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# Federal Register / Vol. 60. No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 1995 / Proposed Rules 7507disclosure of the fullest possiblohistorical record on this tragedy and onsubsequent investigations and inquiresinto it.The Board's proposed guidance isdesigned to help government agenciesand the Board identify and makeavailable to the public all documentsthat will enhance, enrich, and broadenthe historical record of the assassinationof President John F. Kennedy. TheBoard socks through this guidance tofulfill Congress's "inten[t] and emphasisthat the search and disclosure of recordsunder this Act must go beyond" therecords of previous commissions andcommittees established to investigatePresident Kennedy's assassination. Id. at21. The Board also soeks to providenotice of the scope of its intendedexercise of authority to soek additionalinformation or records in order to fulfillits functions and responsibilitios underthe ARCA.In addition, the Board proposes tocreate a mochanism to facilitate theBoard's ongoing work and to furtherensure future public access to thebroadest possible historical record. Thismechanism will be known as the"Catalog of Assassination Records"(COAR). The COAR is intended to be anofficial listing of all records determinedby the Board to meet the definition of"assassination record" and included inthe JFK Collection.Request for CommentsThe Board seeks public comment onits proposed interpretive regulationsintended to provide guidance on theIntorpretation of the term assassinationrecord, the intended scope of itsexercise of authority to seek additionalInformation or records, and itsadditional proposals for implementationof the ARCA.List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 1400Administrative practice andprocedure, Archives and records.Accordingly, the AssassinationRecords Review Board hereby proposesto establish a new chapter XIV in title36 of the Code of Federal Regulations toruad as follows:# CHAPTER XIV-ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD# PART 1400-GUIDANCE FOR INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992 (ARCA)Soc1400.1 Interpretation of assassination record.1400.2 Interpretation of additional records and tr.format.on.14003 Sources of assassination records and additional records and information.1400.4 Types of materials included in scope of assassination record and additional records and information.1400.5 Requirement that assassination records be released in their entirely1400.6 Originals and copies.1400.7 Additional guidance1400 & Implementing the ARCA-Catalog of Assassination RecordsAuthority: 44 U S.C. 2107 note.$1400.1 Interpretation of assassination record.(a) An assassination record includes, but is not limited to, all records, public and private, regardless of how labeled or identified, that document, describe, report, analyze, or interprot activities and events that may have led to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; the assassination itself; and Investigations of or inquiries into the assassination.(b) An assassination record further includos, without limitation:(1) All records as defined in Sec. 3(2) of the ARCA:(2) All records called by or segregated by all foderal, state, and local government agencies in conjunction with any investigation or analysis of or Inquiry into the assassination of President Kennedy (for example, any intra-agency investigation or analysis of or inquiry into the assassination; any inter-agency communication regarding the assassination; any request by the House Select Committee on Assassinations to collect documents and othor materials; or any inter- or intra- agency collection or segregation of documents and other materials);(3) Other records or groups of records listed in the Catalog of Assassination Records, as described in § 1400.8 of this chapter.$1400.2 Interpretation of additional records and information.The term additional inforination and records Includes:(a) All documents used by government offices and agencies during their declassification review of assassination records as well as all other documents, indices; records, and other material that disclose cryptonyms, code names, or other identification material in assassination records.(b) All training manuals, instructional materials, and guidelines created or used by the agencies in furtherance of their roview of assassination records.(c) All records, lists, and documents describing the procedure by which the agencies identified or sclocted assassination records for review.(d) Organizational charts of government agencies.(e) Records nocessary and sufficient to describe the agency's:(1) Records policies and schedules:(2) Filing systems and organization: and(3) Storage facilitios and locations.$1400.3 Sources of assassination records and additional records and Information.Assassination records and additional records and information may be located.. at, or under the control of, without limitation:(a) Agencies, offices, and entities of the executive, legislativo, and judicial branches of the federal government;(b) Agencies, offices, and entities of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state and local governments;(c) Record repositories and archives of foderal, state, and local governments. including presidential librarios:(d) Record repositories and archives of universities, libraries, historical societies, and other similar organizations:(e) Individuals who possess such records by virtue of service with a government agency, offico, or entity:(f) Porsons, including individuals and corporations, who have obtained such records from sources identified in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section:(g) Federal, state, and local courts where such records are being held undor seal; or(L) Foreign governments.§1400.4 Types of materials included in scope of assassination record and additional records and Information.The term record in assassination record and additional records and information includes, for purposes of interpreting and implementing the ARCA:(a) Papers, maps, and other documentary material;(b) Photographs:(c) Motion pictures;(d) Sound and video recordings:(e) Machino readable information in any form; and