“To require the Secretary of State to report annually on adverse security clearance adjudications, and for other purposes.”
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This section requires the Secretary of State to submit to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, a report on covered adjudicative outcomes (i.e., unfavorable adjudications from initial security clearance background investigations, periodic reinvestigations, or continuous vetting that result in denial, suspension, or revocation of a security clearance) issued by the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security during the prior one-year period (from January 1, 2024, to the submission date for the initial report). The report must include (1) the number of individuals who received each type of covered adjudicative outcome; (2) the number of appeals submitted to the Assistant Secretary, disaggregated by whether related to assignment restrictions or assignment reviews; (3) the success rate of such appeals; and (4) a description of the considerations and criteria used to determine covered adjudicative outcomes. Data under (1) through (3) must be disaggregated by (1) position held (Foreign Service officer, civil service employee, or other); (2) ethnicity, national origin, and race, to the extent available; and (3) gender, to the extent available. As background, periodic reinvestigation and continuous vetting refer to updates of background investigations required under current law (50 U.S.C. 3341, 3352) to ensure ongoing eligibility for access to classified information.