HR 4806 · 110th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008

Introduced 2007-12-18· Sponsored by Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.(2008-07-31)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007 - 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. Requires the strategy to foster sharing of homeland security, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction information at DHS and to include: (1) requirements governing the classification of information, including requiring that information created by DHS be initially prepared in unclassified form before any version is created in classified form; (2) a sensitive and shared information program for the creation and sharing of unclassified information of a sensitive nature; (3) a system of incentives and disincentives to encourage DHS personnel to use classified and sensitive and shared information program markings properly; (4) a training program for DHS employees and contractors on classification markings, challenges, and declassification requests; (5) specified policies and procedures to encourage…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 4806, Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008

Jul 8, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008</p>

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H.R. 4806, Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2008

Jul 8, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 26, 2008

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (13)

13 Democrats