H. R. 4569
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To extend and make amendments to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of 1992.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President John F. Kennedy
Assassination Records Collection Extension Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ACT.
Section 7(o)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1996’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘2-year’’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD POWERS.
Section 7(j)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon;
(2) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period and inserting
‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) use the Federal Supply Service in the same man-
ner and under the same conditions as other departments
and agencies of the United States; and
‘‘(H) use the United States mails in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the United States.’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL.
(a) SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL.—
Section 8 of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records
Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED.—An individual employed
in any position by the Review Board (including an individual
appointed as Executive Director) shall be required to qualify for
any necessary security clearance prior to taking office in that posi-
tion, but may be employed conditionally in accordance with sub-
section (b)(3)(B) before qualifying for that clearance.’’.
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(b) APPOINTMENT AND TERMINATION OF STAFF, GENERALLY.—
Section 8(b) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘(b) STAFF.—’’ and all that follows through the end
of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) STAFF.—(1) The Review Board, without regard to the civil
service laws, may appoint and terminate additional personnel as
are necessary to enable the Review Board and its Executive Director
to perform the duties of the Review Board.’’.
(c) REVIEW BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.—Section 8(b)(2) of
the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection
Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), a person’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) An individual who is an employee of the Government
may be appointed to the staff of the Review Board if in that
position the individual will perform only administrative functions.’’.
(d) CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF.—Section 8(b)(3)(B)
of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection
Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional employment
to a candidate for a staff position pending the completion of security
clearance background investigations. During the pendency of such
investigations, the Review Board shall ensure that any such
employee does not have access to, or responsibility involving, classi-
fied or otherwise restricted assassination record materials.
‘‘(ii) If a person hired on a conditional basis under clause
(i) is denied or otherwise does not qualify for all security clearances
necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position for which
conditional employment has been offered, the Review Board shall
immediately terminate the person’s employment.’’.
(e) COMPENSATION
OF STAFF.—Section 8(c) of the President
John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992
(21 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.—Subject to such rules as may be adopted
by the Review Board, the chairperson, without regard to the provi-
sions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in
the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating
to classification and General Schedule pay rates, may—
‘‘(1) appoint an Executive Director, who shall be paid at
a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level V of the
Executive Schedule; and
‘‘(2) appoint and fix compensation of such other personnel
as may be necessary to carry out this Act.’’.
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SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Section 6(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘record’’
after ‘‘the assassination’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.