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PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OCT. 26, 1992                                     106 STAT. 3457determines to be relevant and held under seal by a court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury,(2) the Secretary of State should contact, the Government of the Republic of Russia and seek the disclosure of all records of the government of the former Soviet Union, including the records of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) and the Glaynoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye (GRU), relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy, and contact any other foreign government that may hold information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy and seek disclosure of such information; and(3) all Executive agencies should cooperate in full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of all information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy consistent with the public interest.SEC. IL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.44 USC 2107note.(a) PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER LAW-When this Act requires transmission of a record to the Archivist or public disclosure, it shall take precedence over any other law (except section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code), judicial decision construing such law, or common law doctrine that would otherwise prohibit such transmission or disclosure, with the exception of deeds governing access to or transfer or release of gifts and donations of records to the United States Government.(b) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to eliminate or limit any right to file requests with any executive agency or seek judicial review of the decisions pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code.(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude judicial review, under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, of final actions taken or required to be taken under this Act.(d) EXISTING AUTHORITY.-Nothing in this Act revokes or limits the existing authority of the President, any executive agency, the Senate, or the House of Representatives, or any other entity of the Government to publicly disclose records in its possession.(e) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.-To the extent that any provision of this Act establishes a procedure to be followed in the Senate or the House of Representatives, such provision is adopted-(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and is deemed to be part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as they relate to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.SEC. 12. TERMINATION OF EFFECT OF ACT.44 USC 2107note.(a) PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE REVIEW BOARD.-The provisions of this Act that pertain to the appointment and operation of the Review Board shall cease to be effective when the Review Board and the terms of its members have terminated pursuant to section 7(0).106 STAT. 3458                                     PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OCT. 26, 1992(b) OTHER PROVISIONS.-The remaining provisions of this Act shall continue in effect until such time as the Archivist certifies to the President and the Congress that all assassination records have been made available to the public in, accordance with this Act.SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.44 USC 2107note.(a) IN GENERAL-There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act, to remain available until expended.(b) INTERIM FUNDING. Until such time as funds are appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), the President may use such sums as are available for discretionary use to carry out this Act.SEC. 14. SEVERABILITY.44 USC 2107note.If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of that provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by the invalidation.Approved October 26, 1992.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-S. 3006 (H.J. Res. 454):HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-625, Pt. 1 (Comra. on Government Operations) and Pt. 2(Comm. on the Judiciary) both accompanying H.J. Res. 454.SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-328 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs).CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992):July 27, considered and passed Senate.Aug. 11, 12, H.J. Res. 454 considered and passed House.Sept. 30, S. 8006 considered and passed House.WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 28 (1992):Oct. 26, Presidential statement