,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ab1 #bjag,mr4 
,knight 7for himself and ,mr4 ,connolly7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,national ,background ,investigations  
,bureau to submit a report on the       
backlog of personnel security clearance 
investigations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,securely ,expediting           
,clearances ,through ,reporting         
,transparency ,act of #bjag or the      
,,secret ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,report on 
backlog of personnel security clearance 
investigations ,not later than #ij days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and quarterly thereafter for #e   
years1 the ,director of the ,national   
,background ,investigations ,bureau of  
the ,office of ,personnel ,management   
shall submit to ,congress a report on   

the backlog of security clearance       
investigations that includes--  7#a7 the
 size of the personnel security         
clearance investigation process backlog2
 and  7#b7 the average length of time1  
for each sensitivity level1 to carry out
 an initial investigation and a periodic
 investigation4