3.0.0 838 2022-11-01T18:02:34Z 2022-11-01T18:02:34Z Senate S 2019-03-14 116 slin00 Intelligence (Select) Committee Senate Select Referred to 2019-03-14T20:01:56Z Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 116 3905 S 2020-06-17 By Senator Rubio from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-233. Minority views filed. Related bill CRS Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 116 1589 S 2019-06-11 By Senator Burr from Select Committee on Intelligence filed written report. Report No. 116-47. Additional views filed. Related bill CRS 2019-03-14 slin00 Intelligence (Select) Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. IntroReferral 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-03-14 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Executive agency funding and structure Freedom of information Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Lawyers and legal services Right of privacy Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-17T19:06:41Z This bill directs each executive agency to establish an appeals process for persons whose eligibility for access to classified information has been denied or revoked.

Each agency shall establish an independent panel to hear such appeals, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shall establish a panel to review agency appeal decisions.

To a person whose access to classified information has been denied or revoked, the relevant agency shall provide a written explanation of the basis of the decision. The agency shall provide such a person a copy of the documents that formed the basis of the decision upon request.

The bill establishes various requirements for agency appeals, including (1) an opportunity for the person to be represented by counsel at the person's own expense; (2) the ability to review classified information that is essential to the case; and (3) the opportunity to provide evidence, including calling and cross-examining witnesses.

The agency panel may take various corrective actions, including compensation for lost wages or benefits due to an improper denial or revocation of access to classified information. The review panel shall explain its decisions in writing, and the decision shall be publicly available.

Such agency appeal decisions may be appealed to the review panel established by the ODNI, which may vacate and remand incorrect decisions back to the agency panel. The Director of National Intelligence may overturn an ODNI panel decision. Decisions by the director or by the ODNI panel shall be explained in writing and be publicly available.

]]> A bill to protect integrity, fairness, and objectivity in decisions regarding access to classified information, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to protect integrity, fairness, and objectivity in decisions regarding access to classified information, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect integrity, fairness, and objectivity in decisions regarding access to classified information, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s838is/xml/BILLS-116s838is.xml 2019-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.