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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 20, 2009
Disclosure of Presidential Declassification of Intelligence Information Act of 2009 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President, no later than 15 days after the declassification of any intelligence by the President or Vice-President, to notify the congressional intelligence committees.
Directs the President to: (1) submit to such committees a list of each official of the Executive Office of the President who is authorized to declassify information other than information originally classified by such official; and (2) update such list upon any addition or removal of such an official.
Expresses the sense of Congress that any such notification should also be submitted to: (1) the Director of National Intelligence; (2) the Archivist of the United States; and (3) the heads of applicable elements of the intelligence community.
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Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · D–MI
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Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2577)
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