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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 46

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

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Introduced 2025-01-15Topic: governance ethics

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This resolution creates an exception to the House limit on the number of employees who may hold security clearances within certain Member offices. Specifically, any member of the Armed Forces who holds a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense does not count toward the number of employees of a Member who may hold security clearances issued by the Office of House Security. The exception applies to employees of Members on the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, or Homeland Security; the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; or specified subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-15HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.refer
2025-01-15Submitted in Housereport
2025-01-15HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.refer
2025-01-15Submitted in Houseintroduce
2025-01-15Submitted in Housereport
2025-01-15Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-29. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.