[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3337-S3338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2439. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him 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. ___. REPORT ON UNIFIED, SIMPLIFIED, GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
                   STANDARDS FOR POSITIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY 
                   CLEARANCES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and 
     the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in 
     coordination with the other members of the Council, shall 
     jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report on the advisability and the risks, benefits, and costs 
     to the Government and to industry of consolidating to not 
     more than 3 tiers for positions of trust and security 
     clearances.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined 
     in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3003));
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, 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) Security executive agent.--The term ``Security 
     Executive Agent'' means the Director of National Intelligence 
     acting as the Security Executive Agent in accordance with 
     Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 U.S.C. 3161 
     note).
       (4) Suitability and credentialing executive agent.--The 
     term ``Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent'' means 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management acting as 
     the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent in 
     accordance with Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 
     U.S.C. 3161 note).
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