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Sets strict rules for who can work in the White House and see classified information. Political appointees and special Government employees in the Executive Office of the President can only be hired or get access to classified materials if national‑security clearance rules are met. The FBI Director is put in charge of granting, denying, suspending, or revoking these clearances. If a clearance is denied, suspended, or revoked, the President and key congressional committees must be notified the same day. If the President overrides the FBI Director’s decision, Congress must get a written explanation within 30 days.
A political appointee or special Government employee may not be employed in, detailed to, or assigned to the Executive Office of the President unless such employment, detail, or assignment is clearly consistent with national security.
No political appointee or special Government employee employed in, detailed to, or assigned to the Executive Office of the President may have a security clearance or access classified information unless the security clearance is granted or the access determination is made by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
If the Director of the FBI denies, suspends, or revokes a security clearance or access to classified information under the subsection, the Director must notify the President and the appropriate committees of Congress of that determination on the date the determination is made.
If the President nullifies, reverses, modifies, or otherwise fails to recognize a denial, suspension, or revocation of a security clearance or access to classified information made by the FBI Director under this subsection, the President must submit a written explanation of the reasons for that action to the appropriate committees of Congress not later than 30 days after doing so.
Defines 'political appointee' by reference to the meaning given in section 4(a)(4) of the Edward Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–136) and 5 U.S.C. 3101.
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Referred 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.
Introduced February 26, 2025 by Donald Sternoff Beyer · Last progress February 26, 2025
Referred 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.
Introduced in House