,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #b1 #bjai,mr4 
,espaillat introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on ,foreign 
,affairs1 ,intelligence 7,permanent     
,select71 and ,oversight and ,reform1   
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 ,national ,security ,act of   
#aidg to prohibit individuals who       
threaten to destroy the ,government from
 participating in or attending meetings 
of the ,national ,security ,council1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,make    
,our ,government ,safe ,act4  #b4       
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,steve ,bannon was      
appointed to serve as chief strategist  

and senior counselor to the ,president  
in ,january #bjag and was appointed1 via
 executive order1 to the ,national      
,security ,council on ,january #bh1     
#bjag4  7#b7 ,under section #aja of the 
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjba71 the ,national         
,security ,council is responsible for   
the integration of domestic1 foreign1   
and military policies relating to the   
national security so as to enable the   
military services and the other         
departments and agencies of the         
,government to cooperate more           
effectively in matters involving the    
national security4  7#c7 ,to participate
 in highly sensitive meetings of the    
,national ,security ,council1 it is a   
prerequisite to have the highest        
available security clearances1 including
 access to compartmented information4   
7#d7 ,question #bc4i on ,united ,states 
,government ,standard ,form #hf1 which  
all applicants seeking a security       
clearance must submit1 asks3 have you   

ever advocated any acts of terrorism or 
activities designed to overthrow the    
,u4,s4 ,government by force8  7#e7      
,question #bi4d asks3 have you ever been
 a member of an organization dedicated  
to the use of violence or force to      
overthrow the ,united ,states           
,government '''  7#f7 ,question #bi4f   
asks3 have you ever knowingly engaged in
 activities designed to overthrow the   
,united ,states ,government by force8   
7#g7 ,steve ,bannon has made numerous   
inflammatory statements in support of   
overthrowing the ,united ,states        
,government4  7#h7 ,in an interview     
dated ,august #bb1 #bjaf1 ,bannon       
referred to himself as a ,leninist1     
saying ,lenin ''' wanted to destroy the 
state1 and that's my goal too4 ,i want  
to bring everything crashing down1 and  
destroy all of today's establishment4   
7#i7 ,the ,director of the ,national    
,background ,investigations ,bureau1    
,charles ,phalen1 ,jr41 testified before
 the ,committee on ,oversight and       

,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives on ,february #b1 #bjag1
 about the process to investigate       
applicants for security clearances4     
7#aj7 ,in response to questions from    
,ranking ,member ,elijah ,e4 ,cummings1 
,director ,phalen agreed that calling   
oneself a ,leninist would cause concerns
 during the background check process for
 a security clearance1 saying ,it would1
 and the investigator should pursue that
 avenue of discussion with the subject  
as to what that means44  7#aa7 ,in      
response to a specific question about   
someone whose goal was to destroy the   
state1 ,director ,phalen responded ,that
 would elicit a very strong line of     
questioning with that individual and    
with others to determine what he means  
by that so that we can give a full      
picture to the adjudicator44  7#ab7     
,when asked what would happen if ,bannon
 denied making these statements1        
,director ,phalen responded that        
background check investigators would    

determine what the truth is4  #c4       
,prohibition of individuals who threaten
 to destroy the ,government from        
participating in or attending ,national 
,security ,council meetings  7a7        
,prohibition ,section #aja7;c7 of the   
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjba7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,the     
,president and inserting ,except as     
provided in paragraph 7#c71 the         
,president2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#c7  
,individuals who threaten to destroy the
 ,government ,any individual who        
threatens to destroy the ,government1   
including in speech1 written form1 or   
through action1 may not participate in  
or attend any meeting of the ,council or
 any meeting of the ,principal's        
,committee4  4  7b7 ,effective date     
,paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7c7 of    
section #aja of the ,national ,security 
,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjba7     
shall take effect on the date that is   

#cj days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4  #d4 ,sense of ,congress 
regarding the suspension of security    
clearances for ,federal employees who   
threaten to destroy the ,state ,it is   
the sense of ,congress that the head of 
a department or agency of the ,federal  
,government that issues a security      
clearance for an employee1 including for
 an employee of the ,executive ,office  
of the ,president1 should consider      
suspending the security clearance of the
 employee1 if the employee threatens or 
has threatened to destroy the ,state or 
to take hostile actions against the     
,united ,states1 to ensure such employee
 does not pose a threat to the ,united  
,states4