POISE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3476
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia

Caribbean area

China

Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Cuba

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Iran

Middle East

North Korea

Russia
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act or the POISE Act</b></p> <p>This bill expresses the sense of Congress that elements of the intelligence community are obligated to notify Congress upon discovering that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed, outside established intelligence channels, certain classified information to specified adversary foreign governments (North Korea, Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3476 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2019 Mrs. Murphy (for herself and Mr. Himes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence A BILL To express the sense of Congress that section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947, together with other intelligence community authorities, obligate an element of the intelligence community to submit to the congressional intelligence committees written notification, by not later than 7 days after becoming aware, that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed covered classified information to an official of an adversary foreign government using methods other than established intelligence channels, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prevention and Oversight of Intelligence Sharing with Enemies Act or the POISE Act . 2. Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified information (a) Findings Congress finds that section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3092 ) requires elements of the intelligence community to keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed about all intelligence activities of the United States, and to furnish to the congressional intelligence committees any information or material concerning intelligence activities which is requested by either of the congressional intelligence committees in order to carry out its authorized responsibilities. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3092 ), together with other intelligence community authorities, obligate an element of the intelligence community to submit to the congressional intelligence committees written notification, by not later than 7 days after becoming aware, that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed covered classified information to an official of an adversary foreign government using methods other than established intelligence channels; and (2) each such notification should include— (A) the date and place of the disclosure of classified information covered by the notification; (B) a description of such classified information; (C) identification of the individual who made such disclosure and the individual to whom such disclosure was made; and (D) a summary of the circumstances of such disclosure. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Adversary foreign government The term adversary foreign government means the government of any of the following foreign countries: (A) North Korea. (B) Iran. (C) China. (D) Russia. (E) Cuba. (2) Covered classified information The term covered classified information means classified information that was— (A) collected by an element of the intelligence community; or (B) provided by the intelligence service or military of a foreign country to an element of the intelligence community. (3) Established intelligence channels The term established intelligence channels means methods to exchange intelligence to coordinate foreign intelligence relationships, as established pursuant to law by the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, or other head of an element of the intelligence community. (4) Individual in the executive branch The term individual in the executive branch means any officer or employee of the executive branch, including individuals— (A) occupying a position specified in article II of the Constitution; (B) appointed to a position by an individual described in subparagraph (A); or (C) serving in the civil service or the senior executive service (or similar service for senior executives of particular departments or agencies).