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HR 6219 114th Congress House

Unsecured Server Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to ensure that individuals who are found to have stored classified information on unsecur… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to ensure that individuals who are found to have stored classified information on unsecured servers are disqualified from receiving security clearances, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2016 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Computer security and identity theftGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationTerrorism
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This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 18, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 28, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 18, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unsecured Server Act of 2016

This bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to prohibit federal agencies from granting or renewing security clearances to federal officers or employees, military members on active duty or in an active status, or federal contractors if an agency head determines that they have knowingly stored classified information on, or transmitted classified information to or from, an unsecured computer server that is not authorized by federal intelligence agencies. This prohibition applies retroactively to individuals who used an unsecured server during the 10-year period before enactment of this bill.

Agencies may waive security clearance prohibitions to grant clearances to disqualified individuals, but only if the agency notifies Congress 30 days before the proposed waiver.

The use of an unsecured server for classified information shall be grounds for revoking an individual's security clearance.

The bill establishes a criminal penalty of a fine or imprisonment for up to 10 years for anyone who knowingly stores classified information on, or transmits classified information to or from, an unsecured server or who causes such information to be so stored or transmitted.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6219: Unsecured Server Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6219/
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"H.R. 6219: Unsecured Server Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6219/.
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H.R. 6219, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6219/.
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