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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…

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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.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Mills, Cory Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Jan 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan 15, 2025
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 Plain-English summary 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.

What's happening now January 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Hamadeh, Abraham J.
Arizona · Jul 2, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 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.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-46/
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"H. Res. 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.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-46/.
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H. Res. 46, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-46/.
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[H. Res. 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HRES-46/)
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