HRES 265 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Amending the rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the appropriate security clearance required for viewing the information.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 12, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 12, 2001
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Amends rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from having access to classified information (including access through attendance at any briefing or other event at which classified information is presented) unless such individual meets the same security clearance and confidentiality requirements as Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence employees.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2001 to Sep 24, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NCCass BallengerNov 6, 2001
R-ALTerry EverettNov 6, 2001
R-CAMary BonoNov 13, 2001
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaNov 29, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishNov 29, 2001
R-MNGil GutknechtFeb 12, 2002
R-AZJeff FlakeFeb 12, 2002
R-SCJim DeMintFeb 12, 2002
R-SCJoe WilsonFeb 12, 2002
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggFeb 12, 2002
R-PAJoseph R. PittsFeb 12, 2002
R-PAMelissa A. HartFeb 12, 2002
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyFeb 12, 2002
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettFeb 12, 2002
R-TXSam JohnsonFeb 12, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 12, 2001Introduced in House
  2. Oct 12, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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