[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2136

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced 
 penalties for officers and employees of the Department of Justice and 
     the intelligence communities who conceal, remove, or mutilate 
              Government records, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2025

 Mrs. Luna (for herself and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for enhanced 
 penalties for officers and employees of the Department of Justice and 
     the intelligence communities who conceal, remove, or mutilate 
              Government records, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping High-level Record 
Elimination and Destruction Act of 2025'' or the ``SHRED Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CONCEALMENT, REMOVAL, OR MUTILATION OF 
              GOVERNMENT RECORDS FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    Section 2071 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Department of 
Justice or of an agency or office of the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003(4), commits an offense under this section, shall be imprisoned not 
less than 20 years or for life, fined under this title, or both.''.
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