[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 565. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. IMPROVING VISIBILITY INTO THE SECURITY CLEARANCE 
                   PROCESS.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, 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; 
     relating to reforming processes related to suitability for 
     government employment, fitness for contractor employees, and 
     eligibility for access to classified national security 
     information), as in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, shall issue a policy that requires not 
     later than December 31, 2023, for government agencies to have 
     access to an operational electronic portal that can be used 
     by human resources personnel and applicants for security 
     clearances to view information about the status of an 
     application for a security clearance and the average time 
     required for each phase of the security clearance process.
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