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# PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OСТ. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3453accounting of expenditures during its existence, and shall complete all other reporting requirements under this Act.(3) Upon termination and winding up, the Review Board shall transfer all of its records to the Archivist for inclusion in the Collection, and no record of the Review Board shall be destroyed.SEC. 8. ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL. 44 USC 2107 nota.(a) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-(1) Not later than 45 days after the initial meeting of the Review Board, the Review Board shall appoint one citizen, without regard to political affiliation, to the position of Executive Director.(2) The person appointed as Executive Director shall be a private citizen of integrity and impartiality who is a distinguished professional and who is not a present employee of any branch of the Government and has had no previous involvement with any official investigation or inquiry relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.(3XA) A candidate for Executive Director shall be granted the necessary security clearances in an accelerated manner subject to the standard procedures for granting such clearances.(B) A candidate shall qualify for the necessary security clear- ance prior to being approved by the Review Board.(4) The Executive Director shall-(A) serve as principal liaison to Government offices;(B) be responsible for the administration and coordination of the Review Board's review of records;(C) responsible for the administration of all official activities conducted by the Review Board; and(D) have no authority to decide or determine whether any record should be disclosed to the public or postponed for disclo- sure.(5) The Executive Director shall not be removed for reasons other than by a majority vote of the Review Board for cause on the grounds of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, physical disability, mental incapacity, or any other condition that substantially impairs the performance of the responsibilities of the Executive Director or the staff of the Review Board.(b) STAFF.-(1) The Review Board may, in accordance with the civil service laws but without regard to civil service law and regulation for competitive service as defined in subchapter 1, chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, appoint and terminate addi- tional personnel as are necessary to enable the Review Board and its Executive Director to perform its duties.(2) A person appointed to the staff of the Review Board shall be a private citizen of integrity and impartiality who is not a present employee of any branch of the Government and who has had no previous involvement with any official investigation or inquiry relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.(3)(A) A candidate for staff shall be granted the necessary security clearances in an accelerated manner subject to the standard procedures for granting such clearances.(B) A candidate for the staff shall qualify for the necessary security clearance prior to being approved by the Review Board.(c) COMPENSATION. - The Review Board shall fix the com- pensation of the Executive Director and other personnel in accord- ance with title 5, United States Code, except that the rate of pay for the Executive Director and other personnel may not exceed# PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3454the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title.(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (1) The Review Board shall have the authority to create advisory committees to assist in fulfilling the responsibilities of the Review Board under this Act.(2) Any advisory committee created by the Review Board shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).SEC. 9. REVIEW OF RECORDS BY THE ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD.44 USC 2107 nota.Federal Register, publication.(a) CUSTODY OF RECORDS REVIEWED BY BOARD.-Pending the outcome of the Review Board's review activity, a Government office shall retain custody of its assassination records for purposes of preservation, security, and efficiency, unless-(1) the Review Board requires the physical transfer of records for reasons of conducting an independent and impartial review; or(2) such transfer is necessary for an administrative hearing or other official Review Board function.(b) STARTUP REQUIREMENTS.-The Review Board shall-(1) not later than 90 days after the date of its appointment; publish a schedule for review of all assassination records in the Federal Register, and(2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, begin its review of assassination records under this Act.(c) DETERMINATIONS OF THE REVIEW BOARD (1) The Review Board shall direct that all assassination records be transmitted to the Archivist and disclosed to the public in the Collection in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that-or(A) a Government record is not an assassination record;(B) a Government record or particular information within an assassination record qualifies for postponement of public disclosure under this Act.(2) In approving postponement of public disclosure of an assas- sination record, the Review Board shall seek to-(A) provide for the disclosure of segregable parts, sub- stitutes, or summaries of such a record; and(B) determine, in consultation with the originating body and consistent with the standards for postponement under this Act, which of the following alternative forms of disclosure shall be made by the originating body:(i) Any reasonably segregable particular information in an assassination record.(ii) A substitute record for that information which is postponed.(iii) A summary of an assassination record.(3) With respect to each assassination record or particular information in assassination records the public disclosure of which is postponed pursuant to section 6, or for which only substitutions or summaries have been disclosed to the public, the Review Board shall create and transmit to the Archivist a report containing-(A) a description of actions by the Review Board, the origi- nating body, the President, or any Government office (including a justification of any such action to postpone disclosure of any record or part of any record) and of any official proceedings.