Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 45 — Miscellaneous Intelligence Community Authorities
§ 3351. Improving quality of information in background investigation request packages
Statutory text
Report on metrics and best practices
Not later than 180 days after , the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which serves as the primary executive branch service provider for background investigations for eligibility for access to classified information, eligibility to hold a sensitive position, and for suitability and fitness for other matters pursuant to Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to reforming processes related to suitability for Government employment, fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for access to classified national security information), shall, in consultation with the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council established under such executive order, submit to Congress a report on—
metrics for assessing the completeness and quality of packages for background investigations submitted by agencies requesting background investigations from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency;
rejection rates of background investigation submission packages due to incomplete or erroneous data, by agency; and
best practices for ensuring full and complete information in background investigation requests.
Annual report on performance
Not later than 270 days after , and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council shall submit to Congress a report on performance against the metrics and return rates identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
Improvement plans
Identification
Not later than one year after , executive agents under Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) shall identify agencies in need of improvement with respect to the quality of the information in the background investigation submissions of the agencies as reported in subsection (b).
Plans
Not later than 90 days after an agency is identified under paragraph (1), the head of the agency shall provide the executive agents referred to in such paragraph with a plan to improve the performance of the agency with respect to the quality of the information in the agency’s background investigation submissions.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Pub. L. 116–92 div. A title XVII § 1757 · 133 Stat. 1198
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 3351
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1757, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1860.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1757, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1860.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1757. IMPROVING QUALITY OF INFORMATION IN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUEST PACKAGES. (a) Report on Metrics and Best Practices.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which serves as the primary executive branch service provider for background investigations for eligibility for access to classified information, eligibility to hold a sensitive position, and for suitability and fitness for other matters pursuant to Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to reforming processes related to suitability for Government employment, fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for access to classified national security information), shall, in consultation with the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council established under such executive order, submit to Congress a report on— (1) metrics for assessing the completeness and quality of packages for background investigations submitted by agencies requesting background investigations from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency; (2) rejection rates of background investigation submission packages due to incomplete or erroneous data, by agency; and (3) best practices for ensuring full and complete information in background investigation requests. (b) Annual Report on Performance.— Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council shall submit to Congress a report on performance against the metrics and return rates identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). (c) Improvement Plans.— (1) Identification.— Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, executive agents under Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) shall identify agencies in need of improvement with respect to the quality of the information in the background investigation submissions of the agencies as reported in subsection (b). (2) Plans.— Not later than 90 days after an agency is identified under paragraph (1), the head of the agency shall provide the executive agents referred to in such paragraph with a plan to improve the performance of the agency with respect to the quality of the information in the agency’s background investigation submissions.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Executive Order 13467, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c)(1), is Ex. Ord. No. 13467, , 73 F.R. 38103, which is set out as a note under section 3161 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1757, , 133 Stat. 1860.)