House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Transparency in Security Clearance Denials Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to report annually on adverse security clearance adjudications, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2025
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Latest action: Jun 25, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4137.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 109, June 25, 2025, Page H2970):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4137, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 25, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.