H.Res. 695: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to investigate certain recent leaks of apparently classified and highly sensitive information on United States military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations.

H.Res. 695: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to investigate certain recent leaks of apparently classified and highly sensitive information on United States military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations.

112th Congress · introduced 2012-06-20 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-06-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to investigate certain recent leaks of apparently classified and highly sensitive information on United States military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General (AG) should: (1) delegate to an outside special counsel (counsel) all AG authority relating to investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of any and all unauthorized disclosures of classified and highly sensitive information related to various military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations as reported in recent publications; and (2) direct the counsel to exercise such authority independently of the supervision or control of any DOJ officer. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the counsel should investigate any and all such disclosures and, where appropriate, prosecute those responsible; and (2) the President should assess whether any such disclosures damaged the national security and how such damage can be mitigated.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the appointment by the Attorney General of an outside special counsel to investigate certain recent leaks of apparently classified and highly sensitive information on United States military and intelligence plans, programs, and operations.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Quayle, Benjamin [R-AZ-3] · 13 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Austin Scott (R-GA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hres695.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hres>

Record fed-us-cong112-hres695 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112