[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3367 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3367

  To deter the disclosure to the public of evidence or information on 
  United States covert actions by prohibiting security clearances to 
                 individuals who make such disclosures.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2012

   Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
            referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
  To deter the disclosure to the public of evidence or information on 
  United States covert actions by prohibiting security clearances to 
                 individuals who make such disclosures.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deterring Public Disclosure of 
Covert Actions Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DISCLOSE 
              TO THE PUBLIC EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION ON UNITED STATES 
              COVERT ACTIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Consistent with administrative procedures and due 
process afforded under otherwise applicable laws and regulations, an 
individual described in subsection (b) may not receive, retain, or 
otherwise possess a security clearance for access to classified 
information.
    (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
subsection is any individual--323
            (1) who--
                    (A) serves as an officer, employee, contractor, or 
                member of an advisory board of the Federal Government; 
                or
                    (B) otherwise possesses an active security 
                clearance;
            (2) who is known or determined, in accordance with 
        applicable law or regulations, to have publicly disclosed the 
        existence of, or discussed classified details relating to, a 
        covert action (as that term is defined in section 503(e) of the 
        National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413b(e))); and
            (3) who makes the disclosure, or discusses the details, 
        described in paragraph (2) without prior authorization from an 
        original classification authority.
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