2014 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense (Sections 1 - 3751)
Chapter 44 - National Security (Sections 3001 - 3234)
Subchapter IV - Protection of Certain National Security Information (Sections 3121 - 3126)
Sec. 3121 - Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 44 - NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCHAPTER IV - PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Sec. 3121 - Protection of identities of certain United States undercover intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources |
| Contains | section 3121 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title VI, §601, as added Pub. L. 97-200, §2(a), June 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 122; amended Pub. L. 106-120, title III, §304(b), Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1611; Pub. L. 111-259, title III, §363(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2701. |
| Statutes at Large References | 96 Stat. 122 113 Stat. 1611 124 Stat. 2701 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 97-200, Public Law 106-120, Public Law 111-259 |
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Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
(b) Disclosure of information by persons who learn identity of covert agents as result of having access to classified informationWhoever, as a result of having authorized access to classified information, learns the identify of a covert agent and intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(c) Disclosure of information by persons in course of pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agentsWhoever, 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, discloses any information that identifies an individual as a covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's classified intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(d) Imposition of consecutive sentencesA term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title VI, §601, as added Pub. L. 97–200, §2(a), June 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 122; amended Pub. L. 106–120, title III, §304(b), Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1611; Pub. L. 111–259, title III, §363(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2701.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 421 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–259, §363(a)(1), substituted "15 years" for "ten years".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–259, §363(a)(2), substituted "10 years" for "five years".
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–120, §304(b)(2)(A), substituted "shall be fined under title 18" for "shall be fined not more than $50,000".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–120, §304(b)(2)(B), substituted "shall be fined under title 18" for "shall be fined not more than $25,000".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–120, §304(b)(2)(C), substituted "shall be fined under title 18" for "shall be fined not more than $15,000".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–120, §304(b)(1), added subsec. (d).
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