1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I would like you to support the Security Clearance Review Act. This legislation would reform the process by which security clearances are approved for political appointees in the Executive Office of the President. There are reports that President-elect Donald Trump and his advisors intend to bypass traditional background checks to grant security clearances to his political appointees. This bill would codify the FBI in conducting background check investigations for EOP employees, and require congressional notifications in cases where the President wants to override the FBI on granting such employees access to any/all classified information. The Security Clearance Review Act would require the FBI to make a written recommendation to the sitting President that an individual flagged by the White House security office be denied final approval to receive a security clearance. This piece of legislation would require that such a decision be justified to Congress in writing. Please do all you can to pass this bill before Trump becomes President. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.