H.R. 4137 requires the Secretary of State to publish an annual public report detailing how many State Department employees and diplomats have had their security clearances denied, suspended, or revoked. The bill applies to all negative clearance decisions made by the State Department's Diplomatic Security office, including initial background investigations, periodic reinvestigations, and ongoing security monitoring. Each annual report must break down the data by job type (Foreign Service officers, civil service employees, and others), race and ethnicity, and gender, while also explaining the criteria used in making clearance decisions and reporting how many people successfully appealed denials. The first report must cover the period from January 1, 2024, onward and be submitted within 90 days of the bill's enactment, with subsequent reports due annually thereafter, providing Congress with detailed transparency about security clearance adjudication patterns at the State Department.
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