[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3210

   To require the Director of the National Background Investigations 
    Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security 
           clearance investigations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2017

  Mr. Knight (for himself and Mr. Connolly) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Director of the National Background Investigations 
    Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security 
           clearance investigations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securely Expediting Clearances 
Through Reporting Transparency Act of 2017'' or the ``SECRET Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE 
              INVESTIGATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
quarterly thereafter for 5 years, the Director of the National 
Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management 
shall submit to Congress a report on the backlog of security clearance 
investigations that includes--
            (1) the size of the personnel security clearance 
        investigation process backlog; and
            (2) the average length of time, for each sensitivity level, 
        to carry out an initial investigation and a periodic 
        investigation.
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