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Make Our Government Safe Act

Introduced: February 28, 2017 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Feb 28, 2017
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Make Our Government Safe Act

This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the President from designating as an attendee or participant in the National Security Council (or in any meeting of the Principals Committee) any individual who threatens to destroy the government, including in speech or written form or through action.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that a federal department or agency that issues a security clearance for an employee, including for an employee of the Executive Office of the President, should consider suspending the security clearance of an employee who threatens to destroy the state or to take hostile actions against the United States.

What's happening now February 28, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1248: Make Our Government Safe Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1248/
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"H.R. 1248: Make Our Government Safe Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1248/.
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H.R. 1248, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1248/.
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