CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Amendments

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S5063, S5078, S5086 [29JY], H5761 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Freedom of Information Act Needs a Push, S5198 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

bin Laden, Osama: prohibit certain disclosures about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden until the Inspectors General of the Dept. of Defense and CIA investigate and brief Congress on the matter (see H.R. 2819), H5904 [12AU] (see H.R. 2819), H5938 [6SE]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (see S. 627), S1827 [17MR] (see S. 1466), S5192 [1AU] (see H.R. 1564), H2855 [14AP]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (see H. Res. 375), H5660 [27JY] (see H. Res. 383), H5780 [29JY]

Crime: provide penalties for disclosure of classified information related to certain intelligence activities (see S. 315), S642 [10FE] (see H.R. 703), H922 [15FE]

Dept. of Defense: declassify information relative to missing and unaccounted-for members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 485), H8261 [7DE]

Espionage: improve, modernize, and clarify certain espionage statutes, promote Federal whistleblower protection statutes and regulations, and deter unauthorized disclosures of classified information (see S. 355), S747 [15FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 743), S2187 [6AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain expiring provisions of law establishing a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (see S. 149), S126 [25JA] (see S. 289), S544 [3FE]

National Archives and Records Administration: promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information (see H.R. 209), H102 [6JA]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H7998 [30NO]

Protection: improve (see S. 354), S747 [15FE]

Cloture motions

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5153 [31JY]

Cost Estimates

Faster FOIA Act (S. 627): CBO, S2343 [8AP]

Letters

Dept. of Defense treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act: several organizations, S7800 [18NO]

Faster FOIA Act: Rick Blum, Sunshine in Government Initiative, S5065 [29JY]

———several organizations, S5065 [29JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provisions extension: James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S550 [3FE]

PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act: James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S3212 [23MY]

Lists

Members of Congress taking oath for access to classified information, H1360 [18FE], H2263 [1AP], H4031 [3JN], H5397 [22JY], H6229 [15SE]

Motions

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S5062, S5063 [29JY], H5764 [29JY]

Press releases

National Security Letter Recipient Can Speak Out for First Time Since FBI Demanded Customer Records From Him: ACLU, H525 [8FE]

Remarks in House

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5664, H5667-H5678, H5693-H5721 [28JY], H5761-H5779 [29JY], H7244 [2NO], E1440 [29JY], E1492 [2AU]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 375), H5678-H5688 [28JY]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 383), H5751-H5761 [29JY]

———establish (S. 627), motion to recommit, H5764, H5765 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: address issues relative to physical storage of classified data, H4738 [7JY]

Dept. of Justice: individual rights violations, H8974 [15DE]

Iraq: history of classified documents that led to conflicts, H503 [26JA]

National security: establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, H522 [8FE], H3748 [26MY]

Remarks in Senate

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), S1840 [17MR], S2615 [3MY], S3458, S3459 [26MY], S4212 [29JN], S4976, S4979, S4985 [28JY]

———establish (S. 627), House amendment, S5062 [29JY], S5089-S5144 [30JY], S5147-S5154 [31JY], S5156-S5162, S5164-S5178, S5183 [1AU]

———establish (S. 627), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S5144 [30JY]

———establish (S. 1466), S5197, S5198 [1AU]

Crime: provide penalties for disclosure of classified information related to certain intelligence activities, S2127 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: improve treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act, S7800 [18NO], S8128 [1DE]

Espionage: improve, modernize, and clarify certain espionage statutes, promote Federal whistleblower protection statutes and regulations, and deter unauthorized disclosures of classified information (S. 355), S754 [15FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), S2194 [6AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain expiring provisions of law establishing a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (S. 149), S223 [25JA]

———extend certain expiring provisions of law establishing a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (S. 289), S549, S559 [3FE], S565 [4FE]

Freedom of Information Act: anniversary, S4212 [29JN]

Protection: improve (S. 354), S753 [15FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 375) (H. Rept. 112-184), H5660 [27JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 383) (H. Rept. 112-187), H5780 [29JY]

Faster FOIA Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 627), S2348 [8AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 375, consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act, motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, and House of Representatives adjournment, H5678 [28JY]

H. Res. 383, consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5751 [29JY]

S. 354, Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act, S753 [15FE]

S. 355, Espionage Statutes Modernization Act, S755 [15FE]

S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5693-H5698 [28JY]

S. 627, Faster FOIA Act, S3458, S3459 [26MY]

S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S2194-S2201 [6AP]

S. 1466, Faster FOIA Act, S5198 [1AU]