[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2438. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IX, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. GOALS FOR PROMPTNESS OF DETERMINATIONS REGARDING 
                   SECURITY CLEARANCES.

       (a) In General.--The Council shall take such actions as may 
     be necessary to ensure that, by December 31, 2021, 90 percent 
     of all determinations regarding--
       (1) security clearances--
       (A) at the secret level are issued in 30 days or fewer; and
       (B) at the top secret level are issued in 90 days or fewer; 
     and
       (2) reciprocity of a security clearance at the same level 
     are recognized in two weeks or fewer.
       (b) Certain Reinvestigations.--The Council shall ensure 
     that by December 31, 2021, reinvestigation on a set 
     periodicity is not be required for more than 10 percent of 
     the population that holds a security clearance.
       (c) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit a plan to 
     carry out this section to the appropriate congressional 
     committees. Such plan shall include recommended interim 
     milestones for the goals set forth in subsections (a) and (b) 
     for 2019, 2020, and 2021.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees;
       (B) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined 
     in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3003));
       (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate; and
       (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Security, 
     Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability 
     Council established pursuant to Executive Order 13467 (73 
     Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note).
       (3) Reciprocity.--The term ``reciprocity'' means reciprocal 
     recognition by Federal departments and agencies of 
     eligibility for access to classified information.
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