,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abgf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mr4        
,johnson of ,wisconsin1 and ,mr4        
,coburn7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
increase oversight of the ,revolving    
,fund of the ,office of ,personnel      
,management1 strengthen the authority to
 terminate or debar employees and       
contractors involved in misconduct      
affecting the integrity of security     
clearance background investigations1    
enhance transparency regarding the      
criteria utilized by ,federal           
departments and agencies to determine   
when a security clearance is required1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,security ,clearance ,oversight and     
,reform ,enhancement ,act4  #b4         

,oversight of the ,revolving ,fund of   
the ,office of ,personnel ,management   
,section #acjd7;e7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended--  7a7 in     
paragraph 7#a71 in the first sentence1  
by inserting before the period the      
following3 1 and for the cost of audits1
 investigations1 and oversight          
activities relating to the fund and the 
functions financed by the fund1         
conducted by the ,inspector ,general of 
the ,office2 and  7b7 in paragraph 7#e71
 by adding at the end the following3    
,each budget submitted under this       
paragraph shall include an estimate from
 the ,inspector ,general of the ,office 
of the amount required to pay the       
reasonable expenses to adequately audit1
 investigate1 and perform other         
oversight activities relating to the    
fund and the functions financed by the  
fund for the applicable fiscal year1    
which shall not exceed #j4cc percent of 
the total budgetary authority requested 
in the budget estimates submitted to    

,congress by the ,office for that fiscal
 year44  #c4 ,termination and debarment 
of individuals involved in misconduct   
affecting the integrity of the          
background investigations program of the
 ,office of ,personnel ,management  7a7 
,termination and ,debarment ,the ,office
 of ,personnel ,management shall        
terminate or debar an individual        
employed or contracted by the ,office of
 ,personnel ,management if the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management determines1   
based upon a preponderance of the       
evidence1 that the individual was       
involved in misconduct affecting the    
integrity of the background             
investigations program of the ,office of
 ,personnel ,management1 including1 but 
not limited to--  7#a7 falsification of 
a background investigation report2  7#b7
 fraud relating to a background         
investigation report2  7#c7 failure to  
review a background investigation       
report2  7#d7 impersonation of a        
,federal law enforcement officer2 or    

7#e7 abuse of authority relating to the 
employment or contract by the ,office of
 ,personnel ,management4  7b7           
,procedures for determination of        
termination and debarment  7#a7         
,establishment of procedures ,the       
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
establish procedures under which the    
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
determine whether an employee or        
contractor should be terminated or      
debarred under subsection 7a74  7#b7    
,due process ,notwithstanding chapters  
#e and #ge of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code1 the procedures established under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall ensure that--  7,a7
 the employee or contractor is provided 
with notice and opportunity to be heard2
 and  7,b7 the determination whether to 
terminate1 debar1 or reinstate the      
employee or contractor is made          
expeditiously4  #d4 ,director of        
,national ,intelligence guidance on     
determinations of positions requiring a 
security clearance  7a7 ,guidance ,not  

later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of ,national ,intelligence    
shall issue guidance for the departments
 and agencies of the ,federal           
,government to be used by such          
departments and agencies to--  7#a7     
determine whether the occupant of a     
position requires a security clearance  
for the performance of the duties of    
such position2 and  7#b7 periodically   
review and1 if necessary1 revise the    
designation of a position as requiring a
 security clearance for the performance 
of the duties of such position4  7b7    
,procedures ,the guidance described     
under subsection 7a7 shall include such 
procedures for the discharge of the     
guidance as the ,director of ,national  
,intelligence considers appropriate4