Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Oppose Oversharing by Presidents Act” or the “OOPs Act”.
Oppose Oversharing by Presidents Act
A BILL
To direct the National Security Council, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, to ensure that a mitigation process and protocols are in place in the case of a disclosure of classified information by the President, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Mitigation process for disclosure of classified information by President
Section 504 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (50 U.S.C. 3349) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(e) Mitigation procedures—The National Security Council, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, shall ensure that a mitigation process and protocols are in place in the case of a disclosure of classified information by the President for which notification is not provided to the congressional intelligence committees in accordance with this section or another applicable provision of law. Such mitigation process shall include congressional notification of any such disclosure.
“(f) Government official—In this section, the term “government official” includes the President.”