[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3305 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3305

  To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit persons who 
 disclose classified information from holding a security clearance for 
                      access to such information.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2005

  Mr. Meehan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit persons who 
 disclose classified information from holding a security clearance for 
                      access to such information.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR PERSONS THAT DISCLOSE 
              CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

    Title VI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 605 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 605A. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR PERSONS THAT DISCLOSE 
              CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

    ``(a) Any Federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed, 
classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, to a person not authorized to receive such 
information shall not be permitted to hold a security clearance for 
access to such information.''.
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