Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to exclude employees of the offices of Members who serve on certain committees of the House from the allotment of the number of employees of the office who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security if such employees are members of the armed forces who hold a security clearance issued by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

This House Resolution would modify the Rules of the House to create an exemption for certain staff who are also active members of the armed forces. Specifically, if a staff member in the office of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is an armed forces member who holds a Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance, that person would not be counted toward the office’s allowed limit of staff who may hold security clearances processed by the Office of House Security. Additionally, the employee’s security clearance level would be limited to the lower of their DoD clearance level or the highest clearance level sponsored by their office. The exemption applies only to staff tied to Members (or Delegates/Residents) who serve on certain specified House committees or subcommittees. In short, the resolution loosens how some DoD-cleared armed-forces staff are counted against the House’s security-clearance staffing cap, while also capping their clearance level to remain within Office-sponsorship limits. It is a House Rules change and does not by itself become federal law.