3.0.0 315 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z Senate S S 2011-02-10 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-10T21:37:16Z Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act 112 703 HR 2011-02-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2011-02-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-02-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-02-10 True B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-02-10 True Crime and Law Enforcement Arms control and nonproliferation Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Drug trafficking and controlled substances Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Organized crime Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-02-10 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-23T21:13:21Z Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act or the SHIELD Act - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against disclosure of classified information to include: (1) disclosures of classified information that benefit a transnational threat, and (2) any classified information concerning the human intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government or concerning the identity of a classified source or informant of an element of the U.S. intelligence community.

Defines "transnational threat" as: (1) any activity, including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, or organized crime, that threatens the national security of the United States; or (2) any individual or group that engages such activity.

]]> SHIELD Act Display Title SHIELD Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 798 of title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for disclosure of classified information related to certain intelligence activities of the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SHIELD Act Short Titles as Introduced Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act Introduced in Senate 2011-02-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s315is/xml/BILLS-112s315is.xml 2011-02-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.