CLASSIFIED INFORMATION see also Espionage

Bills and resolutions

Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 343), S763 [4FE]

Federal agencies and departments: enhance security clearance investigation procedures (see H.R. 5593), H7884 [18SE]

——— provide for a strategic plan to reform and improve security clearance and background investigation processes (see H.R. 4022), H1718 [10FE]

——— reform classification and security clearance processes, and establish within the Dept. of Homeland Security an effective and transparent security clearance review process (see S. 2683), S5051 [29JY] (see H.R. 5240), H7039 [29JY]

Indonesia: condemn mass murders in 1965–66, form truth, justice, and reconciliation commission to address crimes and human rights violations, and urge U.S. agencies to declassify and release all relevant records and documents (see S. Res. 596), S6540 [10DE]

Intelligence services: enhance sharing of information about cybersecurity threats (see S. 2588), S4404 [10JY]

——— modify the purposes of authorized collection of business records, prohibit the bulk collection of metadata, and require judicial review of national security letters (see S. 2093), S1365 [6MR]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (see H.R. 5482), H7617 [16SE]

Public Interest Declassification Act: extend (see H.R. 4671), H4475 [19MY]

Letters

Release of pre-war Iraq intelligence reports: John O. Brennan, CIA, S6616 [11DE]

Lists

Members of Congress taking oath for access to classified information, H160 [10JA], H2481 [14MR], H5814 [26JN], H7994 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Defense: improve mental health treatment provided to Armed Forces members who served in classified missions, H5457, H5458 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified, H4709 [21MY], H4796 [22MY]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (H.R. 2440), H1649 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions, H8901 [9DE]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (H.R. 3387), H7664 [17SE]

Endangered Species Act: clarify that publication on the Internet of certain data is consistent with State privacy regulations and does not apply to Dept. of Defense classifed information, H7016, H7017 [29JY]

Federal agencies and departments: reform classification and security clearance processes, and establish within the Dept. of Homeland Security an effective and transparent security clearance review process (H.R. 5240), E1262 [29JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: prohibit reverse targeting and protect rights of persons inside the U.S. communicating with people abroad who are under surveillance, H4797 [22MY]

——— provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the U.S., H4470 [19MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on ways to improve the declassification process across the intelligence community, H5048, H5049 [30MY]

Remarks in Senate

CIA: call for release of pre-war Iraq intelligence reports, S6615–S6617 [11DE]

Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select): establish (S. Res. 343), S767 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: Inspector General reports on investigation into disclosure of classified information about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden to ‘‘Zero Dark Thirty’’ movie producers, S6334–S6336 [4DE]

Dept. of Justice: require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified, S104 [8JA]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information on matters that does not affect national security, S3624 [12JN]

Indonesia: condemn murders in 1965–66, form truth, justice, and reconciliation commission to address crimes and human rights violations, urge U.S. agencies to declassify and release all relevant records and documents (S. Res. 596), S6542 [10DE]

Reports filed

Enhanced Security Clearance Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1618) (H. Rept. 113–283), S6261 [2DE]

Intelligence Services Sharing of Information About Cybersecurity Threats Enhancement: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 2588), S4403 [10JY]

Texts of

S. Res. 343, Committee on the Investigation of Leaks Concerning Certain Activities of the National Security Agency (Senate, Select) establishment, S765–S767 [4FE]

S. Res. 596, condemn murders in Indonesia in 1965–66, form truth, justice, and reconciliation commission to address crimes and human rights violations, urge U.S. agencies to declassify and release all relevant records and documents, S6541 [10DE]