Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act
Latest action · Oct 11, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 10, 2013
- Passed SenateOct 10, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 25, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act - Authorizes funding for the cost of audits, investigations, and oversight activities conducted by the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the OPM revolving fund and functions financed by the fund. Requires OPM to include in its budget an estimate by the OPM Inspector General of the amount required to pay the reasonable expenses (not to exceed .33% of total budgetary authority) to audit, investigate, and perform other oversight activities related to the revolving fund.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2013 to Sep 24, 2013; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jul 11, 2013 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Jul 31, 2013 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Sep 24, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 10, 2013Markup Jul 31, 2013Reported Sep 25, 2013 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 11, 2013 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2013Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 11, 2013Received in the House.
- Oct 11, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Oct 10, 2013Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7387; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7387)
- Oct 10, 2013Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 25, 2013Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-111. Additional views filed.
- Sep 25, 2013Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
- Jul 31, 2013Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 10, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Jul 10, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7387Text printed S7387Amendments S7387 | Harry Reid D-NV, Thomas R. Carper D-DE (amendment), Tom Coburn R-OK (amendment) | Oct 10, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 27, 2013S. 1276, Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2013
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2001 | To amend the title. | Thomas R. Carper D-DE | Amendment SA 2001 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2860 | OPM IG Act | Related bill | Feb 12, 2014 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to increase oversight of the Revolving Fund of the Office of Personnel Management, strengthen the authority to terminate or debar employees and contractors involved in misconduct affecting the integrity of security clearance background investigations, enhance transparency regarding the criteria utilized by Federal departments and agencies to determine when a security clearance is required, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- A bill to increase oversight of the Revolving Fund of the Office of Personnel Management.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Budget process
- Director of National Intelligence
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2013Referred in House
- Oct 10, 2013Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 25, 2013Reported to Senate
- Jul 10, 2013Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
