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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