[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress] [S. Doc. 107-1] [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate] [Pages 151-154] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] 106 OFFICE OF SENATE SECURITY Resolved, That (a) there is established, within the Office of the Secretary of the Senate (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary''), the Office of Senate Security (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office''), which shall be headed by a Director of Senate Security (hereinafter referred to as the ``Director''). The Office shall be under the policy direction of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, and shall be under the administrative direction and supervision of the Secretary. [[Page 152]] (b)(1) The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary after consultation with the Majority and Minority Leaders. The Secretary shall fix the compensation of the Director. Any appointment under this subsection shall be made solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position and without regard to political affiliation. (2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary, and after consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, may establish such policies and procedures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Commencing one year from the effective date of this resolution, the Director shall submit an annual report to the Majority and Minority Leaders and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration on the status of security matters and the handling of classified information in the Senate, and the progress of the Office in achieving the mandates of this resolution. Sec. 2. (a) The Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. The Director, with the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe the duties and responsibilities of such personnel. If a Director is not appointed, the Office shall be headed by an Acting Director. The Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of the Acting Director. (b) The Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate may each designate a Majority staff assistant and a Minority staff assistant to serve as their liaisons to the Office. Upon such designation, the Secretary shall appoint and fix the compensation of the Majority and Minority liaison assistants. Sec. 3. (a) The Office is authorized, and shall have the responsibility, to develop, establish, and carry out policies and procedures with respect to such matters as: (1) the receipt, control, transmission, storage, destruction or other handling of classified information addressed to the United States Senate, the President of the Senate, or Members and employees of the Senate; (2) the processing of security clearance requests and renewals for officers and employees of the Senate; (3) establishing and maintaining a current and centralized record of security clearances held by officers [[Page 153]] and employees of the Senate, and developing recommendations for reducing the number of clearances held by such employees; (4) consulting and presenting briefings on security matters and the handling of classified information for the benefit of Members and employees of the Senate; (5) maintaining an active liaison on behalf of the Senate, or any committee thereof, with all departments and agencies of the United States on security matters; and (6) conducting periodic review of the practices and procedures employed by all offices of the Senate for the handling of classified information. (b) Within 180 days after the Director takes office, he shall develop, after consultation with the Secretary, a Senate Security Manual, to be printed and distributed to all Senate offices. The Senate Security Manual will prescribe the policies and procedures of the Office, and set forth regulations for all other Senate offices for the handling of classified information. [Executed.] (c) Within 90 days after taking office, the Director shall conduct a survey to determine the number of officers and employees of the Senate that have security clearances and report the findings of the survey to the Majority and Minority Leaders and Secretary of the Senate together with recommendations regarding the feasibility of reducing the number of employees with such clearances. (d) The Office shall have authority-- (1) to provide appropriate facilities in the United States Capitol for hearings of committees of the Senate at which restricted data or other classified information is to be presented or discussed; (2) to establish and operate a central repository in the United States Capitol for the safeguarding of classified information for which the Office is responsible; which shall include the classified records, transcripts, and materials of all closed sessions of the Senate; and (3) to administer and maintain oaths of secrecy under paragraph (2) of rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate and to establish such procedures as may be necessary to implement the provisions of such paragraph. Sec. 4. Funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1987 which would be available to carry out the purposes of the Interim [[Page 154]] Office of Senate Security but for the termination of such Office shall be available for the Office of Senate Security. Sec. 5. (a) All records, documents, data, materials, rooms, and facilities in the custody of the Interim Office of Senate Security at the time of its termination on July 10, 1987, are transferred to the Office established by subsection (a) of the first section of this resolution. (b) This resolution shall take effect on July 11, 1987. [S. Res. 243, 100-1, July 1, 1987.]