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H.R. 5697 (114th)

Taking Responsibility Using Secured Technologies Act of 2016

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Introduced

8 July 2016

Last action

20 July 2016 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Sponsors

Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22], Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5], Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large], Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1], Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27], Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1], Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1], Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2], Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10], Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7], Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26], Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

3 December 2025

Defence

Summary

Taking Responsibility Using Secured Technologies Act of 2016 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should have any security clearance she holds revoked and should be denied access to classified information unless she earns the legal right to such access, and (2) any of her colleagues who demonstrated extreme carelessness in their handling of classified information should no longer have access to that information. The bill prohibits granting a security clearance to, and requires revocation of the security clearance of, any federal officer or employee who has exercised extreme carelessness in the handling of classified information. The bill also amends a provision of the federal criminal code that subjects to criminal penalties anyone entrusted with, or having lawful possession or control of, national defense information who, through gross negligence, permits that information to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed. The bill explicitly states that "gross negligence," for these purposes, includes extreme or reckless carelessness.

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Timeline

  1. 8 July 2016

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 July 2016

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 July 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 20 July 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

    Source: Committee

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