[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 163 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H6869-H7263]


CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4310, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
                            FISCAL YEAR 2013

  Mr. McKEON submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.

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     SEC. 1080. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED 
                   DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) unauthorized disclosures of classified information can 
     threaten the national security and foreign relations of the 
     United States;
       (2) the Department of Defense has taken positive steps 
     toward improving its policies, procedures, and enforcement 
     mechanisms regarding unauthorized disclosures of classified 
     information and should continue to improve upon such 
     policies, procedures, and enforcement mechanisms;
       (3) other departments and agencies of the Federal 
     Government should undertake similar efforts, if such 
     departments and agencies have not already done so; and
       (4) the Department of Justice should investigate possible 
     violations of Federal law related to unauthorized disclosures 
     of classified information, including disclosures related to 
     military, intelligence, and operational capabilities of the 
     United States and allies of the United States and, in 
     appropriate cases, individuals responsible for such 
     unauthorized disclosures should be prosecuted to the full 
     extent of the law.


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                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 112-705)

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         Sense of Congress regarding unauthorized disclosures of 
         classified information (sec. 1080)
       The House bill contained a provision (sec. 1099C) that 
     would require the Attorney General to investigate possible 
     violations of federal law related to alleged leaks of certain 
     classified information.
       The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.
       The Senate recedes with an amendment that would express the 
     sense of Congress that the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of Justice, and other federal agencies should take 
     positive steps to address the unauthorized disclosure of 
     classified information.


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H.R. 4310 (as passed in the House)

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SEC. 1099C. REQUIREMENT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW RELATED TO LEAKS OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION INVOLVING THE MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE, AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.

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