3.0.0 4806 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z Senate S 2020-10-19 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-19T23:23:25Z 2020-10-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-10-19 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Congress Congressional oversight Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Freedom of information Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Members of Congress Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Public contracts and procurement War and emergency powers Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-30T19:19:37Z Transparency in Classification Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, a body to review decisions related to the classification of information, and contains other related provisions.

The appeals panel shall provide the public and authorized users of the classification system with a forum to request review of agency classification decisions. It shall also provide members of Congress a mechanism for expedited reviews of classification decisions.

Each agency that handles classified information shall establish a policy for an individual authorized to access classified information to request a review of a classification decision. Such an individual may also appeal a classification decision to the appeals panel. Appeals panel decisions may be appealed to the President.

The bill imposes various requirements related to the appeals processes created under this bill, including time lines for rendering decisions.

The appeals panel shall establish a public website with information about all appeals requests that it has received.

]]> Transparency in Classification Act of 2020 Display Title Transparency in Classification Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Transparency in Classification Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, to provide agency and higher level reviews of classification decisions, to provide expedited review of classification decisions for members of Congress, and to provide protections for those challenging classification decisions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4806is/xml/BILLS-116s4806is.xml 2020-10-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.