    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 194-196]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

           135                    OFFICE OF SENATE SECURITY

                    Resolved, That (a) there is established, within the
                Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred
                to as the ``Secretary''), the Office of Senate Security
                (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office''), which shall be
                headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter
                referred to as the ``Director''). The Office shall be under
                the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of
                the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction
                and supervision of the Secretary.
                    (b)(1) The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary
                after consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders.
                The Secretary shall fix the compensation of the Director.
                Any appointment under this subsection shall be made solely
                on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the
                position and without regard to political affiliation.
                    (2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary,
                and after consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member
                of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
                may establish such policies and procedures as may be
                necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution.

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                Commencing one year from the effective date of this
                resolution, the Director shall submit an annual report to
                the Majority and Minority Leaders and the Chairman and
                Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration
                on the status of security matters and the handling of
                classified information in the Senate, and the progress of
                the Office in achieving the mandates of this resolution.
                    Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary shall appoint and fix the
                compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry
                out the provisions of this resolution. The Director, with
                the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe the duties
                and responsibilities of such personnel. If a Director is not
                appointed, the Office shall be headed by an Acting Director.
                The Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of the
                Acting Director.
                    (b) The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate may
                each designate a Majority staff assistant and a Minority
                staff assistant to serve as their liaisons to the Office.
                Upon such designation, the Secretary shall appoint and fix
                the compensation of the Majority and Minority liaison
                assistants.
                    Sec. 3. (a) The Office is authorized, and shall have the
                responsibility, to develop, establish, and carry out
                policies and procedures with respect to such matters as:
                            (1) the receipt, control, transmission, storage,
                        destruction or other handling of classified
                        information addressed to the United States Senate,
                        the President of the Senate, or Members and
                        employees of the Senate;
                            (2) the processing of security clearance
                        requests and renewals for officers and employees of
                        the Senate;
                            (3) establishing and maintaining a current and
                        centralized record of security clearances held by
                        officers and employees of the Senate, and developing
                        recommendations for reducing the number of
                        clearances held by such employees;
                            (4) consulting and presenting briefings on
                        security matters and the handling of classified
                        information for the benefit of Members and employees
                        of the Senate;
                            (5) maintaining an active liaison on behalf of
                        the Senate, or any committee thereof, with all
                        departments and agencies of the United States on
                        security matters; and

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                            (6) conducting periodic review of the practices
                        and procedures employed by all offices of the Senate
                        for the handling of classified information.
                    (b) Within 180 days after the Director takes office, he
                shall develop, after consultation with the Secretary, a
                Senate Security Manual, to be printed and distributed to all
                Senate offices. The Senate Security Manual will prescribe
                the policies and procedures of the Office, and set forth
                regulations for all other Senate offices for the handling of
                classified information. [Executed.]
                    (c) Within 90 days after taking office, the Director
                shall conduct a survey to determine the number of officers
                and employees of the Senate that have security clearances
                and report the findings of the survey to the Majority and
                Minority Leaders and Secretary of the Senate together with
                recommendations regarding the feasibility of reducing the
                number of employees with such clearances.
                    (d) The Office shall have authority--
                            (1) to provide appropriate facilities in the
                        United States Capitol for hearings of committees of
                        the Senate at which restricted data or other
                        classified information is to be presented or
                        discussed;
                            (2) to establish and operate a central
                        repository in the United States Capitol for the
                        safeguarding of classified information for which the
                        Office is responsible; which shall include the
                        classified records, transcripts, and materials of
                        all closed sessions of the Senate; and
                            (3) to administer and maintain oaths of secrecy
                        under paragraph (2) of rule XXIX of the Standing
                        Rules of the Senate and to establish such procedures
                        as may be necessary to implement the provisions of
                        such paragraph.
                    Sec. 4. Funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1987
                which would be available to carry out the purposes of the
                Interim Office of Senate Security but for the termination of
                such Office shall be available for the Office of Senate
                Security.
                    Sec. 5. (a) All records, documents, data, materials,
                rooms, and facilities in the custody of the Interim Office
                of Senate Security at the time of its termination on July
                10, 1987, are transferred to the Office established by
                subsection (a) of the first section of this resolution.
                    (b) This resolution shall take effect on July 11, 1987.

                                         [S. Res. 243, 100-1, July 1, 1987.]