LESSER CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

SEC. 808. LESSER CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. (a) In General.— Chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§1924. Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material “(a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. “(b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under subsection (a). “(c) In this section, the term ‘classified information of the United States’ means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in the interests of national security.”. 108 STAT. 3454 (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: “1924. Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material.”.