,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjah,mr4 
,huffman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1  
and ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
in addition to the ,permanent ,select   
,committee on ,intelligence 7,permanent 
,select71 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,intelligence  
,reform and ,terrorism ,prevention ,act 
of #bjjd to authorize candidates in a   
presidential election campaign to       
request a security clearance4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,access to ,classified  
,information in ,elections ,act4  #b4   
,security clearances for candidates     
during presidential election campaigns  

7a7 ,in general ,the ,intelligence      
,reform and ,terrorism ,prevention ,act 
of #bjjd 7,public ,law #ajh-deh2 #aah   
,stat4 #chef7 is amended by inserting   
after section #gfja the following new   
section3  #gfjb4 ,security clearances   
for candidates during presidential      
election campaigns  7a7 ,security       
clearance ,an eligible candidate may    
request a security clearance4  7b7      
,procedures ,to the extent practicable  
pursuant to existing procedures and     
requirements1 the appropriate agencies  
and departments of the ,federal         
,government shall expeditiously provide 
the necessary background investigations 
and eligibility determinations with     
respect to a request for a security     
clearance by an eligible candidate under
 subsection 7a74  7c7 ,disclosure  7#a7 
,list ,beginning not later than ,january
 #a of each year in which a presidential
 election is held1 the ,director shall  
maintain on a publicly accessible       
internet website of the ,office of the  

,director of ,national ,intelligence a  
list of each eligible candidate who--   
7,a7 is granted a security clearance    
pursuant to a request under subsection  
7a72 and  7,b7 provides written consent 
to the ,director to make public the     
status of such request4  7#b7 ,updates  
,the ,director shall update the list    
under paragraph 7#a7 not later than #g  
days after the date on which the        
,director receives the written consent  
of a candidate under subparagraph 7,b7  
of such paragraph4  7d7 ,eligible       
candidate defined ,the term eligible    
candidate means a candidate for election
 to the office of ,president of the     
,united ,states or the office of ,vice  
,president of the ,united ,states       
described in section #ijjb7b7 of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  4   
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
contents at the beginning of such ,act  
is amended by inserting after the item  
relating to section #gfja the following 
new item3  ,sec4 #gfjb4 ,security       

clearances for candidates during        
presidential election campaigns4  4