[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 265 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 265

 Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit access 
 to classified information by Members who do not have the appropriate 
        security clearance required for viewing the information.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2001

 Mrs. Myrick submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit access 
 to classified information by Members who do not have the appropriate 
        security clearance required for viewing the information.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BY MEMBERS OF 
              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITHOUT SECURITY CLEARANCES.

    Clause 13 of rule XXIII of the rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Before a Member'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Before a Member''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may have access 
to classified information (including access through attendance at any 
briefing or other event at which classified information is presented) 
unless the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner meets the same 
security clearance and confidentiality requirements as employees of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.''.
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