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104-10333-10010 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (3/3/1993)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch48134 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10333-10010 S. 3006 One HIundred oEcond Courtss of the U1nited 5tates of AmErica AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day ofJanuary, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two 5n act To provide for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Be -it enacted by the Senale and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION I. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. SEC. 2. FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.-The Congress finds and declares that- (1Y all Government records related tor the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should be preserved for historical and governmental purposes; (2) all Government records concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure, and all records should be eventually disclosed to enable the public to become fully informed about the history surrounding the assassination; (3) legislation is necessary to create an enforceable, independent, and accountable process for the public disclosure of such records; (4) legislation is necessary because congressional records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy would not otherwise be subject to public disclosure until at least the year 2029; - (5) legislation is necessary because the Freedom of Informa- tion Act, as implemented by the executive branch, has pre- vented the timely public disclosure of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; (6) legislation is necessary because Executive Order No. 12356, entitled National Security Information has eliminated the declassification and downgrading schedules relating to classified information across government and has prevented the timely public disclosure of records relating to the assassina- tion of President John F. Kennedy; and (7) most of the records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are ilmost 30 years old, and only in the rarest cases is there any legitimate need for continued protection of such records. ' (b) PURPOSES.-The purposes of this Act are- (1) to provide for the creation of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection at the National Archives and Records Administration; and (2) to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of such records.

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