H.R. 4 (97 th ): Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982

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The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (Pub.L. 97–200, 50 U.S.C. §§ 421–426) is a United States federal law that makes it a federal crime for those with access to classified information, or those who systematically seek to identify and expose covert agents and have reason to believe that it will harm the foreign intelligence activities of the U.S., to intentionally reveal the identity of an agent whom one knows to be in or recently in certain covert roles with a U.S. intelligence agency, unless the United States has publicly acknowledged or revealed the relationship.

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Sponsor and status

Introduced Jan 5, 1981
97 th Congress (1981–1982)

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jun 23, 1982

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on June 23, 1982.

Pub.L. 97-200

Representative for Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district

Cosponsors

52 Cosponsors (39 Republicans, 13 Democrats)

History

Jan 5, 1981 Introduced

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Jul 22, 1981 Ordered Reported

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Sep 23, 1981 Passed House (Senate next)

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Mar 18, 1982 Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

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Jun 10, 1982 Conference Report Agreed to by Senate (House next)

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Jun 23, 1982 Enacted — Signed by the President

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Jun 23, 1982 Text Published

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H.R. 4 (97th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4. This is the one from the 97 th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 97 th Congress, which met from Jan 5, 1981 to Dec 23, 1982. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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