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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 637 

To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal 

Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and information 

relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2023 

Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies 

of the Federal Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Justice for Kennedy 

5 Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘JFK Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ASSASSINATION RECORDS 

2 AND INFORMATION RELATED TO ASSASSINA3 TION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. 

4 (a) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ASSASSINATION

5 RECORDS.— 

6 (1) DISCLOSURE.—Not later than 30 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, each covered 

8 Federal official shall publicly disclose in unclassified 

9 and unredacted form any assassination record and 

10 information relevant to the assassination of Presi11 dent John F. Kennedy in the control or possession 

12 of such covered Federal official. 

13 (2) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—Each covered 

14 Federal official shall carry out paragraph (1) not15 withstanding the following: 

16 (A) The Presidential Memorandum of De17 cember 15, 2022, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Cer18 tifications Regarding Disclosure of Information 

19 in Certain Records Related to the Assassination 

20 of President John F. Kennedy’’. 

21 (B) Section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President 

22 John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collec23 tion Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 

24 (C) Section 6 of the President John F. 

25 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act 

26 of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 


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1 (D) Section 6103(l)(17) of title 26, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (E) Any other provision of law that con4 flicts with the requirements under paragraph 

5 (1). 

6 (b) ASSASSINATION RECORDS UNDER SEAL OF

7 COURT.— 

8 (1) PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Attorney General shall petition any court in the 

12 United States or in a foreign country to pub13 licly disclose in unclassified and unredacted 

14 form any assassination record and information 

15 relevant to the assassination of President John 

16 F. Kennedy that is held under seal of the court 

17 or held under the injunction of secrecy of a 

18 grand jury. 

19 (B) PARTICULARIZED NEED REQUIRE20 MENT.—A request for disclosure of assassina21 tion records pursuant to a petition under sub22 paragraph (A) shall be deemed to constitute a 

23 showing of particularized need under Rule 6 of 

24 the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 


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1 (2) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—The Attorney 

2 General shall carry out paragraph (1) notwith3 standing— 

4 (A) the provisions of law described in sub5 paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2) of 

6 subsection (a); and 

7 (B) any other provision of law that con8 flicts with the requirement under paragraph 

9 (1). 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) The term ‘‘assassination record’’ has the 

12 meaning given such term in section 3 of the Presi13 dent John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collec14 tion Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 

15 (2) The term ‘‘covered Federal official’’ means 

16 the following: 

17 (A) The Archivist of the United States. 

18 (B) The Commissioner of Internal Rev19 enue. 

20 (C) The Director of the Central Intel21 ligence Agency. 

22 (D) The Director of the Federal Bureau of 

23 Investigation. 

24 (E) The Secretary of Defense. 


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1 (F) The Secretary of State. 

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