H.R. 3585 · 115th Congress
Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Blake Farenthold
- Introduced
- 2017-07-28
- Latest action
- 2017-09-06 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish new criminal offenses:
for knowingly making a request to unminimize (i.e., unmask) nonpublic information concerning a U.S. person to access classified information for a reason other than to understand or assess foreign intelligence information, or to determine whether classified information is evidence of a crime; and for intentionally, knowingly, or negligently disclosing classified information to an unauthorized person.