SHIELD Act

Summary

Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act or the SHIELD Act - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against disclosure of classified information to include: (1) disclosures of classified information that benefit a transnational threat; and (2) any classified information concerning the human intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government or concerning the identity of a classified source or informant of an element of the U.S. intelligence community. Defines "transnational threat" as: (1) any activity, including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, or organized crime, that threatens the national security of the United States; or (2) any individual or group that engages such activity.

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Timeline

1. 2 December 2010

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 December 2010

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 December 2010

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8399-8400)

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 December 2010 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 December 2010

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 December 2010

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 December 2010

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Sponsors

• Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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