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.

Bill: 114-hr-5706
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2016-07-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the criminal liability standard for certain disclosures of national defense information.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5706 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2016 Mr. Wenstrup introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

That section 793(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking through gross negligence .