to classified information
and facilities with classified information.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H01F09EB0C0A249DFAAB7061411679F42"><enum>202.</enum><header>Audits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the Office of
Personnel Management issue a rule for designation of national security
positions (pursuant to part 732 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations,
or similar successor regulation), the Inspector General of the Department
of Homeland Security shall conduct regular audits of compliance of the
Department with such rule.</text>
</section><section id="H436A954372A34F96902A57B406CED040"><enum>203.</enum><header>Review of position designations</header>
<subsection id="HCD6912277EF1498B85EB9B68F4F4ECF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall biennially conduct a review of all sensitivity
level designations of national security positions (pursuant to part 732 of
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar successor regulation) at
the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61E734637BAD427C94ADCA2FECBA08C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If during the course of a review required under subsection (a) the Secretary of Homeland Security
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
or periodic reinvestigation completed, as necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H41AA5C279FFD47AD8ABA1B4727EC69EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9D14C9B463BE4982BDA0A212BAF290B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of each review required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security
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 a report on the number of positions by
classification level and by component of the Department of Homeland
Security that are to be redesignated in accordance with subsection (b) to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5974A6C1EB384DAEBA272AFD7F3CB2C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require access to classified information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6A306065DFF490FA894B7EB4C91F65C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no longer require access to classified information; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H13B639000D9743F88370C9F6EB36EACB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise require a different level of access to classified information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3860CE427F5E4D4487EA586B0A44C0DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA62E7F9B44404437804C97B74EE878ED"><enum>B</enum><header>Investigation</header>
<section id="HD6DAF29E2C8D41669B501F7D774096D8"><enum>211.</enum><header>Investigation services provider performance</header>
<subsection id="H16BB4B0A46E54BECA8C1DFEC63207A3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall annually survey the head of each component or
office of the Department with the authority to adjudicate a current
investigation file for a national security position to help determine
whether—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB3833EC14DE4AB79107BBD523802CEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>investigation service providers are adhering to Federal requirements, including requirements under
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law
108–458) and requirements promulgated by the Office of Personnel
Management; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94D7B276453643458C85635264AE0E11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>records provided are adequate to conduct adjudications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F852715622B47CF82C17C3291D591AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each survey under subsection (a) shall consider the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9E41B799CE2D4F22B978289B53F23C76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Punctuality of completed personnel security investigations, including adherence to timelines
required under section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F60E844B6814FFE8F3C54013B5859D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Frequency that the adjudicator must seek clarifying or additional information from the
investigation service provider.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BF39A57674F456297161D8C815A9FA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frequency that the adjudicator orders a full or partial reinvestigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB82B93CCBD84824999CA0151FD713D4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frequency that the adjudicator finds adverse information after the completed background
investigation is submitted by the investigation service provider.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E0ADD95C1654E8D925610660322AC0E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Frequency that the complete investigation file, including investigative notes, is provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67E5D2879F8F4A00BC411B8001046289"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Overall performance of the investigation service provider.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H207CABDF00884CD6928129F62ABE3C6C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Satisfaction with the overall performance of the investigation service provider.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BE7E9F3B2F3469E95B9587707583C0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corrective action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If information provided under subsection (a) identifies a pattern of performance problems with a
particular investigation service provider, the Chief Security Officer of
the Department of Homeland Security shall make a recommendation to the
Secretary of Homeland Security and, where appropriate, to the head of each
component or office of the Department that uses the particular
investigation service provider regarding corrective action, including
suspension or cancellation of services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E614F0686AE4488AC0F1B915F3D36FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish the results of each survey under subsection (a)
and make each such publication publicly available on the website of the
Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H99C423797EFD48AEAF94C2C6E8B07FB6"><enum>212.</enum><header>Metrics</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall utilize metrics, including, to the extent practicable, any
metrics in use by the Office of Personnel Management as of the date of the
enactment of this Act, to assess the timeliness, completeness, and overall
quality of the provision of investigative services by investigation
service providers.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1C8BBA0163BB44CA894BE781640E9232"><enum>C</enum><header>Adjudication</header>
<section id="H5552D18CC7FC4ECD94C4D98887FECC0A"><enum>221.</enum><header>Uniform adjudication standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF456809CDA21432BBD968E5FD26EA1D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall issue uniform adjudication standards, consistent
with part 147 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, or similar
successor regulation, to be utilized by Department adjudicators with
respect to adjudicating the eligibility of an individual for access to
classified information.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87CB523292A94ACD830F92BC38804BDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the issuance of the uniform adjudication standards under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security
Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, shall require the head of
each component and office of the Department with the authority to
adjudicate access to classified information of an individual to certify
compliance with the uniform adjudication standards under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2FE79451E392456AA1B5FECBB1D8BCA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the last head of a component of the Department of Homeland Security
certifies compliance under subsection (b) with the uniform adjudication
standards under subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department
shall audit all such components to verify such compliance.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1553E277143E4470BAD47554582E6263"><enum>D</enum><header>Denial, Suspension, Revocation, and Appeal</header>
<section id="H55F6525D01E441C0A25852FCF9ED6906"><enum>231.</enum><header>Uniform revocation criteria and procedures</header>
<subsection id="H11C94928D44D47ADA34D1F359ABEE98B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall issue a Departmentwide directive that sets forth
uniform criteria and procedures, consistent with any appropriate Federal
Governmentwide standards, including notice requirements, for the
suspension, denial, and revocation of eligibility for access to classified
information of an individual issued by the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1DCFE400AAB4A5D8BECFB8AA3E6704A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after issuance of the uniform criteria and procedures under subsection (a),
the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security
Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, shall require the head of
each component and office of the Department with the authority to
adjudicate eligibility for access to classified information of an
individual to certify compliance with such uniform criteria and
procedures.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04DAF1EDA6144EE692A34BFEE642182B"><enum>232.</enum><header>Annual reporting</header>
<subsection id="H3D5BC102DDD44A7EB22B07AF6A708D04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Chief Security Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, shall annually 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:</text>
<paragraph id="H9E45AEBABB40494089C16952D35CCE2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of denials, suspensions, revocations, and appeals of the eligibility for access to
classified information of an individual throughout the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6862158B900D48F793D19B4DBEC7DA60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The date and status or disposition of each reported action under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76E6B8BB0A424F21BDFE3A926F118E18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The identification of the originator, whether by a component or headquarters, of each adverse
action under paragraph (1), and description of the grounds for each such
action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBC2BAF3360146F7B9B0BDD56622F915"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6BB140218A3C4495B9A93539CD6A21BE"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a suspension in excess of 180 days, an explanation for the such timeframe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H58970F553D704843BCD017B6C836D736"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4215853D0F0D4E88902EC1A386500AC7"><enum>233.</enum><header>Final appeals panel</header>
<subsection id="H7AAD06FAD9434544806BDEEC1FE5CF71"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an internal appeals 5-person panel for final
national security clearance denial and revocation determinations that is
comprised of designees who are career, supervisory employees from
departmental components and headquarters.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0ECA97292BFB44EDA828A5D78362BA79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Chief Security Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall serve as the chair of the
panel established pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H20428F7E7697425991D8C92C374358D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Positions</header><text>At least two of the positions on the panel shall be held by non-security related supervisory
employees for not more than two consecutive years, and at least one
position shall held by a security related supervisory employee for not
more than three consecutive years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D978A1DDB0244B5AA09C4549E9BBEA2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subpanels</header>
<paragraph id="H8A54FA739124497586E8BD541EACB50C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each matter before the panel, a 3-person subpanel shall be convened by the chair, and may
include the chairman.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2581E6763DDA4E01AAB6477BCB663E88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The chair may not select a panelist to serve on a 3-person subpanel referred to in paragraph (1)
from the same component or office of the Department of Homeland Security
as from which the matter before such subpanel originated or who has a
prior relationship with any of the individuals involved in such matter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA543DC3D93F045D0B3A6362762354AB2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H59B36DC9B7B14F4AA3F3F62B10D84EA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each individual issued access to classified information by the Department of Homeland Security
whose access is denied or revoked after a decision from a first-line
deciding authority and a supervisor of such first-line deciding authority
may appeal, in writing, to the 5-person appeals panel and appear, with a
representative, before such panel to make a statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF338084B85A54797A146EE8F2185C110"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rulings</header><text>A simple majority of the appeals panel is required to uphold or overturn a denial or revocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60D6C6AD1C10442C85333BF3A54EBAAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>All determinations of the appeals panel shall be rendered within 90 days of receipt of an appeal
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H687CF5548A72487184A1E5007E784037"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Finality</header><text>All determinations of the appeals panel shall be final, and no further administrative review shall
be permitted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H66DDEFCEDD1440758B749A98E59F94A8"><enum>E</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="HF97DC4C7163D40849B77ABA22BD8B013"><enum>241.</enum><header>Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 review and security clearance reciprocity</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE7C19DE904F44018B518113794787802"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States 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 a report on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H221FA6E21F85430EB9B5FA2D6AFA8B34"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the implementation of section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref>) on security
clearance processes, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2D762B1C020D41B1B839761CF1550BD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to the quality of personnel security investigations and adjudications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H69FD4874C3CF416397BF5494568FCCC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which the timelines specified in such section have impacted security clearance
backlogs, and include recommendations for areas for reform; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E21E2BE4F0B4B0BA0272216F22AB86A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which individuals with eligibility for access to classified information, adjudicated
by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the head of a component or office
of the Department of Homeland Security, are granted reciprocity within the
Department and by other agencies, in accordance with subsection (d) of
section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref>), including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6777D8E786AB4F04976D5DB4AA12FDAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which the lack of harmonization of suitability standards is a barrier to such
reciprocity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE85AF3CB1FE24C75845BAB28EF550D80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations on whether such standards should be included in interagency reciprocity agreements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4D17CBCCC04E4A45A0BFD1882CDB37C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H57F83E68FA4E4FF1B5F9FFE91E81E6F1"><enum>242.</enum><header>Office of Inspector General report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the
Department of Homeland Security 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 a report on the
implementation of responsibilities and mandates of the Department under
this Act, and the amendments made by this Act. The report required under
this section 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.</text>
</section><section id="HDEB5D081751946BA86199ED7584E534E"><enum>243.</enum><header>Penalties for falsification relating to an investigation file</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1001">Section 1001(a)</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: <quote>If the offense involves an investigation file for a national security position (as such term is
defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/5/732.102">section 732.102</external-xref> of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or
similar successor regulation), then the maximum term of imprisonment
otherwise authorized under this section may be increased by one year.</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle>