1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Make Our Government Safe Act . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Steve Bannon was appointed to serve as chief strategist and senior counselor to the President in January 2017 and was appointed, via executive order, to the National Security Council on January 28, 2017. (2) Under section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ), the National Security Council is responsible for the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security. (3) To participate in highly sensitive meetings of the National Security Council, it is a prerequisite to have the highest available security clearances, including access to compartmented information. (4) Question 23.9 on United States Government Standard Form 86, which all applicants seeking a security clearance must submit, asks: have you ever advocated any acts of terrorism or activities designed to overthrow the U.S. Government by force? (5) Question 29.4 asks: have you ever been a member of an organization dedicated to the use of violence or force to overthrow the United States Government … (6) Question 29.6 asks: have you ever knowingly engaged in activities designed to overthrow the United States Government by force? (7) Steve Bannon has made numerous inflammatory statements in support of overthrowing the United States Government. (8) In an interview dated August 22, 2016, Bannon referred to himself as a Leninist , saying Lenin … wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment . (9) The Director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, Charles Phalen, Jr., testified before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives on February 2, 2017, about the process to