H.R. 5900 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5900 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 6, 2023Mr. Gaetz introduced the following bill October 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit individuals from publicizing certain information relating to security clearances. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Security Clearance Revolving Door Act of 2023. 2. Prohibition on publicizing certain information relating to security clearances (a) Prohibition on publicizing certain information relating to security clearance Chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1925. Prohibition on publicizing certain information relating to security clearances (a) Offense Whoever, having received notice of a favorable adjudication with respect to a security clearance investigation, periodic reinvestigation, or other determination of eligibility to access classified information by an authorized adjudicative agency, publishes the fact of such favorable adjudication during the period of the current investigation file shall be fined not more than $1000, imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or both. (b) Exception It shall not be an offense under this section for an individual who has received a favorable adjudication specified in subsection (a) to include the fact of such favorable adjudication in connection with an application for a position of employment or for a governmental contract (or a subcontract thereof), where such favorable adjudication is a requirement for such employment or contract. (c) Definitions In this section, the terms authorized adjudicative agency, current investigation file, and periodic reinvestigation have the meanings given those terms in section 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(a)). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents at the beginning of chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1924 the following new section: 1925. Prohibition on publicizing certain information relating to security clearances. .