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HR 80 · in committee · significant

Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill revokes security clearances for 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 statement about Hunter Biden's emails.
  • Current and former federal employees in the intelligence and defense sectors are affected by this clearance revocation.
  • The Departments of Defense and Justice must investigate these individuals; no new clearances may be granted to them.

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  1. 01

    What safeguards should exist to prevent security clearance revocations from being used as political punishment rather than for legitimate national security reasons?

  2. 02

    How might revoking clearances for officials based on a public statement affect the willingness of current intelligence employees to share concerns about politically sensitive matters?

  3. 03

    What evidence supports the premise that the 51 officials' 2020 statement posed a genuine national security risk warranting permanent clearance revocation?

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Andy Biggs

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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.

  2. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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.

  3. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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.

  4. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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