[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3769. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED 
                   INFORMATION BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR 
                   PERSONAL OR POLITICAL GAIN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a government official who has leaked classified 
     information for personal or political gain may not access or 
     receive classified information.
       (b) Service on Congressional Committees.--A Member of 
     Congress who has leaked classified information for personal 
     or political gain may not serve on any of the following:
       (1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
       (2) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
       (3) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate.
       (4) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
       (5) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       (6) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (7) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (8) The Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (9) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (10) The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Government official.--The term ``government official'' 
     means, with respect to a leak of classified information 
     described in subsection (a), an individual who, at the time 
     of such leak, holds any of the following offices or 
     positions:
       (A) An elective public office in the executive or 
     legislative branch of the Government of the United States.
       (B) An office in the executive or judicial branch of the 
     Government of the United States, appointment to which was 
     made by the President.
       (C) A position in the executive, legislative, or judicial 
     branch of the Government of the United States--
       (i) that is listed in schedule C of rule VI of the Civil 
     Service Rules; or
       (ii) the compensation for which is equal to or greater than 
     the lowest rate of basic pay for the Senior Executive Service 
     under section 5382 of title 5, United States Code.
       (D) A position under the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate of the United States held by an individual receiving 
     gross compensation at an annual rate of $15,000 or more.
       (E) An elective or appointive public office in the 
     executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government 
     of a State, possession of the United States, or political 
     subdivision or other area of any of the foregoing, or of the 
     District of Columbia, held by an individual receiving gross 
     compensation at an annual rate of $20,000 or more.
       (F) A position as personal or executive assistant or 
     secretary to any of the foregoing.
       (2) Member of congress.--The term ``Member of Congress'' 
     means a Member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, 
     a Delegate to the House of Representatives, or the Resident 
     Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

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