A bill to require the treatment of a lapse in appropriations as a mitigating condition when assessing financial considerations for security clearances, and for other purposes.
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Introduced
Latest Action · February 13, 2019
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23.
Protecting Employees' Security Clearances Act of 2019
This bill requires an agency, when determining whether to grant or continue a security clearance, to consider a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) as a condition that could mitigate a security concern related to financial considerations.
An agency is prohibited from revoking a security clearance because of a reduction in credit score or negative information in a consumer credit file due to disrupted income payments arising from a lapse in appropriations.
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