Congressional Classified Intelligence Oversight Information Accountability Act of 1989

Congressional Classified Intelligence Oversight Information Accountability Act of 1989 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to impose penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by any Member, officer, or employee of the Congress.

 
HR 262 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 262
To amend the National Security Act of 1947.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. LIVINGSTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the National Security Act of 1947.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Congressional Classified Intelligence
  Oversight Information Accountability Act of 1989'.
SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
  Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.) is
  amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
`UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
  `SEC. 504. Consistent with the protections enumerated in article 1,
  section 6, clause 1, of the Constitution, any Member, officer or employee
  of Congress who, having received classified information pursuant to the
  provisions of this title, knowingly and willfully discloses the substance
  of that information without the authorization of the President, unless
  pursuant to the applicable rules of the House of Congress of which that
  person is a Member, officer, or employee, shall be fined not less than
  $1,000 nor more than $20,000 or imprisoned for not less than ninety days
  nor more than five years, or both.'.