H. R. 4569

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

An Act

To extend and make amendments to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Extension Act of 1994’’.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ACT.

Section 7(o)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment of

this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and

(2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD POWERS.

Section 7(j)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

(2) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period and inserting

‘‘; and’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(G) use the Federal Supply Service in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments

and agencies of the United States; and

‘‘(H) use the United States mails in the same manner

and under the same conditions as other departments and

agencies of the United States.’’.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL.

(a) SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL.—

Section 8 of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended by adding

at the end the following:

‘‘(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED.—An individual employed

in any position by the Review Board (including an individual

appointed as Executive Director) shall be required to qualify for

any necessary security clearance prior to taking office in that position, but may be employed conditionally in accordance with subsection (b)(3)(B) before qualifying for that clearance.’’.
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(b) APPOINTMENT AND TERMINATION OF STAFF, GENERALLY.—

Section 8(b) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended

by striking ‘‘(b) STAFF.—’’ and all that follows through the end

of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

‘‘(b) STAFF.—(1) The Review Board, without regard to the civil

service laws, may appoint and terminate additional personnel as

are necessary to enable the Review Board and its Executive Director

to perform the duties of the Review Board.’’.

(c) REVIEW BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.—Section 8(b)(2) of

the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) Except as

provided in subparagraph (B), a person’’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) An individual who is an employee of the Government

may be appointed to the staff of the Review Board if in that

position the individual will perform only administrative functions.’’.

(d) CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF.—Section 8(b)(3)(B)

of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional employment

to a candidate for a staff position pending the completion of security

clearance background investigations. During the pendency of such

investigations, the Review Board shall ensure that any such

employee does not have access to, or responsibility involving, classified or otherwise restricted assassination record materials.

‘‘(ii) If a person hired on a conditional basis under clause

(i) is denied or otherwise does not qualify for all security clearances

necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position for which

conditional employment has been offered, the Review Board shall

immediately terminate the person’s employment.’’. (e) COMPENSATION OF STAFF.—Section 8(c) of the President

John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992

(21 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.—Subject to such rules as may be adopted

by the Review Board, the chairperson, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in

the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of

chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating

to classification and General Schedule pay rates, may— ‘‘(1) appoint an Executive Director, who shall be paid at

a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level V of the

Executive Schedule; and

‘‘(2) appoint and fix compensation of such other personnel

as may be necessary to carry out this Act.’’.
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SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

Section 6(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘record’’

after ‘‘the assassination’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.