H.R. 4137

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the Secretary of State to report annually on adverse security clearance adjudications, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · June 25, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Lieu · Committee: Committee on Foreign Affairs

Table of contents

• H.R. 4137
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Annual report by Secretary of State on certain adverse security clearance adjudications

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Security Clearance Denials Act.

SEC. 2. Annual report by Secretary of State on certain adverse security clearance adjudications

• (a) Report
  • Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that contains, with respect to the 1-year period ending on the date of the submission of the report, the following:
    • For each type of covered adjudicative outcome, the number of individuals who received such outcome from the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security.
    • The number of individuals who submitted to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security an appeal with respect to a covered adjudicative outcome, disaggregated by whether the appeal related to assignment restrictions or assignment reviews.
    • The success rate of such appeals.
    • A description of the considerations and criteria used by such employees to determine whether a covered adjudicative outcome is warranted.
• (b) Disaggregation of data
  • The data specified in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall also be disaggregated by the following:
    • Position held by the individual, including by the following:
      • Foreign Service officer.
      • Civil service employee.
      • Other position.
    • Ethnicity, national origin, and race, to the extent such information is available.
    • Gender, to the extent such information is available.
• (c) Initial report scope
  • Notwithstanding the 1-year period described in subsection (a), the first report submitted pursuant to the requirements of that section shall be with respect to the period beginning on January 1, 2024, and ending on the date of the submission of such first report.
• (d) Definitions
  • In this section:
    • The term has the meaning given that term in section 6601 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (). continuous vetting 50 U.S.C. 3352
    • The term means the following: covered adjudicative outcome
    • The term has the meaning given that terms in section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (). periodic reinvestigation 50 U.S.C. 3341