,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjai,mr4 ,lynch introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for a study on 
the use of social media in security     
clearance investigations4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,social ,media ,use in ,clearance       
,investigations ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,study on use of social media in        
security clearance investigations ,not  
later than #f months after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,management and ,budget 
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
the examination of social media activity
 during security clearance              
investigations1 including--  7#a7 the   
current use of publicly available social
 media in security clearance background 
investigations2  7#b7 any legal         
impediments to examining publicly       

available social media activity1 and    
whether those impediments are statutory 
or regulatory in nature2  7#c7 the      
results of any pilot programs to        
incorporate social media checks in such 
investigations1 including the           
effectiveness and cost of such programs2
  7#d7 options for widespread           
implementation of the examination of    
social media activity during such       
investigations2 and  7#e7 estimates on  
the cost for such options as part of--  
7,a7 all ,top ,secret investigations2 or
  7,b7 all ,secret and ,top ,secret     
investigations4