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• Latest Action: Jan 02, 2013 Presented to President.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Intelligence (Select)

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This bill's most-recent vote occurred on December 31, 2012, with a roll call of 373 ayes, 29 nays, and 29 not voting.
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• Washington Coalition for Open Government

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• Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientific Integrity Program

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• Understanding Government

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• Sunlight Foundation

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• Project On Government Oversight

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• Progressive Librarians Guild

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• OpenTheGovernment.org

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• OMB Watch

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• National Security Counselors

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• National Freedom of Information Coalition

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• National Coalition Against Censorship

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• James Madison Project

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• Government Accountability Project

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• Freedom of Information Center at the Missouri School of Journalism

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• Federation of American Scientists

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• Essential Information

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• Brennan Center for Justice

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• Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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• Association of Research Libraries

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• American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

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• American Association of Law Libraries

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• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

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• American Society of News Editors

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• American Civil Liberties Union

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• Sunshine in Government Initiative

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• S.3454 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - September 19, 2012 by OpenCongress - Hmmmm, no blog posts found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable blog by either its official number (for example, "H.R. 3200") or title (for example, "America's Affordable Health Ch

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  As noted by OpenCongress on September 19, 2012, "Hmmmm, no blog posts found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable blog by either its official number (for example, "H.R. 3200") or title (for example, "America's Affordable Health Ch" (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s3454/show)
• 2Day in #OpenGov 8/1/2012 - August 01, 2012 by Sunlight Foundation - ...both parties approved a $100 gift cap by lobbyists to legislators. There are currently minimal caps in the state. (Republic Report) S.3454: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. "For each element of the intelligence community, only the Di

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  As noted by Sunlight Foundation on August 01, 2012, "...both parties approved a $100 gift cap by lobbyists to legislators. There are currently minimal caps in the state. (Republic Report) S.3454: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. "For each element of the intelligence community, only the Di" (http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/08/01/2day-in-opengov-812012/)
• Open government groups denounce proposed penalties for classified leaks - July 31, 2012 by Federal Times - But the Senate’s 2013 intelligence authorization bill, S 3454, which was passed 14-1 July 25 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, would allow agencies to impose the penalty without a criminal conviction. The bill provides no avenues for ...

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  As noted by Federal Times on July 31, 2012, "But the Senate’s 2013 intelligence authorization bill, S 3454, which was passed 14-1 July 25 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, would allow agencies to impose the penalty without a criminal conviction. The bill provides no avenues for ..." (http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120731/CONGRESS02/307310001/Open-government-groups-denounce-proposed-penalties-classified-leaks?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE)