Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4205 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4205

  To revoke the security clearances of certain former members of the 
            intelligence community, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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

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                                 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 2023''.

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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