Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 31, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
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 31, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2019
This bill directs various agencies to report on, and devise plans to improve, systems for handling security clearances and background checks.
The Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council shall provide Congress with a plan to reduce the background investigation backlog and to consolidate security clearance processes to improve efficiency.
The Director of National Intelligence, or another individual selected by the President, shall serve as the Security Executive Agent for all U.S. departments and agencies. The agent shall establish a policy and implementation plan for improving security clearance procedures.
The agent shall report to Congress on (1) ways to improve or simplify investigation procedures; (2) the feasibility of the clearance in person concept, which permits an individual to maintain access to classified information for up to three years after leaving a cleared position; and (3) protections for the confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications in continuous vetting programs.
Federal departments and agencies shall report annually to the agent certain information related to reciprocal recognition of security clearances when an individual moves between positions within the department or agency, and the agent shall summarize and report such information to Congress.
The bill imposes various targets for reducing the pendency of secret and top secret level clearance determinations. It also requires reports to Congress on various topics, such as the feasibility of having no more than three tiers of trust and security clearance positions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 31, 2019Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 245 | Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2019 |
| S 1589 | Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 | Related bill | Jun 11, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal justice information and records
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Performance measurement
- Personnel records
- Public contracts and procurement
- Right of privacy
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
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