Calendar No. 538

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4569

AN ACT

To extend and make amendments to the President

tion Act of 1992.John F. Kennedy Assassination Records CollecAUGUST 2 (legislative day, JULY 20), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 538

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4569

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

Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

AUGUST 2 (legislative day, JULY 20), 1994

Reported by Mr. GLENN, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

To extend and make amendments to the President John

F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Extension Act

6 of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ACT.

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

3 Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C.

4 2107 note) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘3

6 years’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year’’.

8 (1) by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of enact9 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,

10 1996’’; and

11 (2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’.

12 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD

13 POWERS.

14 Section 8(j)(1) Section (7)(j)(i) of the President John

15 F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992

16 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—

17 (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’

18 after the semicolon;

19 (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period

20 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(G) use the Federal Supply Service in the

23 same manner and under the same conditions as

24 other departments and agencies of the United

25 States; and
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1 ‘‘(H) use the United States mails in the

2 same manner and under the same conditions as

3 other departments and agencies of the United

4 States.’’.

5 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD PER6 SONNEL.

7 (a) SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR REVIEW BOARD PER8 SONNEL.—Section 8 of the President John F. Kennedy

9 Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C.

10 2107 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED.—An individ12 ual employed in any position by the Review Board (includ13 ing an individual appointed as Executive Director) shall

14 be required to qualify for any necessary security clearance

15 prior to taking office in that position, but may be offered

16 the position employed conditionally in accordance with

17 subsection (b)(3)(B) before qualifying for that clearance.’’.

18 (b) APPOINTMENT AND TERMINATION OF STAFF,

19 GENERALLY.—Section 8(b) of the President John

20 F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992

21 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘(b) STAFF.—’’ and all that follows through the end of

23 paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

24 ‘‘(b) STAFF.—(1) The Review Board, without regard

25 to the civil service laws, may appoint and terminate addi-
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1 tional personnel as are necessary to enable the Review

2 Board and its Executive Director to perform the duties

3 of the Review Board.’’.

4 (c) REVIEW BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.—Sec5 tion 8(b)(2) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassina6 tion Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note)

7 is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)

9 Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a person’’;

10 and

11 (2) by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(B) An individual who is an employee of the Govern13 ment may be appointed to the staff of the Review Board

14 if in that position the individual will perform only adminis15 trative functions.’’.

16 (d) CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF.—Section

17 8(b)(3)(B) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination

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

19 amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional em21 ployment to a candidate for a staff position pending the

22 completion of security clearance background investigations.

23 During the pendency of such investigations, the Review

24 Board shall ensure that any such employee does not have
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1 access to, or responsibility involving, classified or otherwise

2 restricted assassination record materials.

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

4 clause (i) is denied or otherwise does not qualify for all

5 security clearances necessary to carry out the responsibil6 ities of the position for which conditional employment has

7 been offered, the Review Board shall immediately terminate

8 the person’s employment.’’.

9 (e) COMPENSATION OF STAFF.—Section 8(c) of the

10 President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collec11 tion Act of 1992 (21 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read

12 as follows:

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

14 adopted by the Review Board, the chairperson, without re15 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, govern16 ing appointments in the competitive service and without

17 regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III

18 of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and Gen19 eral Schedule pay rates, may—

20 ‘‘(1) appoint an Executive Director, who shall be

21 paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for

22 level V of the Executive Schedule; and

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

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

2 Section 6(1) of the President John F. Kennedy As3 sassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C.

4 2107 note) is amended in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A) by inserting ‘‘record’’ after ‘‘the assassination’’.