STOP Resolution

Mandatory House counterintelligence training

This resolution would require covered House Members (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners), officers, and employees who get access to classified information to take counterintelligence and classified-information protection training each Congress. The Committee on House Administration would have to issue implementing regulations within 90 days after adoption. The Sergeant‑at‑Arms would administer the training. Fellows and detailees would be treated as House employees. People serving when the program is certified would generally have 90 days to finish. New Members would have 90 days after they first join. The Committee could set alternative deadlines for short‑term fellows or those joining near a Congress end. If a person already finished the course in Committee new‑Member orientation, they would not need to repeat it that Congress. For the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, those serving when the program is certified would have 90 days after adoption. If someone misses the deadlines, a Member would not be granted access to classified information until they complete the training and file a certificate. An officer or employee would not be granted access until 180 days after they complete the training and file a certificate. The Committee would consider additional ways to enforce compliance.