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The bill speeds removal and review of named cleared individuals to reduce immediate insider risk and increase accountability, but does so at the cost of potential career harm and due-process concerns, legal and constitutional risks, politicization of security resources, and possible disruption to national-security work.
Federal security officials, taxpayers, and the public get immediate temporary revocation of security clearances for named individuals suspected of improper campaign influence or mishandling classified information, reducing short-term insider access and insider-risk while investigations proceed.
Taxpayers and the public gain a prompt statutory review and investigation into whether the named clearance holders improperly influenced a presidential campaign or mishandled classified materials, increasing accountability and transparency of security-clearance oversight.
Named federal employees and government contractors can lose security clearances and related duties within 24 hours, risking job loss, career harm, and limited due process protections.
Immediate, blanket removals of clearance without individualized security determinations could disrupt national-security operations by removing experienced cleared personnel and reducing program continuity and effectiveness.
Directing DOJ and DoD to investigate a politically charged matter risks politicizing security and law-enforcement resources and diverting staff and attention from other priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Immediately revokes and bars renewal of security clearances for 51 named individuals and orders DoD and DOJ to investigate their roles related to the Hunter Biden laptop matter.
Immediately revokes and bars renewal of security clearances for 51 specifically named individuals who signed a public statement about the Hunter Biden emails, and directs the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General to investigate those individuals’ roles and any engagement with the Biden presidential campaign. The directive must be implemented within 24 hours of enactment and contains no new funding or additional deadlines beyond that 24‑hour requirement.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025