[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.]