Calendar No. 140
113th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     113-77

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       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014
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                 July 18, 2013.--Ordered to be printed

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          Ms. Landrieu, from the Committee on Appropriations, 
                        submitted the following

                                 REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2217]
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  --A total of $29,868,000 above the fiscal year 2013 level is 
        provided to strengthen the Department's ability to 
        safeguard and share classified information with its 
        Federal, State, and local partners, and to help deter 
        the unauthorized release of such information. In the 
        wake of past and recent public disclosures of critical 
        national security information, such safeguards are 
        vital to ensuring effective controls are in place to 
        prevent the illicit removal and dissemination of 
        classified information.

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            SHARING AND SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

    The recommendation includes a $29,868,000 increase to 
implement information sharing and safeguarding measures to 
protect classified national security information. This is 
necessary in order to be compliant with measures resulting from 
Executive Order 13587--Structural Reforms to Improve the 
Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and 
Safeguarding of Classified Information. The OCIO is to brief 
the Committee by April 15, 2014, on the implementation 
strategy, development schedule, and milestones for improving 
the protection of national security information held by the 
Department. The Committee also expects any structural reforms 
to be consistent with appropriate protections for privacy and 
civil liberties.

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