Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Information Security Investment Act of 2023”.
Information Security Investment Act of 2023
A BILL
To require each Member of Congress and the President and Vice President to complete a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Mandatory completion of classified information training for Members of Congress
Requirement— Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall issue regulations to require each Member of the House of Representatives and each Member of the Senate, respectively, to complete a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information during each Congress.
Deadline—
In general— Under the regulations issued by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate under subsection (a), an individual shall complete the program of training required under such subsection and file a certificate of completion of such training—
in the case of an individual who is serving as a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate as of the date of the first day of the first session of a Congress, not later than 90 days after such date; or
in the case of any other individual, not later than 90 days after the date the individual first becomes a Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate during a Congress.
Special rule for first session of One Hundred Eighteenth Congress— In the case of the first session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, an individual described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall complete the program of training required under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Member of the House of Representatives defined— In this section, the term Member of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
Exercise of rulemaking powers— The provisions of this section are enacted by the Congress—
as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House.
Sec. 3 Mandatory completion of classified information training for President and Vice President
In general— Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall designate an appropriate agency or department of the Federal Government to develop and provide a program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information to the President and Vice President.
Deadline—
In general— The President and Vice President shall each complete the program of training described in subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date each such individual begins serving a term as President or Vice President, and every two years thereafter while each such individual continues to serve as President or Vice President.
Special rule for first training— The President and Vice President shall each, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, complete the program of training described in subsection (a).