H.R. 3737: Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017
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H.R. 3737: Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-12 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to report on the examination of social media activity during security clearance investigations.
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Official text
Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3737, Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017 (2017-09-26)
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Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3737.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3737 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115