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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2136 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced penalties |
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| 6 | 6 | | for officers and employees of the Department of Justice and the intel- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ligence communities who conceal, remove, or mutilate Government |
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| 8 | 8 | | records, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | UNA(for herself and Mr. NEHLS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for en- |
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| 16 | 16 | | hanced penalties for officers and employees of the De- |
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| 17 | 17 | | partment of Justice and the intelligence communities |
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| 18 | 18 | | who conceal, remove, or mutilate Government records, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping High-level 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Record Elimination and Destruction Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘SHRED Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2136 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CONCEALMENT, RE-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MOVAL, OR MUTILATION OF GOVERNMENT 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | RECORDS FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 2071 of title 18, United States Code, is 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(c) Whoever, being an officer or employee of the De-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | partment of Justice or of an agency or office of the intel-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the Na-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4), commits 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | an offense under this section, shall be imprisoned not less 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | than 20 years or for life, fined under this title, or both.’’. 13 |
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