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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 46
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees
of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House
from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may
hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if
such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security
clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY15, 2025
Mr. M
ILLSsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve
on certain committees of the House from the allotment
of the number of employees of the office who may hold
security clearances processed by the Office of House
Security if such employees are members of the armed
forces who hold a security clearance issued by the De-
partment of Defense, and for other purposes.
Resolved, 1
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•HRES 46 IH
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN HOUSE EMPLOYEES 1
WHO ARE MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES 2
FROM ALLOTMENT OF NUMBER OF EMPLOY-3
EES OF MEMBER OFFICE WHO MAY HOLD SE-4
CURITY CLEARANCES PROCESSED BY THE 5
OFFICE OF HOUSE SECURITY. 6
Rule XXIX of the Rules of the House of Representa-7
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 8
clause: 9
‘‘5.(a) If an employee of the office of a Member, Dele-10
gate, or Resident Commissioner described in paragraph 11
(c) is a member of the armed forces who holds a security 12
clearance issued by the Department of Defense, the em-13
ployee shall not be included in determining the allotment 14
of the number of employees of the office who may hold 15
security clearances processed by the Office of House Secu-16
rity. 17
‘‘(b) The level of the security clearance of an em-18
ployee of an office who is described in paragraph (a) may 19
not exceed the lower of— 20
‘‘(1) the level of the clearance held by the em-21
ployee which was issued by the Department of De-22
fense; or 23
‘‘(2) the highest clearance level which may be 24
sponsored by the office for its employees. 25
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‘‘(c) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 1
described in this paragraph is a Member, Delegate, or 2
Resident Commissioner who serves on any of the following 3
Subcommittees or Committees of the House of Represent-4
atives: 5
‘‘(1) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-6
mittee on Appropriations. 7
‘‘(2) The Subcommittee on Homeland Security 8
of the Committee on Appropriations. 9
‘‘(3) The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Op-10
erations, and Related Programs of the Committee on 11
Appropriations. 12
‘‘(4) The Committee on Armed Services. 13
‘‘(5) The Committee on Foreign Affairs. 14
‘‘(6) The Committee on Homeland Security. 15
‘‘(7) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel-16
ligence.’’. 17
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