                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                CHAPTER 93--PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1924. Unauthorized removal and retention of classified 
        documents or material
        
    (a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant 
of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, 
position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials 
containing classified information of the United States, knowingly 
removes such documents or materials without authority and with the 
intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location 
shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one 
year, or both.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the provision of documents and 
materials to the Congress shall not constitute an offense under 
subsection (a).
    (c) In this section, the term ``classified information of the United 
States'' means information originated, owned, or possessed by the United 
States Government concerning the national defense or foreign relations 
of the United States that has been determined pursuant to law or 
Executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure in 
the interests of national security.

(Added Pub. L. 103-359, title VIII, Sec. 808(a), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3453.)
