[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2393-S2394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 213. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECURITY CLEARANCE 
                   PROCESS UPDATES.

       (a) Study Required.--No later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the status of the updates the 
     Secretary is carrying out to the security clearance process 
     and the methods the Secretary is pursuing to ensure the 
     security clearance process of the Department of Defense 
     continues to protect national security.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A review of the last 10 years of cases of those who 
     held security clearances granted by the Department that were 
     ultimately charged with terrorism, espionage, 
     counterintelligence, or other related crimes.
       (2) A review of any existing internal processes applicable 
     to the suspension of security clearances for those 
     individuals.
       (3) Any policy that may address revocation of clearances of 
     individuals who are found to pose a threat to other members 
     of the Armed Forces or to national security after their 
     clearance process has been adjudicated.

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       (4) A review of the processes of the Department to support 
     the transition to the continuous vetting system and status of 
     the transition.
       (5) Recommendations on enhancing existing security review 
     processes and recommendations for future new processes to 
     address any gaps identified and lessons learned from the 
     review.
       (c) Form and Public Availability.--The report submitted 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
       (1) submitted to Congress under such subsection in 
     classified form and detailing relevant case information; and
       (2) revised to redact classified information and made 
     available to the public on a website of the Department.
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