[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1569 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1569

To require a review of the adequacy of existing procedures to ensure at 
least one employee of the personal office of each Senator serving on a 
      committee that requires access to top secret and sensitive 
compartmented information may obtain the security clearances necessary 
          for the employee to have access to such information.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2015

 Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                        Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a review of the adequacy of existing procedures to ensure at 
least one employee of the personal office of each Senator serving on a 
      committee that requires access to top secret and sensitive 
compartmented information may obtain the security clearances necessary 
          for the employee to have access to such information.

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

SECTION 1. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF GUIDANCE REGARDING SECURITY CLEARANCES 
              FOR CERTAIN SENATE EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``covered committee of the Senate'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (C) the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (D) the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
                and Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations 
                of the Senate;
                    (E) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
                    (F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (2) the term ``covered Member of the Senate'' means a 
        Member of the Senate who serves on a covered committee of the 
        Senate; and
            (3) the term ``Senate employee'' means an employee whose 
        pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
    (b) Review of Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of Senate Security, in 
        coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the 
        Chairperson of the Suitability and Security Clearance 
        Performance Accountability Council established under Executive 
        Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), shall--
                    (A) conduct a review of whether procedures in 
                effect enable 1 Senate employee designated by each 
                covered Member of the Senate to obtain security 
                clearances necessary for access to classified national 
                security information, including top secret and 
                sensitive compartmentalized information, if the Senate 
                employee meets the criteria for such clearances; and
                    (B) if the Director of Senate Security, in 
                coordination with the Director of National Intelligence 
                and the Chairperson of the Suitability and Security 
                Clearance Performance Accountability Council 
                established under Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 
                38103), determines the procedures described in 
                subparagraph (A) are inadequate, issue guidelines on 
                the establishment and implementation of such 
                procedures.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of Senate Security shall 
        submit to each covered committee of the Senate a report 
        regarding the review conducted under paragraph (1)(A) and 
        guidance, if any, issued under paragraph (1)(B).
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to alter--
            (1) the rule of the Information Security Oversight Office 
        implementing Standard Form 312, which Members of Congress sign 
        in order to be permitted to access classified information;
            (2) the requirement that Members of the Senate satisfy the 
        ``need-to-know'' requirement to access classified information;
            (3) the scope of the jurisdiction of any committee or 
        subcommittee of the Senate; or
            (4) the inherent authority of the executive branch of the 
        Government, the Office of Senate Security, any Committee of the 
        Senate, or the Department of Defense to determine recipients of 
        all classified information.
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