# 115-hr-3585: Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act

115-hr-3585, Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3585
- Congress: 115
- Title: Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Wrongful Unmasking Prevention Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish new criminal offenses: for knowingly making a request to unminimize (i.e., unmask) nonpublic information concerning a U.S. person to access classified information for a reason other than to understand or assess foreign intelligence information, or to determine whether classified information is evidence of a crime; and for intentionally, knowingly, or negligently disclosing classified information to an unauthorized person.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3585 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3585)

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- [115-hr-4718: Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4718)
- [115-hr-4714: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don and Deyon Stephens, Founders of Merc…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4714)
- [115-hr-4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4706)
- [115-hr-4274: Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4274)
- [115-hr-4131: No Abortion Bonds Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4131)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3585 (as of 2025-11-18).