ommended specified time at which or a specified 
occurrence following which the material may be 
appropriately disclosed to the public under this 
Act. 
(4) NOTICE.—Not later than 14 days after the 
Review Board makes a determination whether a 
COINTELPRO record should be fully disclosed, the 
Review Board shall— 
(A) notify the head of the Government of-
fice in the possession or control of the record of 
the determination; and 
(B) publish a copy of the determination in 
the Federal Register. 
(c) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—On each day that is 
on or after the date that is 60 days after the Review Board 
first approves the postponement of disclosure of a 
COINTELPRO record, the Review Board shall publish on 
a publicly available website a notice that summarizes the 
recommendation including a description of the subject, the 
originating body, length or other physical description, and 
each justification relied on for the recommendation. 
(d) REPORTS BY THE REVIEW BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board shall sub-
mit a report its activities to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of 
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the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, the President, the Archivist, and the head of 
any Government office whose records have been the 
subject of Review Board activity. 
(2) DEADLINES.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year 
thereafter until the termination of the Review 
Board, the Review Board shall issue a report under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following information: 
(A) A financial report of the expenses for 
all official activities and requirements of the 
Review Board and its employees. 
(B) The progress made on review and, 
transmission to the Archivist, and public disclo-
sure of COINTELPRO records. 
(C) The estimated time and volume of 
COINTELPRO records involved in the comple-
tion of the Review Board’s duties under this 
Act. 
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(D) Any special problems, including re-
quests and the level of cooperation of Govern-
ment offices, with regard to the ability of the 
Review Board to meet the requirements of this 
Act. 
(E) A record of review activities, including 
a record of recommendations that a record not 
be fully disclosed by the Review Board or other 
related actions authorized by this Act, and a 
record of the volume of records reviewed and 
recommended to not be fully disclosed. 
(F) Recommendations and requests to 
Congress for additional authorizations or appro-
priations. 
(G) An appendix containing copies of re-
ports of postponed records to the Archivist re-
quired under subsection (c)(3) made since the 
date of the preceding report submitted under 
this subsection. 
(4) NOTICE OF TERMINATION.—Not later than 
90 days before terminating, the Review Board shall 
provide written notice to the President and the Con-
gress of its intention to terminate its operations at 
a specified date and the date on which the Board in-
tends to terminate. 
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SEC. 7. DISCLOSURE OF OTHER INFORMATION AND ADDI-
TIONAL STUDY. 
(a) MATERIALS UNDER THE SEAL OF THE COURT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board may re-
quest the Attorney General to petition any court in 
the United States to release any information rel-
evant to COINTELPRO that is held under seal of 
court. 
(2) GRAND JURY MATERIALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Review Board may 
request the Attorney General to petition any 
court in the United States to release any infor-
mation relevant to COINTELPRO that is held 
under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury. 
(B) PARTICULARIZED
NEED.—A request 
for disclosure of COINTELPRO records under 
this Act shall be deemed to constitute a show-
ing of particularized need pursuant to rule 6 of 
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 
(3) DEADLINE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
shall respond to any request that is subject to 
this subsection within 45 days. 
(B) NONDISCLOSURE OF GRAND JURY IN-
FORMATION.—If the Attorney General deter-
mines 
that 
information 
relevant 
to 
a 
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COINTELPRO that is held under the seal of a 
grand jury should not be made public, the At-
torney General shall set forth in the response to 
the request the reasons for the determination. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH AGENCIES.—It is the sense 
of Congress that— 
(1) the Attorney General should assist the Re-
view Board in good faith to unseal any records that 
the Review Board determines to be relevant and held 
under the seal by a court or under the injunction of 
secrecy of a grand jury; and 
(2) all Government offices should cooperate in 
full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of 
all information relevant to COINTELPRO con-
sistent with the public interest. 
SEC. 8. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER LAW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
when this Act requires transmission of a record to 
the Archivist or public disclosure, it shall take prece-
dence over any other law (except section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 6103)), 
judicial decisions construing such law, or common 
law doctrine that would otherwise prohibit such 
transmission or disclosure with the exception of 
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