(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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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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