I 
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 Com-
mittees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Armed Serv-
ices, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions 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 assas-
sination records and information relevant to the assas-
sination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Kennedy 
Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘JFK Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ASSASSINATION RECORDS 
AND INFORMATION RELATED TO ASSASSINA-
TION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. 
(a) 
PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
OF
ASSASSINATION 
RECORDS.— 
(1) DISCLOSURE.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each covered 
Federal official shall publicly disclose in unclassified 
and unredacted form any assassination record and 
information relevant to the assassination of Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy in the control or possession 
of such covered Federal official. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—Each covered 
Federal official shall carry out paragraph (1) not-
withstanding the following: 
(A) The Presidential Memorandum of De-
cember 15, 2022, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Cer-
tifications Regarding Disclosure of Information 
in Certain Records Related to the Assassination 
of President John F. Kennedy’’. 
(B) Section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President 
John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collec-
tion Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 
(C) Section 6 of the President John F. 
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act 
of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 
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(D) Section 6103(l)(17) of title 26, United 
States Code. 
(E) Any other provision of law that con-
flicts with the requirements under paragraph 
(1). 
(b) ASSASSINATION
RECORDS
UNDER
SEAL
OF 
COURT.— 
(1) PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall petition any court in the 
United States or in a foreign country to pub-
licly disclose in unclassified and unredacted 
form any assassination record and information 
relevant to the assassination of President John 
F. Kennedy that is held under seal of the court 
or held under the injunction of secrecy of a 
grand jury. 
(B) PARTICULARIZED
NEED
REQUIRE-
MENT.—A request for disclosure of assassina-
tion records pursuant to a petition under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be deemed to constitute a 
showing of particularized need under Rule 6 of 
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 
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(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.—The Attorney 
General shall carry out paragraph (1) notwith-
standing— 
(A) the provisions of law described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a); and 
(B) any other provision of law that con-
flicts with the requirement under paragraph 
(1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘assassination record’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collec-
tion Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note). 
(2) The term ‘‘covered Federal official’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The Archivist of the United States. 
(B) The Commissioner of Internal Rev-
enue. 
(C) The Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency. 
(D) The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
(E) The Secretary of Defense. 
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