H.R. 3585 — Introduced in House

I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017Mr. Farenthold (for himself and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it a criminal offense to knowingly make a request to access classified information concerning a United States person to be unminimized pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a reason other than an authorized reason under that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act. 2. Unlawful unmasking of nonpublic information of United States persons Section 798 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) Whoever knowingly makes a covered request to access classified information for any reason other than a reason described in paragraph (3) shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. (2) Whoever intentionally, knowingly, or negligently discloses classified information to a person, unless such person is authorized to receive such information for a reason described in paragraph (3), shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. (3) A reason described in this paragraph is any of the following: (A) To understand foreign intelligence information. (B) To assess the importance of foreign intelligence information. (C) To determine whether the classified information is evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about to be committed. (4) In this subsection: (A) The term covered request means a request for nonpublicly available information concerning a United States person to be unminimized pursuant to section 101, 301, 402, 501, or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). (B) The terms foreign intelligence information and United States person have the meaning given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). .