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H.R. 3585 — Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act | PoliFocus

H.R. 3585115th Congress

Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it a criminal offense to knowingly make a request to access classified information concerning a United States person to be unminimized pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a reason other than an authorized reason under that Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]

1 cosponsor

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish new criminal offenses:

for knowingly making a request to unminimize (i.e., unmask) nonpublic information concerning a U.S. person to access classified information for a reason other than to understand or assess foreign intelligence information, or to determine whether classified information is evidence of a crime; and
for intentionally, knowingly, or negligently disclosing classified information to an unauthorized person.

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Legislative Actions

2017-07-28
Introduced in House
2017-07-28
Introduced in House
2017-07-28
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-09-06
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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