,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahh  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#cbaj  ,report ,no4 #aae-beh  ,,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  ,july #be1 #bjag   
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,july #ab1 #bjag  ,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  #c4 ,report on         
,security ,clearance ,investigations of 
personnel of the ,executive ,office of  
the ,president ,not later than #ij days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,director of the ,national    
,background ,investigations ,bureau of  
the ,office of ,personnel ,management   

shall submit to ,congress a report that 
explains the process for conducting and 
adjudicating security clearance         
investigations for personnel of the     
,executive ,office of the ,president1   
including ,white ,house personnel4  #d4 
,report on duplicative costs ,not later 
than #abj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,national ,background              
,investigations ,bureau of the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management shall submit  
to ,congress a report on the cost of    
duplicating resources under the control 
or direction of the ,national           
,background ,investigations ,bureau for 
implementation of the plan referenced in
 section #iea7;a77#a7 of the ,national  
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjag 7#aj ,u4,s4,c4 #aefd note74
  ,july #be1 #bjag ,reported with an    
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed