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

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       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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