,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dacg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjbe,mr4 
,lieu 7for himself and ,mr4 ,castro of  
,texas7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
require the ,secretary of ,state to     
report annually on adverse security     
clearance adjudications1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transparency in    
,security ,clearance ,denials ,act4  #b4
 ,annual report by ,secretary of ,state 
on certain adverse security clearance   
adjudications  7a7 ,report ,not later   
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,state    
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a    
report that contains1 with respect to   
the #a-year period ending on the date of

 the submission of the report1 the      
following3  7#a7 ,for each type of      
covered adjudicative outcome1 the number
 of individuals who received such       
outcome from the ,assistant ,secretary  
of ,state for ,diplomatic ,security4    
7#b7 ,the number of individuals who     
submitted to the ,assistant ,secretary  
of ,state for ,diplomatic ,security an  
appeal with respect to a covered        
adjudicative outcome1 disaggregated by  
whether the appeal related to assignment
 restrictions or assignment reviews4    
7#c7 ,the success rate of such appeals4 
7#d7 ,a description of the              
considerations and criteria used by such
 employees to determine whether a       
covered adjudicative outcome is         
warranted4  7b7 ,disaggregation of data 
,the data specified in paragraphs 7#a7  
through 7#c7 of subsection 7a7 shall    
also be disaggregated by the following3 
7#a7 ,position held by the individual1  
including by the following3  7,a7       
,foreign ,service officer4  7,b7 ,civil 

service employee4  7,c7 ,other position4
  7#b7 ,ethnicity1 national origin1 and 
race1 to the extent such information is 
available4  7#c7 ,gender1 to the extent 
such information is available4  7c7     
,initial report scope ,notwithstanding  
the #a-year period described in         
subsection 7a71 the first report        
submitted pursuant to the requirements  
of that section shall be with respect to
 the period beginning on ,january #a1   
#bjbd1 and ending on the date of the    
submission of such first report4  7d7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,continuous vetting ,the term continuous
 vetting has the meaning given that term
 in section #ffja of the ,damon ,paul   
,nelson and ,matthew ,young ,pollard    
,intelligence ,authorization ,act for   
,fiscal ,years #bjah1 #bjai1 and #bjbj  
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cceb74  7#b7 ,covered   
adjudicative outcome ,the term covered  
adjudicative outcome means the          
following3 7,a7 ,with respect to an     
initial security clearance background   

investigation1 an adjudication that was 
unfavorable and resulted in a denial1   
suspension1 or revocation of a security 
clearance4  7,b7 ,with respect to a     
periodic reinvestigation1 an            
adjudication that was unfavorable and   
resulted in a denial1 suspension1 or    
revocation of a security clearance4     
7,c7 ,with respect to a program of      
continuous vetting1 a denial1           
suspension1 or revocation of a security 
clearance taken by an authorized        
adjudicative agency as a result of such 
continuous vetting4  7#c7 ,periodic     
reinvestigation ,the term periodic      
reinvestigation has the meaning given   
that terms in section #cjja of the      
,intelligence ,reform and ,terrorism    
,prevention ,act of #bjjd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
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