# 119-hr-80: Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025

119-hr-80, Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced (as of 2025-12-20).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-80
- As of: 2025-12-20
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-80
- Congress: 119
- Title: Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

1. **The Hook:** **Revokes security clearances for 51 named signers of a 2020 public statement.** The bill would bar those people from future clearances and require federal investigators to examine their involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop matter and any engagement with the Biden presidential campaign. 2. **The Impact:** - The 51 listed individuals who signed the “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” (October 19, 2020) would have their security clearances revoked within 24 hours of enactment and could not be granted or renewed. - The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General would be required to investigate those individuals’ roles in the Hunter Biden laptop matter and any contacts with the Biden presidential campaign.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Revoke clearances and require investigations: cost, low. This bill would require revoking security clearances within 24 hours for the people named in subsection (c) who signed the October 19, 2020 statement. Those people could not get new or renewed security clearances. The bill would also direct the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General to inves…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-80 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/80)

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- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-116: Stopping Border Surges Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-116)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-80 (as of 2025-12-20).