for disclosure under this Act, which of the fol-
lowing alternative forms of disclosure shall be 
made by the Government office: 
(i) Any reasonably segregable par-
ticular information in a COINTELPRO 
record. 
(ii) A substitute record for that infor-
mation which is postponed. 
(3) 
REPORT.—With 
respect 
to 
a 
COINTELPRO record, or particular information 
within a record, for which only substitutions or sum-
maries have been disclosed to the public, the Review 
Board shall transmit to the Archivist a report con-
taining— 
(A) a description of actions by the Review 
Board, the originating body, the President, or 
any Government office (including a justification 
of any such action to postpone disclosure of any 
record or part of any record) and of any official 
proceedings conducted by the Review Board 
with regard to specific COINTELPRO records; 
and 
(B) a statement, based on a review of the 
proceedings and in conformity with the deci-
sions reflected therein, designating a rec-
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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 Accountability of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
Minority Leader of the Senate, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, 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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