3.0.0 3585 2023-01-11T13:37:13Z 2023-01-11T13:37:13Z House HR 2017-07-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FARENTHOLD:H.R. 3585.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The 4th Amendment to the Constitution and Article 1,Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H6579]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2017-09-06T20:21:23Z Referred to 2017-07-28T13:05:40Z 2017-09-06 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Committee 2017-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 N G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2017-07-28 True Crime and Law Enforcement Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-07-28 Introduced in House 2019-03-06T15:21:40Z 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.
]]> Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act Display Title Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act Introduced in House 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3585ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3585ih.xml 2017-09-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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.