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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deeds governing access to or transfer or release of 
gifts and donations of records to the United States 
Government. 
(2) PERSONNEL
AND
MEDICAL
FILES.—This 
Act shall not require the public disclosure of per-
sonnel and medical files and similar files the disclo-
sure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy. 
(b) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to eliminate or limit any right 
to file any requests with any executive agency or seek judi-
cial review of a decision under section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to preclude judicial review, under chapter 7 of 
title 5, United States Code, of final actions taken or re-
quired to be taken under this Act. 
(d) EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this Act re-
vokes or limits the existing authority of the President, any 
executive agency, the Senate, the House of Representa-
tives, or any other entity of the Government to publicly 
disclose records in its possession. 
SEC. 9. REDESIGNATION. 
The Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania 
Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, commonly known 
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as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation 
Federal Building’’. 
SEC. 10. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building referred to in section 3 shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation Fed-
eral Building’’. 
SEC. 11. FUNDING. 
Until such time as funds are appropriated to carry 
out this Act, the President shall use such sums as are 
available for discretionary use to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ARCHIVIST.—The term ‘‘Archivist’’ means 
the Archivist of the United States. 
(2) 
COINTELPRO.—The 
term 
‘‘COINTELPRO’’ means the covert and illegal 
counter intelligence program conducted by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation in 1956 that involved 
surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting 
domestic organizations involved in the political proc-
ess, including political parties, non-governmental or-
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ganizations, advocacy groups, and special interest 
groups. 
(3) 
COINTELPRO 
RECORD.—The 
term 
‘‘COINTELPRO record’’ means a record that— 
(A) is related to COINTELPRO; and 
(B) was created or made available for use 
by, obtained by, or otherwise came into the pos-
session of— 
(i) an entity of the Federal Govern-
ment, including— 
(I) the Library of Congress; 
(II) any executive agency, includ-
ing the National Archives; and 
(III) any independent agency; or 
(ii) any State or local government, or 
component thereof, that provided support 
or assistance or performed work in connec-
tion with a Federal inquiry into surveil-
lance, infiltration, discrediting, or disrup-
tion 
undertaken 
as 
a 
part 
of 
COINTELPRO. 
(4) 
COLLECTION.—The 
term 
‘‘Collection’’ 
means the COINTELPRO Records Collection estab-
lished under section 3. 
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(5) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ means an agency, as defined in section 
552(f) of title 5, United States Code. 
(6) GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Govern-
ment office’’ means any entity of the Federal Gov-
ernment that has possession or control of 1 or more 
COINTELPRO record. 
(7) GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment official’’ means any officer or employee of 
the United States, including any elected or ap-
pointed official. 
(8) NATIONAL ARCHIVES.—The term ‘‘National 
Archives’’ means the National Archives and Records 
Administration and all components thereof, includ-
ing Presidential archival depositories established 
under section 2112 of title 44, United States Code. 
(9) OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.—The term ‘‘offi-
cial 
investigation’’ 
means 
the 
review 
of 
a 
COINTELPRO case conducted by any entity of the 
Federal Government either independently, at the re-
quest of any Presidential commission or congres-
sional committee, or at the request of any Govern-
ment official. 
(10) ORIGINATING
BODY.—The term ‘‘origi-
nating body’’ means the entity of the Federal Gov-
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ernment, or the entity of a State or local govern-
ment, as the case may be, that created a record or 
particular information within a record. 
(11) PUBLIC INTEREST.—The term ‘‘public in-
terest’’ means the compelling interest in the prompt 
public disclosure of civil rights cold case records for 
historical and Governmental purposes and for the 
purpose of fully informing the people of the United 
States about the history surrounding all civil rights 
cold cases in the United States. 
(12) RECORD.—The term ‘‘record’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3301 of title 44, 
United States Code. 
(13) REVIEW
BOARD.—The term ‘‘Review 
Board’’ means the COINTELPRO Records Review 
Board established under section 4. 
Æ 
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