relevant to the life and assassination of Reverend 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., seek the disclosure of 
such information, and report on progress on these 
matters to the Review Board in a timely fashion; 
and 
(3) all Executive agencies should cooperate in 
full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of 
all information relevant to the life and assassination 
of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., consistent 
with the public interest. 
SEC. 11. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is aggrieved by 
a violation of this Act may bring a civil action in an appro-
priate district court for declaratory or injunctive relief 
with respect to the violation. 
(b) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In a civil action under this 
section, the court may allow the prevailing party (other 
than the United States) reasonable attorney fees, includ-
ing litigation expenses, and costs. 
SEC. 12. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER LAW.—When this 
Act requires transmission of a record to the Archivist or 
public disclosure, it shall take precedence over any other 
law (except section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code), 
judicial decision construing such law, or common law doc-
trine that would otherwise prohibit such transmission or 
disclosure. 
(b) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to eliminate or limit any right 
to file requests with any executive agency or seek judicial 
review of the decisions pursuant to section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, except that any related record discov-
ered after termination of the Review Board shall be con-
sidered for postponement or public disclosure under the 
standards of this Act, not such section 552. 
(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, or the House of Representa-
tives, or any other entity of the Government to publicly 
disclose records in its possession. 
(e) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—To the extent that any provision of this 
Act establishes a procedure to be followed in the Senate 
or the House of Representatives, such provision is adopt-
ed—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and is deemed to be part of the rules of each 
House, respectively, but applicable only with respect 
to the procedure to be followed in that House, and 
it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
they relate to the procedure of that House) at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
as in the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 13. TERMINATION OF EFFECT OF ACT. 
(a) PROVISIONS
PERTAINING
TO
THE
REVIEW 
BOARD.—The provisions of this Act that pertain to the 
appointment and operation of the Review Board shall 
cease to be effective when the Review Board and the terms 
of its members have terminated pursuant to section 7(o). 
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS.—The remaining provisions 
of this Act shall continue in effect until such time as the 
Archivist certifies to the President and the Congress that 
all assassination records, including any related record sub-
sequently discovered as described in section 6(c)(2), have 
been made available to the public in accordance with this 
Act.
SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 15. RECORDS PENDING. 
Upon termination of the Review Board, all records 
that are still pending postponement determinations shall 
be presumed to be available for release. 
SEC. 16. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION. 
All members of the Review Board staff, the Review 
Board, the National Archives, and all Federal agencies 
covered under this Act shall treat relevant employees in 
accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of title 5, 
United States Code, prohibiting certain personnel prac-
tices (commonly referred to as whistleblower protection 
provisions), particularly relating to the disclosure of im-
proper document retention, release, and disclosure. 
SEC. 17. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remain-
der of this Act and the application of that provision to 
other persons not similarly situated or to other cir-
cumstances shall not be affected by the invalidation.
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