H.R. 2073

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00003R000200070027-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 27
• Content Type: MISC

Approved For Release 2008/10/30: CIA-RDP85-00003R000200070027-0
H.R. 2073
INTRODUCED BY: Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R., FL) on 24 January
1981 and jointly referred to the HPSCI and
the Judiciary Committee.
PURPOSE: To provide for the personal safety of persons engaged
in furthering the foreign intelligence operations of
the United States.
APPROACH:
(i) Would amend the U.S. Criminal Code, title 18,
section 793;
(ii) Establishes two categories of potential defendants
and criminal acts:
-- A strict liability provision which would
criminalize the willful disclosure of identifying
information (or information tending to identify) by
anyone who is or has been in authorized possession
or control of such information; and,
-- The willful unauthorized disclosure of such
information by anyone evincing:
(a) a specific intent to disclose a
protected affiliation or relationship;
(b) "knowing or having reason to believe
that such disclosure may prejudice the safety
or well-being of the identified individual."
(iii) Establishes a penalty of a fine of $10,000 or
imprisonment of not more than ten years, or both;
(iv) Has a corollary penalty of $100,000 or imprisonment
of twenty years or both, "if the individual identified is
physically harmed or killed as a result of the disclosure."
Approved For Release 2008/10/30: CIA-RDP85-00003R000200070027-0