,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,ryan 7for himself and ,mr4   
,wittman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
accelerate accreditation and access to  
sensitive compartmented information     
facilities for industry1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,acceleration of         
accreditation and access to sensitive   
compartmented information facilities for
 industry  7a7 ,plan required ,not later
 than #ahj days after enactment of this 
act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 in     
consultation with other appropriate     
departments and agencies of the ,federal
 ,government1 shall submit to the       
congressional defense committees a plan 
to accelerate the accreditation1        
construction1 and operational use of    
commercial sensitive compartmented      
information facilities accessible to    
private-sector entities in support of   

national security innovation1           
manufacturing1 and mission-critical     
classified activities4  7b7 ,elements   
,the plan required by subsection 7a7    
shall include the following3 7#a7       
,recommendation of policies to authorize
 the parallel processing of construction
 security plans1 construction1 and      
information technology deployment to    
reduce accreditation and approval       
timelines4  7#b7 ,an assessment of the  
feasibility of adopting architecture and
 construction templates to allow for    
shortening or eliminating portions of   
the construction security plan review   
and approval process4  7#c7 ,an         
evaluation of current policies regarding
 the use of mobile ,secret ,internet    
,protocol ,router ,network and ,joint   
,worldwide ,intelligence ,communications
 ,system systems within accredited      
contractor sensitive compartmented      
information facilities1 including a     
review of ,chairman of the ,joint       
,chiefs of ,staff ,instruction          

#fbaa4jb;,d4  7#d7 ,an assessment of the
 feasibility of delegating the authority
 to review construction security plans  
and associated #cj1 #fj1 and #ij percent
 technical drawings to appropriately    
trained sponsor-approved personnel      
within the ,armed ,forces1 subject to   
applicable security standards and       
oversight4  7#e7 ,a proposal to         
designate shared commercial classified  
facilities as valid places to work for  
all types of classified work authorized 
by the ,department of ,defense4  7#f7 ,a
 proposal to develop and establish a    
secure1 centralized1 digital platform   
for the management of sensitive         
compartmented information facility      
lifecycle processes1 including-- 7,a7   
submission and tracking of construction 
security plans1 requests for            
information1 fixed facility checklists1 
and co-use authorizations2 and  7,b7    
utilization of artificial intelligence  
and machine-learning tools for          
construction security plan validation1  

interagency compliance1 and document    
version control4  7#g7 ,a list of any   
additional authorities1 appropriations1 
or other resources necessary to         
implement the plan required by this     
section4