To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor and status
111th Congress (2009–2010)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 7, 2010
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 7, 2010.
History
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Jan 15, 2009
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Introduced
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Feb 3, 2009
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Passed House (Senate next)
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May 27, 2010
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Text Published
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Sep 27, 2010
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Sep 28, 2010
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House Agreed to Changes
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Oct 7, 2010
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 553 (111th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 553. This is the one from the 111th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 22, 2010. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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