S.Amdt. 848

SA 848. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for

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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 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECURITY CLEARANCE
PROCESS UPDATES.

(a) Study Required.--No later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the status of the updates the
Secretary is carrying out to the security clearance process
and the methods the Secretary is pursuing to ensure the
security clearance process of the Department of Defense
continues to protect national security.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include 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, sabotage,
sedition, 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 revocation 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 identified and lessons learned from the
review.
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