[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3240

 To require senior Department of State officials to maintain security 
  clearances and to require the Secretary of State to notify Congress 
    when the security clearances of such officials are suspended or 
                                revoked.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2023

 Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
Rubio, and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the following bill; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require senior Department of State officials to maintain security 
  clearances and to require the Secretary of State to notify Congress 
    when the security clearances of such officials are suspended or 
                                revoked.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
        Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Covered official.--The term ``covered official'' means 
        any individual--
                    (A) holding a position at the level of Assistant 
                Secretary or higher at the Department of State;
                    (B) holding the position of chief of mission or 
                principal officer at any diplomatic or consular post;
                    (C) holding the rank and status of ambassador; or
                    (D) holding any other position that reports 
                directly to the Secretary of State, such as special 
                envoy.

SEC. 2. SECURITY CLEARANCES REQUIRED FOR SENIOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    All covered officials shall obtain and maintain a security 
clearance that allows the covered official to access sensitive 
compartmented information.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF CLEARANCES.

    If the security clearance of any covered official is suspended or 
revoked, the Secretary of State shall--
            (1) not later than 15 days after such suspension or 
        revocation, notify the appropriate congressional committees of 
        the name and position of the individual whose security 
        clearance was suspended or revoked; and
            (2) not later than 30 days after such suspension or 
        revocation, provide a briefing for the appropriate 
        congressional committees regarding--
                    (A) the documentation notifying such individual of 
                such suspension or revocation; and
                    (B) the current employment status and conditions of 
                such individual.
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