Bill Details
HR.80 - 119th Congress
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2025-01-03 - 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.
Introduced Date
2025-01-03
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
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This bill would immediately strip the security clearances of a specific group of former U.S. intelligence officials who signed a public statement about the Hunter Biden emails dated October 19, 2020. It requires the government to take that action within 24 hours of the bill becoming law, prevents those people from getting new clearances, and directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice to investigate their roles in the Hunter Biden laptop matter and any contact they had with the Biden campaign. The bill lists 51 named former intelligence community members.
- Timing and effect: within 24 hours of enactment, the named individuals would have their security clearances revoked and could not receive or renew such clearances.
- Investigations: the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General are ordered to investigate those individuals’ involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop controversy and any engagement with the Biden presidential campaign.
- Who is covered: the bill specifically names 51 former intelligence officials who were signatories of the October 19, 2020 public statement (examples include Jim Clapper, Mike Hayden, Leon Panetta, John Brennan, and Michael Morell).
- Scope: the action applies to the listed former officials only and targets their existing and future access to classified clearances based on their listed signatory status.
Official Summaries
Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025
This bill revokes the security clearances of 51 individuals who signed a statement titled Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails and dated October 19, 2020. It also (1) specifies that a security clearance may not be granted or renewed for any of them, and (2) requires the Departments of Defense and Justice to investigate these individuals.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 80
To revoke the security clearances of certain former members of the
intelligence community, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Davidson) introduced the
following bill; which was 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To revoke the security clearances of certain former members of the
intelligence community, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drain the Intelligence Community
Swamp Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 24 hours after the date of
enactment of this Act, the security clearance of any individual listed
in subsection (c), signatories of the statement titled ``Public
Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails'' dated October 19, 2020, are
hereby revoked, and no security clearance may be granted or renewed for
any such individual.
(b) Investigations.--The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney
General shall investigate such individuals and their role in the Hunter
Biden laptop scandal and level of engagement with the Biden
Presidential campaign.
(c) Individuals Listed.--The individuals listed in this subsection
are the following:
(1) Jim Clapper.
(2) Mike Hayden.
(3) Leon Panetta.
(4) John Brennan.
(5) Thomas Finger.
(6) Rick Ledgett.
(7) John McLaughlin.
(8) Michael Morell.
(9) Mike Vickers.
(10) Doug Wise.
(11) Nick Rasmussen.
(12) Russ Travers.
(13) Andy Liepman.
(14) John Moseman.
(15) Larry Pfeiffer.
(16) Jeremy Bash.
(17) Rodney Snyder.
(18) Glenn Gerstell.
(19) David B. Buckley.
(20) Nada Bakos.
(21) Patty Brandmaier.
(22) James B. Bruce.
(23) David Cariens.
(24) Janice Cariens.
(25) Paul Kolbe.
(26) Peter Corsell.
(27) Brett Davis.
(28) Roger Zane George.
(29) Steven L. Hall.
(30) Kent Harrington.
(31) Don Hepburn.
(32) Timothy D. Kilbourn.
(33) Ron Marks.
(34) Jonna Hiestand Mendez.
(35) Emile Nakhleh.
(36) Gerald A. O'Shea.
(37) David Priess.
(38) Pam Purcilly.
(39) Marc Polymeropoulos.
(40) Chris Savos.
(41) Nick Shapiro.
(42) John Sipher.
(43) Stephen Slick.
(44) Cynthia Strand.
(45) Greg Tarbell.
(46) David Terry.
(47) Greg Treverton.
(48) John Tullius.
(49) David A. Vanell.
(50) Winston Wiley.
(51) Kristin Wood.
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