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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2611 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the communication of |
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| 6 | 6 | | classified information on mobile or desktop messaging application, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | ORRESof New York introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | munication of classified information on mobile or desktop |
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| 16 | 16 | | messaging application, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Operations 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Unilateral Tactics Halting Incursions: Preventing Co-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ordinated Subversion, Military Aggression and Lawless 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Levies Granting Rogue Operatives Unchecked Power Act 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of 2025’’ or the ‘‘HOUTHI PC SMALL GROUP Act of 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2025’’. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2611 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. COMMUNICATION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | MOBILE OR DESKTOP MESSAGING APPLICA-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | TION. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 37 of title 18, United 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 798A 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the following: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘§ 798B. Communication of classified information on 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | mobile or desktop messaging application 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘Whoever knowingly communicates, furnishes, trans-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | mits, or otherwise makes available any classified informa-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion on a mobile or desktop messaging application shall 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | years, or both.’’. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) C |
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| 44 | 44 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | for chapter 37 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by inserting after the item related to section 798A the fol-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | lowing: 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘798B. Communication of classified information on mobile or desktop messaging |
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| 49 | 49 | | application.’’. |
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