CLASSIFIED INFORMATION related term(s) Espionage

Amendments

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (H. Res. 199), H1162, H1171 [8MR]

Articles and editorials

Here Are the 37 Charges Against Trump and What They Mean, H2826 [13JN], H3082 [22JN]

There Are Clear Distinctions Between Trump and Biden’s Two Cases, H133 [10JA]

Trump All But Confesses To Mishandling Classified Docs on Fox News, H3087 [22JN]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: report on security clearance process updates (see S. 2508), S3619 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for Special Counsel’s Office of John L. Smith (see H.R. 4707), H3699 [18JY]

Dept. of State: require notification to Congress when security clearances of certain senior officials are suspended or revoked (see H.R. 6119), H5181 [30OC]

——— require senior officials to maintain security clearances and notify Congress when security clearances of such officials are suspended or revoked (see S. 3240), S5402 [7NO]

——— submit to Congress classified dissent cables relative to withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan (see S. 1583), S1624 [11MY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit training that includes information on insider threats (see H.R. 2674), H1845 [18AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal (see H.R. 237), H149 [10JA]

——— require Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court appointment of amicus curiae to assist in consideration of each application for order or review for U.S. citizens (see H.R. 6577), H6110 [4DE]

Freedom of the press: express sense that regular journalistic activities are protected under First Amendment and that U.S. should drop all charges against and attempts to extradite Julian Assange (see H. Res. 934), H6941 [13DE]

GAO: conduct study and submit report on effectiveness of Dept. of Defense procedural safeguards to protect classified information from insider threats (see H.R. 4265), H3071 [21JN]

Government regulations: require individuals who held elected Federal office to certify after leaving office that they do not have any classified materials in their possession (see H.R. 581), H428 [26JA]

Information Security Oversight Office: assess and develop single, integrated strategy to better identify and mitigate foreign influence in National Industrial Security Program (see S. 2289), S2459 [13JY]

Intelligence services: revoke security clearances of certain former members of intelligence community (see H.R. 4205), H2989 [20JN]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection (see S. 2315), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 3110), H2135 [5MY]

National security: improve classification and declassification of national security information (see S. 1518), S1602 [10MY] (see S. 3495), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 5977), H5020 [17OC]

——— prohibit individuals from publicizing certain information relating to security clearances (see H.R. 5900), H4989 [6OC]

——— provide for system to classify information in interests of national security and system to declassify such information (see S. 1541), S1603 [10MY]

——— require Members of Congress and President and Vice President to complete program of training in handling and safeguarding classified information (see H.R. 940), H824 [9FE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (see S. 619), S569 [1MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1112 (see H.R. 1376), H1113 [3MR]

——— declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (see H. Res. 199), H1147 [7MR]

Schiff, Representative: deny access to classified information and investigate and strike comments from congressional proceedings relative to Russian collusion and Trump campaign (see H. Res. 64), H428 [26JA]

Senate: prohibit Senators charged with certain criminal offenses from receiving classified information (see S. Res. 446), S5339 [2NO]

Supreme Court: provide for penalties for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees (see S. 251), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 424), H249 [20JA]

Letters

Call for investigation into potential foreign adversarial influence and security clearance level of Ariane Tabatabai as Dept. of Defense official relative to connection to Iranian regime: Senator Blackburn, S4821 [29SE]

Lists

Members of Congress taking oath for access to classified information, H486 [27JA], H1277 [10MR], H5898 [17NO]

Remarks in House

Biden, President: discovery of classified documents after leaving office as Vice President, H132–H134 [10JA], H220 [12JA]

Government regulations: provide civil penalties for unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material (see H.R. 1791), H1437 [24MR]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), H1123 [7MR], H1255–H1260 [10MR]

——— declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), consideration (H. Res. 199), H1161–H1173 [8MR]

Trump, Donald J.: indictment relative to mishandling and retention of classified documents, H2793, H2795 [12JN], H2825 [13JN], H3083, H3086 [22JN], H3876 [20JY]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: discovery of classified documents after leaving office as Vice President, S220 [2FE]

Executive Office of the President: possession of classified documents by former Presidents and Vice Presidents after leaving office, S140 [30JA]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection (S. 2315), S4225 [6SE]

——— provide for creation of unidentified anomalous phenomena records collection, S5700 [4DE], S5930, S5931 [13DE]

National security: improve classification and declassification of national security information, S5889 [11DE]

——— improve classification and declassification of national security information (S. 1518), S1989–S1991 [7JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: declassify information relative to origin of coronavirus (S. 619), S612 [1MR]

——— designate Director as Executive Agent for Declassification to promote programs, processes, and systems and for directing resources relating to declassification in the Federal Government, S1454 [2MY]

Tabatabai, Ariane: call for investigation into potential foreign adversarial influence and security clearance level as Dept. of Defense official relative to connection to Iranian regime, S4820 [29SE]

Trump, Donald J.: indictment relative to mishandling and retention of classified documents, S2039 [12JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 199) (H. Rept. 118–7), H1147 [7MR]

COVID–19 Origin Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1376) (H. Rept. 118–32), H1689 [30MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 199, consideration of S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act, H1161 [8MR]

S. 619, COVID–19 Origin Act, S612 [1MR], H1255 [10MR]

S. 1583, submit to Congress classified Dept. of State dissent cables relative to withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan, S1629 [11MY]

S. Res. 446, prohibit Senators charged with certain criminal offenses from receiving classified information, S5342 [2NO]