CLASSIFIED INFORMATION see also Espionage

Amendments

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), H2097, H2100, H2101, H2102 [17AP], H2130, H2131, H2132, H2133, H2134, H2135, H2136 [18AP]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), consideration (H. Res. 164), H2086 [17AP]

Articles and editorials

‘‘Just Say No’’ to Cybersecurity Bill, H2083 [17AP]

Latest NSA Spying Revelations Distract From the Real Issues, S7872 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 3332), H6768 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: protect eligibility for Federal employment and access to classified information for civilian employees who incur economic hardship as a result of sequestration furloughs (see H.R. 1642), H2158 [18AP]

——— require notification of congressional defense committees about certain sensitive military operations (see H.R. 1904), H2567 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions (see H.R. 3103), H5553 [16SE]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (see S. 1130), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2440), H3928 [19JN] (see H.R. 2475), H3989 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (see H.R. 3387), H6951 [30OC]

Federal agencies and departments: reform the Federal classification system, declassify information that merits declassification, and enhance the National Declassification Center (see S. 1464), S6207 [1AU]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: provide for designation of judges by the President, Supreme Court, and congressional leadership, and provide for public disclosure of decisions (see H.R. 3195), H5883 [26SE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 624), H499 [13FE]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), consideration (see H. Res. 164), H2065 [16AP]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (see S. 1618), S7674 [30OC]

Privacy: consolidate congressional oversight provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 1631), S7728 [31OC]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H3687 [17JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records and warrantless searches of communications and reform surveillance authorities and the operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (see S. 1551), S6886 [24SE]

——— provide for public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see H.R. 3756), H8108 [12DE]

——— strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (see S. 1215), S5017 [24JN]

——— strengthen transparency and oversight of domestic surveillance, protect privacy, and improve due process procedures relative to intelligence community and law enforcement information sharing (see S. 1701), S8049 [14NO]

Snowden, Edward: call for Russia to turn over Edward Snowden to U.S. authorities and consider all economic and diplomatic options when pursuing him (see S. Res. 198), S5800 [18JY]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 428), H7394 [2DE]

Letters

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E492 [18AP]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E493 [18AP]

——— Representative McKeon, Committee on Armed Services (House), E493 [18AP]

——— Representative Mike Rogers (MI), Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E492, E493 [18AP]

——— several organizations, H2084 [17AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security establishment as primary point of receipt in Federal Government for civilian sharing of cyber threat information: several Representatives, H2138 [18AP]

Intelligence services authority to collect business records under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, H5025 [24JY]

Lists

Members of Congress taking oath for access to classified information, H408 [6FE], H1988 [12AP], H2771 [17MY], H3249 [6JN], H7360 [22NO], H8105 [12DE]

Organizations supporting Jackson Lee amendment to H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, on protecting individuals’ private data from being accessed by the Government, H2136 [18AP]

Motions

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), H2142 [18AP]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: ensure that companies sharing cyber threat information do not sell consumers’ personal information for marketing purposes, H2134, H2135 [18AP]

——— protect individuals’ private data from being accessed by the Government solely because it is stored by a company that provides information services to a Government agency, H2135, H2136 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to deny security clearances for civilian employees who incur economic hardship as a result of sequestration furloughs, H5007 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: add to list of inspectors general required to submit report on sharing of cyber threat intelligence, H2130, H2131 [18AP]

——— establish agency as primary point of receipt in Federal Government for civilian sharing of cyber threat information, H2090–H2092, H2094 [17AP], H2137–H2139 [18AP]

——— include Privacy Officer and Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in report assessing the privacy and civil liberties impact of cyber intelligence regulations, H2131, H2132 [18AP]

Dept. of Justice: require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, H6229 [4OC]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (H.R. 2440), H3671 [17JN], H5376 [2AU], E1136 [25JY]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: designate entities as civilian Federal entities to receive information on cybersecurity threats or crimes from the private sector, H2084 [17AP]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: provide safeguards for communications involving persons inside the U.S., H3240–H3242 [6JN]

Intelligence services: encourage international cooperation regarding cybersecurity, H2133, H2134 [18AP]

——— ensure U.S. citizens are not authorized targets for surveillance in assessing cyber threats, H2132, H2133 [18AP]

National security: clarify that independent contractors are eligible for security clearances for purposes of employment to handle cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information, H2101, H2102 [17AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), H1976 [12AP], H2075, H2088–H2105, H2106 [17AP], H2130–H2145, H2147 [18AP], E489, E492, E495, E499 [18AP], E509 [23AP], E525 [24AP], E543 [25AP], E572 [26AP]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), consideration (H. Res. 164), H2078–H2088 [17AP]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), corrections in engrossment, H2145 [18AP]

——— allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), motion to recommit, H2142–H2144 [18AP]

——— clarify how classified cyber threat intelligence may be shared and used, H2100, H2101 [17AP]

——— clarify that cloud service providers need only provide information about cybersecurity incidents if they pose a threat to Federal Government information, H2094 [17AP]

——— establish minimization procedures to limit receipt, retention, and use of personally identifiable information, H2092 [17AP]

——— limit private sector use of cybersecurity information only to a cybersecurity purpose, H2092 [17AP]

——— narrow authorized use by Federal Government of cyber threat information shared by private sector, H2092 [17AP]

——— require companies report cyber threat information to civilian agencies to ensure the military does not collect information on American citizens, H2094, H2095 [17AP]

——— require companies that share cyber threat information either with the Government or other companies make reasonable efforts to remove personally identifiable information, H2082, H2094 [17AP]

Privacy: effects of domestic surveillance, H5080–H5083 [25JY]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (H.R. 2399), H7337 [21NO], E899 [17JN]

——— prohibit bulk collection of business records and warrantless searches of communications and reform surveillance authorities and the operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, H6229 [4OC]

——— prohibit funding to any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, to collect records that pertain to persons not subject to an investigation, H4991, H5022–H5027 [24JY], E1130 [24JY], E1135, E1145 [25JY], E1244 [2AU]

Public utilities: include local utility districts in cyber threat intelligence sharing, H2102, H2103 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

National Security Agency: prevent security breaches and ensure accountability for leaks of classified information, S7871 [6NO]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (S. 1618), S7677 [30OC]

Privacy: strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (S. 1215), S5019 [24JN]

——— strengthen transparency and oversight of domestic surveillance, protect privacy, and improve due process procedures relative to intelligence community and law enforcement information sharing (S. 1701), S8346 [20NO]

Snowden, Edward: fugitive status while seeking political asylum relative to disclosure of National Security Agency operation of PRISM online data collection program, S4995 [24JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 164) (H. Rept. 113–41), H2065 [16AP]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 624) (H. Rept. 113–39), H2024 [15AP]

FISA Improvements Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631), S7724 [31OC]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631) (S. Rept. 113–119), S7951 [12NO]

Statements

Amash Amendment to H.R. 2397, Dept. of Defense Apppropriations, Prohibiting Funding to Any U.S. Agency To Collect Records That Pertain to Persons Not Subject to an Investigation: Representative Van Hollen, E1170 [31JY]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H2083 [17AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 164, consideration of H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, H2078 [17AP]

H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, H2097–H2100 [17AP]

S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act, S5020–S5027 [24JN]

S. Res. 198, call for Russia to turn over Edward Snowden to U.S. authorities and consider all economic and diplomatic options when pursuing him, S5804 [18JY]