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HR4137119th Congress
Transparency in Security Clearance Denials Act
Sponsored By: Representative Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced
Summary
Transparency in State Department security-clearance decisions would be the bill's main goal by requiring annual, detailed reports on denials, suspensions, revocations, and appeals. Reports would break down outcomes by job type and by demographic categories.
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- State Department employees would be listed separately for unfavorable adjudications, covering Foreign Service officers, civil service employees, and other positions.
- People who appealed would see counts of appeals, whether appeals concerned assignment restrictions or assignment reviews, and the appeals' success rate.
- Congressional oversight would get annual reports to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with the first report covering January 1, 2024 through the submission date.
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Yearly report on State Department clearance denials
The State Department would need to send a report to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees. It would be due within 90 days of enactment and then each year. The first report would cover January 1, 2024 through the date it is sent. Each report would show how many denials, suspensions, and revocations occurred, how many appeals were filed, and how often appeals succeeded. It would explain the criteria used to decide cases and break results down by job type and, if available, by ethnicity, national origin, race, and gender. The counts would cover actions by the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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