The Transparency in Security Clearance Denials Act would require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports to Congress detailing adverse security clearance decisions made by the State Department's Diplomatic Security office. The reports would include the total number of clearance denials, suspensions, and revocations, as well as data on appeals and their success rates, broken down by employee position type, race and ethnicity, and gender. The bill aims to increase public and congressional oversight of how security clearance decisions are made and applied across different groups of State Department employees and job categories. The Secretary of State must submit the first report within 90 days of the bill's enactment, with subsequent reports due annually. The legislation does not authorize any new funding, as it only requires the compilation and reporting of existing clearance adjudication data.
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