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10/20/2009--Introduced.Disclosure of Presidential Declassification of Intelligence Information Act of 2009 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President, no later than 15 days after the declassification of any intelligence by the President or Vice-President, to notify

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Official Summary

10/20/2009--Introduced.Disclosure of Presidential Declassification of Intelligence Information Act of 2009 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President, no later than 15 days after the declassification of any intelligence by the President or Vice-President, to notify the congressional intelligence committees. Directs the President to:
(1) submit to such committees a list of each official of the Executive Office of the President who is authorized to declassify information other than information originally classified by such official; and
(2) update such list upon any addition or removal of such an official. Expresses the sense of Congress that any such notification should also be submitted to:
(1) the Director of National Intelligence;
(2) the Archivist of the United States; and
(3) the heads of applicable elements of the intelligence community.

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