S.Amdt. 2439

SA 2439. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title IX, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON UNIFIED, SIMPLIFIED, GOVERNMENT-WIDE
STANDARDS FOR POSITIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY
CLEARANCES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and
the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in
coordination with the other members of the Council, shall
jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report on the advisability and the risks, benefits, and costs
to the Government and to industry of consolidating to not
more than 3 tiers for positions of trust and security
clearances.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined
in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003));
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Security,
Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability
Council established pursuant to Executive Order 13467 (73
Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note).
(3) Security executive agent.--The term ``Security
Executive Agent'' means the Director of National Intelligence
acting as the Security Executive Agent in accordance with
Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 U.S.C. 3161
note).
(4) Suitability and credentialing executive agent.--The
term ``Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent'' means
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management acting as
the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent in
accordance with Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103; 50
U.S.C. 3161 note).
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