Continuous vetting of security clearances

Section 1564(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct an investigation or adjudication under subsection (a) of any individual described in paragraph (3), after paragraph (2); and (B) in subparagraph (A)(iv) by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as the case may be,; (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting (other than an individual described in paragraph (3)) after is an individual; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who has a security clearance and is— (A) a flag officer of the Coast Guard; or (B) an employee of the Coast Guard in the Senior Executive Service (career reserved).; and (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking Secretary and all that follows through paragraph (2) and inserting the following: Secretary of Defense, in the case of an individual described in paragraph (2), and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the case of an individual described in paragraph (3), shall ensure that relevant information on the conviction or determination described in paragraph (1) of such an individual.