# Plain Language Summary: No Clearance for Terrorists Act

This bill makes it harder for people involved in domestic terrorism to get security clearances—the special permission that allows someone to access classified government information. Right now, the government has a process for vetting people who want these clearances, but this bill says that process needs to specifically check whether someone has ties to domestic terrorism. It's basically closing a gap where someone with extremist connections might slip through the cracks because investigators weren't explicitly looking for those red flags.

The bill does three main things. First, it updates the official guidelines that investigators use when deciding if someone should get a clearance. Those guidelines will now specifically list involvement with domestic terrorism as something that could disqualify someone. Second, it requires that the actual investigation process—including polygraph tests and background checks—must include screening for possible connections to domestic terrorism. Third, it updates the official forms that people fill out when applying for security clearances to ask directly whether they've been involved in domestic terrorism.

In practical terms, this affects government employees, military personnel, contractors, and anyone else who needs a security clearance to do their job. The bill doesn't create new punishments or laws—it just makes sure that the vetting process for clearances is more thorough when it comes to domestic extremism. If someone has participated in, supported, or advocated for domestic terrorism, investigators will now be specifically trained and required to catch that during the clearance process, potentially preventing them from accessing sensitive national security information.

No Clearance for Terrorists Act

Crow, Jason

No Clearance for Terrorists Act This bill requires processes for vetting an individual for a security clearance to take into consideration whether that individual has been involved in terrorism. The Special Security Directorate of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center must ensure that the guidelines for adjudicating security clearances, when determining what conditions could raise a security concern or disqualify an applicant, include whether the applicant has been involved in or advocated domestic or international terrorism. The directorate must also ensure that guidelines and instructions to federal agencies relating to security clearances include screening an individual for possible involvement with domestic terrorism. The directorate and the Office of Personnel Management must ensure that certain forms related to public trust and national security positions include questions regarding whether the individual submitting the form has been involved in domestic terrorism.