Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

This measure changes House rules so that some Member offices can have more staff with security clearances. If a staffer is an active member of the U.S. Armed Forces and already holds a Department of Defense clearance, that person would not count against the office’s cap on security clearances processed by the House’s security office. This applies to Members who serve on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Intelligence, and certain Appropriations subcommittees . The goal is to let these offices bring in more already-cleared military personnel to work on sensitive issues without waiting for a new House-run clearance, which could speed up national security and oversight work .

• Who is affected: Offices of Members on the listed national security–related committees, and Armed Forces personnel who already have a DoD clearance .
• What changes: These military staffers won’t count toward the office’s limit on House-processed clearances, creating an exception to the usual cap .
• Practical impact: More cleared help in those offices, potentially faster work on classified matters and better support on security issues .

Key point: This is a change to internal House rules that targets staffing for committees handling national security topics .