Sec. 6611. INFORMATION-SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSITIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES
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## SEC. 6611 INFORMATION-SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSITIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES **[**[50 U.S.C. 3352f](/us/usc/t50/s3352f)**]** ###
(a)Program Required ####
(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall establish and implement a program to share between and among agencies of the Federal Government and industry partners of the Federal Government relevant background information regarding individuals applying for and currently occupying national security positions and positions of trust, in order to ensure the Federal Government maintains a trusted workforce. ####
(2)Designation The program established under paragraph
(1)shall be known as the “Trusted Information Provider Program” (in this section referred to as the “Program”). ###
(b)Privacy Safeguards The Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall ensure that the Program includes such safeguards for privacy as the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider appropriate. ###
(c)Provision of Information to the Federal Government The Program shall include requirements that enable investigative service providers and agencies of the Federal Government to leverage certain pre-employment information gathered through private-sector means during the employment or military recruiting process, and other relevant security or human resources information obtained during employment with or for the Federal Government, that satisfy Federal investigative standards, while safeguarding personnel privacy. ###
(d)Information and Records The information and records considered under the Program shall include the following: ####
(1)Date and place of birth. ####
(2)Citizenship or immigration and naturalization information. ####
(3)Education records. ####
(4)Employment records. ####
(5)Employment or social references. ####
(6)Military service records. ####
(7)State and local law enforcement checks. ####
(8)Criminal history checks. ####
(9)Financial records or information. ####
(10)Foreign travel, relatives, or associations. ####
(11)Social media checks. ####
(12)Such other information or records as may be relevant to obtaining or maintaining national security, suitability, fitness, or credentialing eligibility. ###
(e)Implementation Plan ####
(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to appropriate industry partners a plan for the implementation of the Program. ####
(2)Elements The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)Mechanisms that address privacy, national security, suitability or fitness, credentialing, and human resources or military recruitment processes. #####
(B)Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider appropriate to carry out or improve the Program. ###
(f)Plan for Pilot Program on Two-way Information Sharing ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to appropriate industry partners a plan for the implementation of a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of expanding the Program to include the sharing of information held by the Federal Government related to contract personnel with the security office of the employers of those contractor personnel. ####
(2)Elements The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)Mechanisms that address privacy, national security, suitability or fitness, credentialing, and human resources or military recruitment processes. #####
(B)Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider appropriate to carry out or improve the pilot program. ###
(g)Review Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to appropriate industry partners a review of the plans submitted under subsections (e)(1) and (f)(1) and utility and effectiveness of the programs described in such plans.
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INFORMATION-SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSITIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES
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