I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8533 
To amend chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, to authorize appropriate 
disclosure of classified information, to appropriately limit the scope of 
the offense of disclosing classified information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2022 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Mr. MASSIE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, to 
authorize appropriate disclosure of classified information, 
to appropriately limit the scope of the offense of dis-
closing classified information, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Espionage Act Reform 
Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION RE-
LATED TO SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION.—Sec-
tion 798(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘furnishing,’’ and all that follows and inserting 
the following: ‘‘furnishing of information to— 
‘‘(1) any Member of the Senate or the House 
of Representatives; 
‘‘(2) a Federal court, in accordance with such 
procedures as the court may establish; 
‘‘(3) the inspector general of an element of the 
intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003)), including the Inspector General of the Intel-
ligence Community; 
‘‘(4) the Chairman or a member of the Privacy 
and Civil Liberties Oversight Board or any employee 
of the Board designated by the Board, in accordance 
with such procedures as the Board may establish; 
‘‘(5) the Chairman or a commissioner of the 
Federal Trade Commission or any employee of the 
Commission designated by the Commission, in ac-
cordance with such procedures as the Commission 
may establish; 
‘‘(6) the Chairman or a commissioner of the 
Federal Communications Commission or any em-
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ployee of the Commission designated by the Com-
mission, in accordance with such procedures as the 
Commission may establish; or 
‘‘(7) any other person or entity authorized to 
receive disclosures containing classified information 
pursuant to any applicable law, regulation, or execu-
tive order regarding the protection of whistle-
blowers.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONS.—Section 798(b) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding the first undesig-
nated paragraph, by striking ‘‘this section—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘this section:’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The term ‘classified informa-
tion’ means information which, at the time of a vio-
lation of this section, is,’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘classified information’— 
‘‘(A) means information which, at the time 
of a violation of this section, is known to the 
person violating this section to be,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1), as so designated— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘distribu-
tion;’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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