,i #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cehe ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #bh1 #bjag,mr4 ,farenthold 7for himself and ,mr4 ,gohmert7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 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 ,act1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,wrongful ,unmasking ,prevention ,act4 #b4 ,unlawful unmasking of nonpublic information of ,united ,states persons ,section #gih of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection3 7e7 7#a7 ,whoever knowingly makes a covered request to access classified information for any reason other than a reason described in paragraph 7#c7 shall be imprisoned not more than ten years4 7#b7 ,whoever intentionally1 knowingly1 or negligently discloses classified information to a person1 unless such person is authorized to receive such information for a reason described in paragraph 7#c71 shall be imprisoned not more than ten years4 7#c7 ,a reason described in this paragraph is any of the following3 7,a7 ,to understand foreign intelligence information4 7,b7 ,to assess the importance of foreign intelligence information4 7,c7 ,to determine whether the classified information is evidence of a crime which has been1 is being1 or is about to be committed4 7#d7 ,in this subsection3 7,a7 ,the term covered request means a request for nonpublicly available information concerning a ,united ,states person to be unminimized pursuant to section #aja1 #cja1 #djb1 #eja1 or #gjb of the ,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahja et seq474 7,b7 ,the terms foreign intelligence information and ,united ,states person have the meaning given such terms in section #aja of the ,foreign ,intelligence ,surveillance ,act of #aigh 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ahja74 4