,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,gabbard introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,intelligence ,reform and ,terrorism    
,prevention ,act of #bjjd to enhance    
security clearance investigation        
procedures1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,security ,clearance ,enhancement  
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,enhancement of     
security clearance investigation        
procedures  7a7 ,information collection 
,section #cjja7;c77#b7 of the           
,intelligence ,reform and ,terrorism    
,prevention ,act of #bjjd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #ccda7;c77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subparagraph 7,b7 by striking and at the
 end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c7 by     
striking the period and inserting a     
semicolon2 and  7#c7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7,d7 ensure that    

each personnel security investigation   
collects data from a variety of sources1
 including government1 commercial data1 
consumer reporting agencies1 and social 
media2  7,e7 ensure that each personnel 
security investigation of an individual 
collects data relevant to the granting1 
denial1 or revocation of the access to  
classified information1 including--  7i7
 information relating to a criminal or  
civil legal proceeding to which the     
individual is or becomes a party or     
witness2  7ii7 financial information1   
including information relating to--     
7,i7 a bankruptcy proceeding2  7,,ii7 a 
lien against property2  7,,iii7 mortgage
 fraud2  7,,iv7 high-value assets1      
including financial assets1 obtained by 
the individual from an unknown source2  
and  7,v7 bank accounts and bank account
 balances2  7iii7 credit reports from   
the major consumer reporting agencies or
 a wealth indicator for any individual  
about whom the major credit reporting   
agencies have little or no information2 

7iv7 associations1 past or present1 of  
the individual with an individual or    
group that may suggest ill intent1      
vulnerability to blackmail1 compulsive  
behavior1 allegiance to another country1
 or change in ideology2  7v7 public     
information1 including news articles or 
reports1 that includes derogatory       
information about the individual2  7vi7 
information posted on a social media    
website or forum that may suggest ill   
intent1 vulnerability to blackmail1     
compulsive behavior1 allegiance to      
another country1 or change in ideology2 
and  7vii7 data maintained on a         
terrorist or criminal watch list        
maintained by an agency1 ,state or local
 government1 or international           
organization1 including any such list   
maintained by--  7,i7 the ,office of    
,foreign ,assets ,control of the        
,department of the ,treasury2  7,,ii7   
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation2 
and  7,,iii7 the ,international         
,criminal ,police ,organization2  7,f7  

provide for review of the accuracy and  
comprehensiveness of information        
relating to the access to classified    
information of an individual through    
timely periodic reinvestigations and    
include data collected during such      
reinvestigations in the database        
required by subsection 7e72 and  7,g7   
provide for a process for notification  
of an agency employing or contracting   
with personnel with access to classified
 information if a verification or       
periodic reinvestigation has revealed   
information pertinent to revocation of  
the access4  4  7b7 ,frequency of       
periodic reinvestigations ,section      
#cjja7;a77#g7 of such ,act 7#ej         
,u4,s4,c4 #ccda7;a77#g77 is amended by  
striking every and inserting #b times   
every each place it occurs4  7c7        
,reports ,section #cjja7;h7 of such ,act
 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ccda7;h77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7 by striking      
through #bjaa2 and  7#b7 in paragraph   
7#b7--  7,a7 by redesignating           

subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 as          
subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d71            
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,a7 the following3  
7,b7 an assessment of the effectiveness 
of the database required by subsection  
7e72  4  7d7 ,funding from the revolving
 fund of the ,office of ,personnel      
,management ,section #acjd7;e77#a7 of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended by inserting the security       
clearance system required under section 
#cjja7;e7 of the ,intelligence ,reform  
and ,terrorism ,prevention ,act of #bjjd
 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ccda7;e771 after       
including4  #c4 ,limitation ,none of the
 amendments made by this ,act shall be  
construed as requiring increased        
consideration of information relating to
 minor financial or mental health issues
 of an individual in evaluating the     
access to classified information of such
 individual4  #d4 ,effective date  ,the 
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect #a year after the date of        

enactment of this ,act4