Sec. 9. Studies and recommendations on necessity of security clearances
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The head of each agency that grants security clearances to personnel of such agency shall conduct a study on the necessity of such clearances. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each head of an agency that conducts a study under paragraph
(1)shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the agency head with respect to such study, which the agency head may classify as appropriate. Each report submitted by the head of an agency under subparagraph
(A)shall include, for such agency, the following: The number of personnel eligible for access to information up to the Top Secret level. The number of personnel eligible for access to information up to the Secret level. Information on the any reduction in the number of personnel eligible for access to classified information based on the study conducted under paragraph (1). A description of how the agency head will ensure that the number of security clearances granted by such agency will be kept to the minimum required for the conduct of agency functions, commensurate with the size, needs, and mission of the agency. This subsection shall apply to the Secretary of Defense in the Secretary's capacity as the Executive Agent for the National Industrial Security Program and the Secretary shall treat contractors, licensees, and grantees as personnel of the Department of Defense for purposes of the studies and reports required by this subsection. The Director of National Intelligence shall— review the number of personnel eligible for access to sensitive compartmented information; and submit to Congress a report on how the Director will ensure that the number of such personnel is limited to the minimum required. Each head of an agency who is authorized to establish a special access program by Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), or successor order, shall— review the number of personnel of the agency eligible for access to such special access programs; and submit to Congress a report on how the agency head will ensure that the number of such personnel is limited to the minimum required. The Secretary of Energy shall— review the number of personnel of the Department of Energy granted Q and L access; and submit to Congress a report on how the Secretary will ensure that the number of such personnel is limited to the minimum required. Not later than 180 days after the date on which a study is completed under subsection
(a)or a review is completed under subsections
(b)through (d), the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Public Interest Declassification Board shall each review the study or review, as the case may be.
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