Security Clearance Family Review Act This bill prohibits certain federal agencies from granting a relative of the President access to classified information for purposes of federal employment unless the Office of Government Ethics makes a favorable determination during a review process regarding the relative's suitability for such access. In conducting a review, the office must determine whether the relative of the President has any ongoing and substantial commercial relationships with state-owned or privately-owned foreign enterprises or financial institutions and, if so, whether the relative is ineligible for access to classified information because of such relationships.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversightExecutive Office of the PresidentFamily relationshipsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Security Clearance Family Review Act
USA116th CongressHR-1561| House
| Updated: 3/6/2019
Security Clearance Family Review Act This bill prohibits certain federal agencies from granting a relative of the President access to classified information for purposes of federal employment unless the Office of Government Ethics makes a favorable determination during a review process regarding the relative's suitability for such access. In conducting a review, the office must determine whether the relative of the President has any ongoing and substantial commercial relationships with state-owned or privately-owned foreign enterprises or financial institutions and, if so, whether the relative is ineligible for access to classified information because of such relationships.
Congressional oversightExecutive Office of the PresidentFamily relationshipsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents