any Federal intelligence or law enforcement 
agency, relating to the life or assassination of 
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 
(B) shall be distinguished persons of high 
national professional reputation in their respec-
tive fields who are capable of exercising the 
independent and objective judgment necessary 
to the fulfillment of their role in ensuring and 
facilitating the review, transmission to the pub-
lic, and public disclosure of records related to 
the life and assassination of Dr. Reverend Mar-
tin Luther King, Jr., and who possess an ap-
preciation of the value of such material to the 
public, scholars, and government; and 
(C) shall include at least 1 professional 
historian, 1 attorney, 1 researcher, and 1 rep-
resentative of the civil rights community. 
(c) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—(1) All Review Board 
nominees shall be granted the necessary security clear-
ances in an accelerated manner, commensurate with that 
of other executive nominations, subject to the standard 
procedures for granting such clearances. 
(2) All nominees shall qualify for the necessary secu-
rity clearance prior to being considered for confirmation
by the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(d) CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.—(1) The Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate shall hold confirmation hearings within 30 days in 
which the Senate is in session after the nomination of 3 
Review Board members. 
(2) The Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs shall vote on the nominations within 14 
days in which the Senate is in session after the confirma-
tion hearings, and shall report its results to the full Senate 
immediately. 
(3) The Senate shall vote on each nominee to confirm 
or reject within 14 days in which the Senate is in session 
after reported by the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs. 
(e) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the Review Board shall 
be filled in the same manner as specified for original ap-
pointment within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. 
Nominations for a vacancy shall be made from among the 
alternate members appointed under subsection (b)(2). 
(f) CHAIRPERSON.—The Members of the Review 
Board shall elect one of its members as chairperson at 
its initial meeting. 
(g) REMOVAL OF REVIEW BOARD MEMBER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—No member of the Review 
Board shall be removed from office, other than—
(A) by impeachment and conviction; or 
(B) by the action of the President for inef-
ficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, 
physical disability, mental incapacity, failure to 
meet or falsification of any qualifications under 
subsection (b)(6), or any other condition that 
substantially impairs the performance of the 
member’s duties. 
(2) REPORT.—
(A) FACTS AND GROUNDS.—If a member 
of the Review Board is removed from office, 
and that removal is by the President, not later 
than 10 days after the removal the President 
shall submit to the Committee on Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report speci-
fying the facts found and the grounds for the 
removal. 
(B) PUBLICATION.—The President shall 
publish in the Federal Register a report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A), except that the 
President may, if necessary to protect the
rights of a person named in the report or to 
prevent undue interference with any pending 
prosecution, postpone or refrain from pub-
lishing any or all of the report until the comple-
tion of such pending cases or pursuant to pri-
vacy protection requirements in law. 
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—
(A) CIVIL ACTION.—A member of the Re-
view Board removed from office may obtain ju-
dicial review of the removal in a civil action 
commenced in the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia. 
(B) REINSTATEMENT.—The member may 
be reinstated or granted other appropriate relief 
by order of the court. 
(h) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—(1) A member of 
the Review Board shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay pre-
scribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (in-
cluding travel time) during which the member is engaged 
in the performance of the duties of the Review Board. 
(2) A member of the Review Board shall be allowed 
reasonable travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, at rates for employees of agencies under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
while away from the member’s home or regular place of 
business in the performance of services for the Review 
Board. 
(i) DUTIES OF THE REVIEW BOARD.—The Review 
Board shall carry out sections 9 and 10 of this Act and 
any other duties of the Board as specified in this Act. 
(j) POWERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Review Board shall 
have the authority to act in a manner prescribed 
under this Act including authority to—
(A) direct Government offices to complete 
identification aids and organize related records; 
(B) direct Government offices to transmit 
to the Archivist related records as required 
under this Act, including segregable portions of 
related records, and substitutes and summaries 
of related records that can be publicly disclosed 
to the fullest extent; 
(C)(i) obtain access to related records that 
have been identified and organized by a Govern-
ment office; 
(ii) direct a Government office to make 
available to the Review Board, and if necessary 
investigate the facts surrounding, additional in-
formation, records, or testimony from individ-
uals, which the Review Board has reason to be-
lieve is required to fulfill its functions and re-
sponsibilities under this Act; and 
(iii) request the Attorney General to sub-
poena private persons and State and Federal 
employees to compel testimony, records, and 
other information relevant to its responsibilities 
under this Act; 
(D) require any Government office to ac-
count in writing for the previous destruction of 
any records relating to the life or assassination 
of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; 
(E) receive information from the public re-
garding the identification and public disclosure 
of related records; 
(F) hold hearings, administer oaths, and 
subpoena witnesses and documents; 
(G) use the Federal Supply Service in the 
same manner and under the same conditions as 
other departments and agencies of the United 
States; 
(H) use the United States mails in the 
same manner and under the same conditions as