Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Clearance for Terrorists Act”.
No Clearance for Terrorists Act
A BILL
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to ensure that the process for an individual obtaining a security clearance includes vetting the individual for ties to domestic terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Improvements to investigations and adjudications of security clearances
Inclusion of certain matters in adjudicative guidelines— Section 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d) Adjudicative guidelines
“(1) Conditions that could raise security concern—The Security Executive Agent shall ensure that the adjudicative guidelines, in determining what conditions could raise a security concern and may disqualify an individual from being eligible to access classified information, include whether an individual has been involved in, supported, trained to commit, or advocated domestic or international terrorism.
“(2) Adjudicative guidelines—In this subsection, the term adjudicative guidelines means the adjudicative guidelines under Security Executive Agent Directive 4 (known as the “National Security Adjudicative Guidelines”), or such successor guidelines, issued pursuant to section 801, this section, and section 3002(d) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343(d)).”
Investigations, polygraphs, and adjudications— Subsection (c) of such section is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
“(2) ensure that such guidelines and instructions for investigations, polygraphs, and adjudications include screening an individual for possible involvement with domestic terrorism;”
Standard Forms 85P and 86— The Director of National Intelligence, acting as the Security Executive Agent under section 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a), and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, acting as the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent in accordance with Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note), shall ensure that the Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions (Standard Form 85P) and the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (Standard Form 86), or such successor forms, elicit information regarding whether the individual submitting the form has been involved in domestic terrorism.