Security Clearance Reform Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 19, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Security Clearance Reform Act of 2015
Directs the President to submit a strategic plan to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the intelligence committees of Congress (appropriate congressional committees) to improve security clearance and background investigation activities. Sets forth the required contents of such plan, including the development of a continuous evaluation or monitoring system of information used for security clearances, improvement of information sharing procedures between agencies, and the reduction or elimination of databases and information sources that cannot be accessed and processed electronically.
Prohibits the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from awarding a contract to any entity for investigative support services or background investigation fieldwork services if such entity has another contract in effect with the federal government to provide such services.
Requires the OPM Director to report to the appropriate congressional committees listing any state or local entity covered by the definition of "criminal justice agency" that has failed to cooperate with three or more criminal history record information requests of the Director. Reduces criminal justice grant funding to state and local entities that fail to substantially comply with such requests.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 2015Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal justice information and records
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Performance measurement
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2015Introduced in House
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