House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Security Clearance Review Act
Official title: To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to authorize the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make security clearance determinations and access determinations for political appointees and special Government employees in the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 26, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H879):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Beyer.
- H.J.Res. 63 (119th) Redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial as the "Arlington House National Historic Site".
- H.R. 1657 (119th) Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025
- H.R. 2033 (119th) Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 6617 (119th) Keeping All Students Safe Act
- H.R. 9047 (119th) Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act
- H.R. 3505 (119th) Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.