CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Bills and resolutions

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see S. 417), S2144 [11FE] (see H.R. 984), H1247 [11FE]

Dept. of Defense: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 2983), H7085 [19JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop strategy to prevent over-classification of homeland security information and promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security information (see H.R. 553), H380 [15JA]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 372), S1432 [3FE] (see H.R. 1507), H3401 [12MR]

Freedom of Information Act: require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (see S. 612), S3163 [17MR]

GAO: reaffirm and clarify authority to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community (see S. 385), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 1008), H1248 [11FE]

Intelligence services: require notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information (see H.R. 3849), H11514 [20OC]

National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (see H.R. 854), H1041 [4FE] (see H.R. 1323), H3052 [5MR]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 1800), H4129 [30MR]

National Security Act: revise reporting requirements related to security clearances (see H.R. 639), H484 [22JA]

Obama, President: report on programs that authorize or require gathering of information on U.S. persons pursuant to ``all necessary and appropriate force'' clause in Authorization for Use of Military Force (see H.R. 640), H484 [22JA]

Security Clearance and Suitability Performance Accountability Council: establish (see S. 2834), S12322 [3DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: place reasonable safeguards on the use of surveillance and other authorities (see S. 1686), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 4005), H12287 [3NO]

Letters

Declassify all information about capture and detention of Chinese Uyghur detainees, including a threat assessment for each detainee: Representative Wolf, H5066 [4MY]

Dept. of Justice report on CIA detention and interrogation program: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S4562 [22AP]

Provide classified information procedures for military commissions: Ronald H. Weich, Dept. of Justice, S7988 [23JY]

Reducing Over-Classification Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H894 [3FE]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H894 [3FE]

Lists

Members of Congress taking oath for access to classified information, H1602 [13FE], H4729 [23AP], H5058 [30AP], H8353 [17JY], H12970 [7NO]

Prefaces

Dept. of Justice Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program: Senator Rockefeller, S4562 [22AP]

Remarks in House

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): withhold classified material from Speaker Pelosi until public comments on CIA briefings on enhanced interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists are verified, H6003-H6005 [21MY], H6243 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces, H7367, H7368 [25JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop strategy to prevent over-classification of homeland security information and promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security information (H.R. 553), H893-H898 [3FE], E100 [15JA], E211 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: declassify all information about capture and detention of Chinese Uyghur detainees, including a threat assessment for each detainee, H5065, H5069 [4MY], H5100, H5105, H5108, H5138 [5MY], H5603 [14MY], H6296-H6298 [8JN]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies, H728-H731 [28JA], H1575 [13FE]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (H.R. 1507), H3619 [18MR]

House of Representatives: request Speaker Pelosi temporarily recuse herself from CIA briefings until public comments on enhanced interrogation techniques used on suspected terrorists are verified, H6241, H6242 [4JN]

Intelligence services: require notice to Congress of certain declassifications of intelligence information (H.R. 3849), E2577 [20OC]

National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (H.R. 1323), H3464-H3467 [17MR]

National Security Act: revise reporting requirements related to security clearances (H.R. 639), E127 [22JA]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: provide classified information procedures for military commissions, S7987-S7989 [23JY]

———provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (S. 417), S2155-S2159 [11FE], S4996 [30AP], S6438-S6440 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: limit release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending a threat assessment of each detainee, S5595 [19MY], S5655, S5681-S5683, S5685 [20MY]

Dept. of Justice: report on CIA detention and interrogation program, S4561 [22AP]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 372), S1434 [3FE]

Freedom of Information Act: anniversary, S7062 [25JN]

———implementation under Obama administration, S779 [22JA]

———require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation, S10547 [20OC]

———require any future legislation establishing a new exemption to explicitly state the exemption within the text of such legislation (S. 612), S3175 [17MR], S7062 [25JN]

GAO: reaffirm and clarify authority to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community (S. 385), S1680 [5FE]

Security Clearance and Suitability Performance Accountability Council: establish (S. 2834), S12330-S12332 [3DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: place reasonable safeguards on the use of surveillance and other authorities (S. 1686), S9562-S9564 [17SE]

Reports

CIA Detention and Interrogation Program: Dept. of Justice, S4563-S4566 [22AP]

Reports filed

Reducing Information Control Designations Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1323) (H. Rept. 111-38), H3436 [16MR]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 372) (S. Rept. 111-101), S12321 [3DE]

Texts of

H.R. 553, Reducing Over-Classification Act, H893 [3FE]

H.R. 1323, Reducing Information Control Designations Act, H3464 [17MR]

S. 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S1435-S1438 [3FE]

S. 385, Intelligence Community Audit Act, S1681 [5FE]

S. 417, State Secrets Protection Act, S2155-S2157 [11FE]

S. 612, OPEN FOIA Act, S3175 [17MR]

S. 2834, Security Clearance Modernization and Reporting Act, S12331 [3DE]