Reforms relating to inactive security clearances

(a) Extension of period of inactive security clearances The Director of National Intelligence shall review and evaluate the feasibility of updating personnel security standards and procedures governing eligibility for access to sensitive compartmented information and other controlled access program information and security adjudicative guidelines for determining eligibility for access to sensitive compartmented information and other controlled access program information to determine whether individuals who have been retired or otherwise separated from employment with the intelligence community for a period of not more than 5 years and who was eligible to access classified information on the day before the individual retired or otherwise separated, could, as a matter of policy, be granted eligibility by the Director to access classified information as long as— (1) there is no indication the individual no longer satisfies the standards established for access to classified information; (2) the individual certifies in writing to an appropriate security professional that there has been no change in the relevant information provided for the last background investigation of the individual; and (3) an appropriate record check reveals no unfavorable information. (b) Feasibility and advisability assessment (1) In general The Director shall conduct an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of subjecting inactive security clearances to continuous vetting and due diligence. (2) Findings Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives the findings from the assessment conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).