,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ech  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ad1        
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4    
,cooper1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,miss ,rice of    
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4         
,demings1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mrs4 ,watson   
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,ryan1  
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,clay1 
,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 and ,mr4 ,welch7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to require a quarterly report on        
security clearances for individuals     
working in the ,white ,house or the     
,executive ,office of the ,president1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,commonsense ,legislation ,ensuring     
,accountability by ,reporting ,access of
 ,non-,cleared ,employees to ,secrets   

,act or the ,,clearances ,act4  #b4     
,report on security clearances for      
individuals working in the ,white ,house
 and ,executive ,office of the          
,president  7a7 ,in general ,subpart ,i 
of part ,,iii of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding     
after section #ajajf the following3     
#ajb ,security ,clearances  ,sec4       
#ajbja4 ,report on individuals working  
in the ,white ,house and ,executive     
,office of the ,president4  #ajbja4     
,report on individuals working in the   
,white ,house and ,executive ,office of 
the ,president  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #c months after the date of  
enactment of this section and every #c  
months thereafter1 the ,president shall 
submit a report to the appropriate      
congressional committees on security    
clearance information on any individual 
working in the ,white ,house or the     
,executive ,office of the ,president1   
including--  7#a7 the ,president's staff
 or any other individual in the ,white  

,house or ,office whose function is to  
advise or assist the ,president2 and    
7#b7 any individual who is detailed from
 the ,government1 a university1 a think 
tank1 or the private sector to the      
,white ,house or the ,office4  7b7      
,report requirements ,a report submitted
 under subsection 7a7 shall include the 
following3 7#a7 ,the name and position  
of any individual working in the ,white 
,house or the ,office and who holds a   
security clearance4  7#b7 ,with respect 
to any detailee1 the entity or agency   
from which the individual was detailed4 
7#c7 ,with respect to any clearance     
listed pursuant to paragraph 7#a7--     
7,a7 whether the clearance is temporary 
or permanent and level of the clearance2
  7,b7 the date the background          
investigation was initiated and the date
 of adjudication 7if any72 and  7,c7 the
 date of any interim reports or         
notifications from the investigating    
agency4  7#d7 ,the name and position of 
any individual working in the ,white    

,house or the ,office who was granted a 
security clearance by the ,president or 
other authorizing personnel despite an  
unfavorable recommendation from the     
,white ,house ,security ,office or an   
agency1 and the date the decision was   
made to grant the clearance4  7#e7 ,the 
name and position of any individual not 
contained in any list above whom the    
,president has provided access to       
classified information1 the date the    
information was so provided1 and the    
level of classification of the          
information4  7#f7 ,the name and        
position of any individual working in   
the ,white ,house or ,office-- 7,a7     
whose security clearance has been       
revoked or suspended and the date of    
such revocation or suspension2 or  7,b7 
who held an interim security clearance  
for a period longer than one year1 and a
 justification from the ,white ,house   
,counsel as to why it is in the national
 security interest of the ,united       
,states to keep the employee in the     

position without a permanent security   
clearance4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this   
section-- 7#a7 the term appropriate     
congressional committees means--  7,a7  
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence and the ,committees on    
,oversight and ,reform and the          
,judiciary of the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the ,select 
,committee on ,intelligence and the     
,committees on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs and the          
,judiciary of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 the
 term ,office means the ,executive      
,office of the ,president4  4  7b7      
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
chapters for such title is amended by   
adding after the item relating to       
chapter #aja the following3             
#ajb4,security ,clearances#ajbja  4