S.Amdt. 723

SA 723. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON STATUS OF UPDATES TO SECURITY CLEARANCE
PROCESS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than June 1, 2024, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives report on the status of its updates to the
security clearance process of the Department of Defense and
the methods the Department is pursing to ensure the security
clearance process continues to protect national security.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A review of the last 10 years of cases of those who
held security clearances granted by the Department that were
ultimately charged with terrorism, espionage,
counterintelligence, or other related crimes.
(2) A review of any existing internal processes applicable
to the suspension of security clearances for those
individuals.
(3) Any policy that may address removal of clearances of
individuals who are found to pose a threat to other members
of the Armed Forces or to national security after their
clearance process has been adjudicated.
(4) Recommendations on enhancing existing security review
processes and recommendations for future new processes to
address any gaps identifies and lessons from the review.
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