HRES 1237
STOP Resolution
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This resolution, titled the ‘Stop Telling other People’ Resolution or the STOP Resolution, requires Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to complete a training program in counterintelligence and classified information protection each Congress. The Committee on House Administration will establish regulations to implement this requirement, with exceptions for those who completed training during new Member orientation. Failure to complete the training can restrict access to classified information.
Key provisions
- Requires Members, officers, and employees to complete counterintelligence training annually.
- The Committee on House Administration will issue regulations to implement the training requirement.
- Individuals serving as fellows or detailees are considered House employees for training purposes.
- Exceptions exist for those who completed training during new Member orientation.
- Members who receive classified information must complete the training.
- Officers and employees with security clearances who handle classified information must complete the training.
- Alternative deadlines may be established for fellows and those nearing the end of a Congress.
- Non-compliance with the training requirement can restrict access to classified information.
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- Members of the House of Representatives
- Officers of the House of Representatives
- Employees of the House of Representatives
- Individuals serving as fellows in the House
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. RES. 1237
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RESOLUTION
Requiring certain Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to complete a program of training in counterintelligence and classified information protection each Congress, and for other purposes.
This resolution may be cited as the Stop Telling other People Resolution STOP Resolution
or the
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For purposes of this resolution, an individual serving in an office of the House of Representatives as a participant in a fellowship program or a detailee from another office of the Federal Government shall be considered an employee of the House.
If an individual completed a program of training required under paragraph (1) during the new Member orientation program administered by the Committee on House Administration prior to the beginning of a Congress, the individual is not required to complete the program during that Congress.
in the case of a Member, any Member who receives access to classified information as a result of the Member’s service in the House of Representatives; and
in the case of an officer or employee, each officer or employee who holds a security clearance and receives access to classified information as a result of the individual’s service in the House of Representatives.
Under the regulations issued by the Committee on House Administration under subsection (a), an individual shall complete the program of training required under subsection (a)(1) and file a certificate of completion of such training not later than—
in the case of an individual who is serving as a Member, officer, or employee of the House as of the date on which the Committee first certifies that the program is in operation for a Congress, not later than 90 days after such date; or
in the case of any other individual, not later than 90 days after the individual first becomes a Member, officer, or employee of the House.
The Committee on House Administration may include in the regulations issued under subsection (a)—
an alternative deadline for individuals serving as participants in fellowship programs to take into account the duration of their service; and
an alternative deadline for individuals who first become Members, officers, or employees of the House towards the end of a Congress to take into account the amount of time remaining in the Congress.
In the case of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, an individual described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall complete the program required under subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution.
If an individual does not meet deadline for completion of the training under subsection (c)—
in the case of a Member, such Member may not be granted access to any classified information until such date as the Member completes the training and files a certificate of completion; and
in the case of an officer or employee, such officer or employee may not be granted access to any classified information until the date that is 180 days after the date the officer or employee completes the training and files a certificate of completion.