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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-200—JUNE 23, 1982 is charged, the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship to the United States of the individual the disclosure of whose intelligence relationship to the United States is the basis for the prosecution. "(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person other than a person committing an offense under section 601 shall be subject to prosecution under such section by virtue of sectio;i 2 or 4 of title 18, United States Code, or shall be subject to prosecution for conspiracy to commit an offense under such section. "(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply (A) in the case of a person who acted in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the foreign intelligence activities of the United States, or (B) in the case of a person who has authorized access to classified information. "(c) It shall not be an offense under section 601 to transmit information described in such section directly to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate or to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. "(d) It shall not be an offense under section 601 for an individual to disclose information that solely identifies himself as a covert agent.

96 STAT. 123

Information, transmittal to congressional committees.

"REPORT

"SEC. 603. (a) The President, after receiving information from the 50 USC 423. Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives an annual report on measures to protect the identities of covert agents, and on any other matter relevant to the protection of the identities of covert agents. "(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be exempt from any requirement for publication or disclosure. The first such report shall be submitted no later than February 1, 1983. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

"SEC. 604. There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 50 USC 424. committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act). 8 USC lioi. PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CONGRESS

"SEC. 605. Nothing in this title may be construed as authority to 50 USC 425. withhold information from the Congress or from a committee of either House of Congress. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 606. For the purposes of this title: "(1) The term 'classified information' means information or material designated and clearly marked or clearly represented, pursuant to the provisions of a statute or Executive order (or a regulation or order issued pursuant to a statute or Executive

50 USC 426.