Espionage And Treason
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Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019 [HB-3071]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
To address foreign threats to higher education in the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Gaetz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/28/2019
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Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft Act of 2019 [S.1701]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
A bill to address foreign threats to higher education in the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/03/2019
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Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019 [HB-3038]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
Establishes a working group and a roundtable related to the security of science and technology. The bill directs the National Science and Technology Council to establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities to protect federally funded research and development from foreign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espionage and to identify and track threats. The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intelligence And Emerging Threats And Capabilities. on 05/31/2019
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Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 [S.1589]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Defense ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Authorizes various intelligence-related activities for FY2018-FY2020 and contains other intelligence-related provisions. The bill's provisions include increasing the maximum amount of voluntary separation pay for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees; providing 12 weeks of paid parental leave for civilian intelligence community employees for the birth or adoption of a child, subject to various limitations; allowing an intelligence community employee who has been subjected to a possible prohibited personnel action to submit a claim to the inspector
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
By Senator Burr From Select Committee On Intelligence Filed Written Report. Report No. 116-47. Additional Views Filed. on 06/11/2019
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Secure and Protect Act of 2019 [S.1494]
[Immigration ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Graham Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 08/01/2019 With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 08/16/2019
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DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement Act of 2019 [HB-2590]
[National Security ]
[International ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to annually brief the congressional homeland security committees regarding DHS personnel with primary duties that take place outside of the United States. DHS must submit to such committees a plan to enhance the effectiveness of DHS personnel at foreign locations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Star Print Ordered On Report No. 116-97. on 09/18/2019
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Senate Cybersecurity Protection Act [S.890]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Data Privacy ]
A bill to authorize the Sergeant at Arms to protect the personal technology devices and accounts of Senators and covered employees from cyber attacks and hostile information collection activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. on 03/27/2019
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Director Andrew McCabe. [HR-243]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
[Ethics ]
This resolution directs the Department of Justice to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of its communications related to meetings or discussions between or among former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Director Andrew McCabe and (1) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein regarding conversations with the President, (2) others at the FBI regarding commencing or continuing an obstruction of justice or counterintelligence investigation of the President.
Sponsored by: Rep. Doug Collins
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-33. on 04/04/2019
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Protect Our Universities Act of 2019 [HB-1678]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
[Defense ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Restricts student participation in sensitive research projects and prohibits the use of certain technologies for such projects. The bill requires each student, prior to participating in a sensitive research project, to provide proof of citizenship to the institution of higher education where the project is being carried out. Specifically, it prohibits students who are citizens of certain countries, including China and Russia, from participating in such a project unless the student applies for and receives approval from the Office of the Director
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Bacon
Introduced In House on 03/12/2019
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Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 [S.245]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Defense ]
[Science ]
Addresses various intelligence issues, including by reauthorizing intelligence-related activities, establishing certain bodies, and directing the intelligence community to report on topics such as election infrastructure security and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The bill reauthorizes through FY2019 various intelligence-related activities in specified government bodies, including the Department of Defense, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency. It also reauthorizes for FY2019 the Central Intelligence Agency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 01/28/2019
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Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2019 [HB-392]
[National Security ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity to identify each beneficial owner of such entity; to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and if such agency is assigning the building or other improvement to a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 05/22/2019
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For the People Act of 2019 [HB-1]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Ethics ]
[Taxes ]
[National Security ]
Addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions. The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting the security of the voter rolls, supporting states in securing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. on 03/14/2019
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DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-4567]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[International ]
DHS Overseas Personnel Enhancement Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), by 90 days after the submission of the 3-year strategy for DHS international programs required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and every 180 days thereafter, to brief the congressional homeland security committees on DHS personnel with primary duties that take place outside of the United States. The briefing shall include: a detailed summary of each type of personnel position with such duties and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 548. on 07/30/2018
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Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. [HR-488]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 09/07/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-141. on 03/23/2018
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Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election. [HCR-15]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election. Declares that Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential election with the assistance and interference of the Russian government. Calls for Congress to investigate thoroughly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 01/31/2017
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Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2017 [HB-666]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Insider Threat Program, which shall: (1) provide training and education for DHS personnel to identify, prevent, mitigate, and respond to insider threat risks to DHS's critical assets; (2) provide investigative support regarding such threats; and (3) conduct risk mitigation activities for such threats. DHS shall establish a Steering Committee. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter King
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 02/01/2017
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 [S.133]
[Defense ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) This bill authorizes FY2017 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of: the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the Department of Defense (DOD); the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); the National Security Agency (NSA); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Select Committee On Intelligence. Reported By Senator Burr Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-2. Additional Views Filed. on 01/20/2017
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Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 [HB-2426]
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[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Secure Government Buildings from Espionage Act of 2017 This bill instructs the General Services Administration, the Architect of the Capitol, or any other federal agency (other than the Department of Defense), before entering into a lease agreement with a public or private entity to accommodate a federal agency in a building or other improvement that will be used for high-security leased space, to require such entity: to identify each beneficial owner of such entity; to disclose to such agency any beneficial owner that is a foreign person; and if
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 05/17/2017