Bill > HR686

This bill, the Security Clearance Review Act, amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make security clearance and access determinations for political appointees in the Executive Office of the President. The bill prohibits political appointees from being employed, detailed, or assigned to the Executive Office of the President unless it is consistent with national security, and requires the FBI Director to grant any security clearance or access to classified information for such appointees. The bill also requires the FBI Director to notify the President and Congress if a clearance or access is denied, suspended, or revoked, and for the President to explain if they override such a determination by the FBI Director.