115 HR 3737 RH: Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017 U.S. House of Representatives 2017-09-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 382 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 3737 [Report No. 115–512] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2017 Mr. DeSantis (for himself and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform January 11, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To provide for a study on the use of social media in security clearance investigations.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017.

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Study on use of social media in security clearance investigations

Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on the examination of social media activity during security clearance investigations, including— (1)the current use of publicly available social media in security clearance background investigations; (2)any legal impediments to examining publicly available social media activity, and whether those impediments are statutory or regulatory in nature; (3)the results of any pilot programs to incorporate social media checks in such investigations, including the effectiveness and cost of such programs; (4)options for widespread implementation of the examination of social media activity during such investigations; and (5)estimates on the cost for such options as part of— (A)all Top Secret investigations; or (B)all Secret and Top Secret investigations.

January 11, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed