STOP Resolution

Key Points

• This resolution requires House Members and staff who handle secret government information to take special training. The classes will teach them how to protect classified files and how to spot foreign spies trying to steal information.
• Anyone in the House of Representatives who has a security clearance must finish this training every two years. This includes elected officials, regular employees, and even temporary workers like fellows or people on loan from other government agencies.
• If a person does not finish the training on time, they will lose their right to see secret information. For regular employees, the penalty is even stricter because they cannot see classified files for six months even after they finally finish the training.
• The House Sergeant-at-Arms will run the training program. New members who already took this training during their orientation do not have to take it again during the same two-year term.

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