H.R. 4806 - Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007
Government information.
- Sponsor:
- Jane Harman
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the House on July 30, 2008
House Vote: On Passage
PASSED by voice vote on July 30, 2008.
Other Votes:
Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007
H.R. 4806 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-wide strategy to prevent the over-classification of information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007
- Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008
- Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008
- Sponsor
- Jane Harman
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Government information
- Archives
- Armed forces
- Civil liberties
- Civil rights
- Classified defense information
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Criminal justice
- Defense policy
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employee training
- Executive departments
- Federal employees
- Foreign policy
- Government contractors
- Government employees
- History
- Identification devices
- Intelligence activities
- Intelligence services
- International affairs
- Job training
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National security
- Public contracts
- Right of privacy
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Standards
- Technology
- Technology assessment
- Terrorism
- Transfer of employees
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Weapons systems
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 12/18/2007 Referred to Committee Passed House 7/30/2008 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/29/2008 H7183-7184) 7/30/2008 PASSED by voice vote Action Date Description Introduced 12/18/2007 12/18/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. 12/18/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2611) 1/31/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment. 6/11/2008 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 6/11/2008 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent . 6/26/2008 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Put on a legislative calendar 6/26/2008 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 7/24/2008 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-776. Put on a legislative calendar 7/24/2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495. 7/29/2008 Ms. Harman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 7/29/2008 Considered under suspension of the rules. 7/29/2008 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4806. 7/29/2008 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bilirakis objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. 7/30/2008 Considered as unfinished business. currently selected House Vote on Passage 7/30/2008 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/29/2008 H7183-7184) 7/31/2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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