Bill Details
HR.2136 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-14 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-03-14
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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This bill would make the punishment much stronger for certain government workers who hide, take away, or damage official records. It focuses on officers and employees of the Department of Justice and the intelligence community. If someone in those groups breaks the law by concealing, removing, or mutilating government records, they could face at least 20 years in prison, a possible life sentence, a fine, or both.
- It changes federal law on the handling of government records.
- The tougher penalty applies only to officers or employees of the Department of Justice and the intelligence community.
- Covered actions include concealing, removing, or mutilating government records.
- The new penalty would be a minimum of 20 years in prison, with the option of life imprisonment, a fine, or both.
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[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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