I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3585 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Farenthold (for himself and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to make it a criminal offense to knowingly make a request to access classified information concerning a United States person to be unminimized pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a reason other than an authorized reason under that Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act . 2. Unlawful unmasking of nonpublic information of United States persons Section 798 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) Whoever knowingly makes a covered request to access classified information for any reason other than a reason described in paragraph (3) shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. (2) Whoever intentionally, knowingly, or negligently discloses classified information to a person, unless such person is authorized to receive such information for a reason described in paragraph (3), shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. (3) A reason described in this paragraph is any of the following: (A) To understand foreign intelligence information. (B) To assess the importance of foreign intelligence information. (C) To determine whether the classified information is evidence of a crime which has been, is being, or is about to be committed. (4) In this subsection: (A) The term covered request means a request for nonpublicly available information concerning a United States person to be unminimized pursuant to section 101, 301, 402, 501, or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). (B) The terms foreign intelligence information and United States person have the meaning given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 ). .