To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the state of mind required for certain offenses involving defense information, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · July 20, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the criminal liability standard for certain disclosures of national defense information.
Specifically, current law makes it a crime for a person entrusted with national defense information to permit such information to be lost or removed through gross negligence.
This bill eliminates gross negligence as an element the criminal offense to impose strict liability on a person who permits the loss or removal of national defense information.
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