,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committees on   
,homeland ,security1 and ,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 require certain acting   
national security officials to appear   
before ,congress1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,security 
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,acting        
national security official appearances  
before ,congress  7a7 ,initial          
appearance ,not later than #fj days     
after the date that a vacancy occurs    
with respect to any office listed in    
subsection 7b71 the individual serving  

as the acting official or performing the
 duties for such office shall appear    
before the applicable committees of     
,congress set forth in such subsection  
for such office4  7b7 ,offices and      
committees of ,congress  7#a7 ,,dod ,the
 ,secretary of ,defense2 the ,armed     
,services ,committees of the ,house of  
,representatives and the ,senate4  7#b7 
,,dhs ,the ,secretary of ,homeland      
,security2 the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate4  7#c7          
,intelligence offices ,the ,director of 
the ,central ,intelligence ,agency1 the 
,director of the ,national ,security    
,agency1 or the ,director of ,national  
,intelligence2 the ,permanent ,select   
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,house of ,representatives and the      
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,senate4  7c7 ,subsequent           
appearances  7#a7 ,in general           

,forty-five days following the first    
appearance under subsection 7a71 and    
every #de days thereafter until an      
individual is confirmed by the ,senate  
to the position with respect to which   
the acting official pertains1 the acting
 official shall testify1 on an          
alternating basis1 before the applicable
 committees of the ,house of            
,representatives and the ,senate set    
forth in subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,waiver  
,the chair of any such committee may    
waive the requirement of paragraph 7#a74