REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF EXTENSION OF INACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCES.

SEC. 1626. REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF EXTENSION OF INACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCES. (a) Extension of Period of Inactive Security Clearances.— (1) Review and evaluation.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct a review and evaluation of the feasibility and advisability of extending the period of inactive security clearances for covered individuals to a period of not more than five years. (2) Assessment.—The review under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of subjecting inactive security clearances to continuous vetting and due diligence, including implications for the continued development of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative. (b) Briefing Required.—Not later than June 30, 2026, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services for the Senate and House of Representatives and the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on the results of the review and evaluation described in subsection (a). (c) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “congressional intelligence committees” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). (2) The term “covered individuals” means individuals who— (A) have been retired or otherwise separated from employment with the Department of Defense for a period of not more than 5 years; and (B) were eligible to access classified information on the day before the individual retired or otherwise separated from such employment.