Conference report approves shifting background investigations to DOD

摘要

Lawmakers negotiating final changes to the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill retained a provision from the Senate's version of the bill that shifts military-specific background investigations to the Defense Department. The legislation directs the Pentagon "to take actions by 2020 to allow the Defense Security Service to conduct all personnel background and security investigations adjudicated by the Consolidated Adjudication Facility of the department in order to address the backlog," according to a summary of the conference report released last week by the Senate Armed Services Committee.