Sec. 701. Security clearances held by certain former employees of intelligence community
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Section 803(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3162a(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: issue guidelines and instructions to the heads of Federal agencies to ensure that any individual who was appointed by the President to a position in an element of the intelligence community but is no longer employed by the Federal Government shall maintain a security clearance only in accordance with Executive Order 12968 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to access to classified information), or successor order. .
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in the Director's capacity as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to subsection
(a)of section 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3162a ), submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) the guidelines and instructions required by subsection (c)(5) of such Act, as added by subsection
(a)of this section. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in the Director’s capacity as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to section 803(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3162a(a) ), submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code) an annual report on the eligibility status of former senior employees of the intelligence community to access classified information. Each report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: A list of individuals who were appointed by the President to a position in an element of the intelligence community who currently hold security clearances. The number of such former employees who still hold security clearances. For each former employee described in subparagraph (B)— the position in the intelligence community held by the former employee; the years of service in such position; and the individual’s current employment position and employer. The Federal entity authorizing and adjudicating the former employees’ need to know classified information.
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