,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cddh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjag,mr4 
,stewart introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide for penalties for the           
unauthorized disclosure of classified   
information to a person not authorized  
to receive such information4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,classified ,information ,protection    
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,prohibition on     
unauthorized disclosure of classified   
information  7a7 ,in general ,chapter   
#cg of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating    
section #gih;,a as section #gih;,b2 and 
7#b7 by inserting after section #gih the
 following new section #gih;,a3         
#gih;,a4 ,unauthorized disclosure of    
classified information  7a7 ,prohibition
 ,whoever knowingly and willfully       
discloses1 or attempts to disclose1 any 

classified information acquired as a    
result of such person's authorized      
access to classified information to a   
person who is not authorized access to  
such classified information1 knowing    
that the person is not authorized access
 to such classified information1 shall  
be fined under this title1 imprisoned   
not more than #c years1 or both4  7b7   
,construction of prohibition ,nothing in
 this section shall be construed to     
establish criminal liability for        
disclosure of classified information in 
accordance with applicable law to the   
following3  7#a7 ,any justice or judge  
of a court of the ,united ,states       
established pursuant to article ,,iii of
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states4  7#b7 ,the ,senate or the      
,house of ,representatives1 or any      
committee or subcommittee thereof1 or   
joint committee thereof1 or any member  
of ,congress4  7#c7 ,a person or persons
 acting on behalf of a foreign power    
7including an international             

organization7 if the disclosure--  7,a7 
is made by an officer or employee of the
 ,united ,states who has been authorized
 to make the disclosure2 and  7,b7 is   
within the scope of such officer's or   
employee's duties4  7#d7 ,any other     
person authorized to receive the        
classified information4  7c7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term authorized1 in the case of access 
to classified information1 means having 
authority or permission to have access  
to the classified information pursuant  
to the provisions of a statute1         
,executive order1 regulation1 or        
directive of the head of any department 
or agency who is empowered to classify  
information1 an order of any ,united    
,states court1 or a provision of any    
,resolution of the ,senate or ,rule of  
the ,house of ,representatives which    
governs release of classified           
information by such ,house of ,congress4
  7#b7 ,the term classified information 
means information or material properly  

classified and clearly marked or        
represented1 or that the person knows or
 has reason to believe has been properly
 classified by appropriate authorities1 
pursuant to the provisions of a statute 
or ,executive order1 as requiring       
protection against unauthorized         
disclosure for reasons of national      
security4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment   
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of that chapter is amended by striking  
the item relating to section #gih;,a and
 inserting the following new items3     
#gih;,a4 ,unauthorized disclosure of    
classified information4 #gih;,b4        
,temporary extension of section #gid4  4