Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2499
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Archives
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Assassination
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights workers
Classified defense information
Clergy
Colleges
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional hearings
Congressional information resources
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Freedom of information
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
History
House Government Reform
Informers
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Minorities
Motion pictures
Museums
Official secrets
Photography
Presidential appointments
Presidential records
Public records
Religion
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Sound recording and reproducing
User charges
Video tape recording
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2006 - Directs the National Archives to commence establishment of a collection of records to be known as the &quot;Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection&quot; at the National Archives. 
 
Requires the Archivist of the United States to enter into an agreement with an entity outside the National Archives for the establishment of a secondary location for copies of such part of the Collection as considered appropriate. 
 
Instructs the National Archives to ensure the security of the records in the Collection that qualify for postponement of public disclosure pursuant to this Act. 
 
Sets forth provisions for the: (1) review, identification, transmission to the National Archives, and public disclosure of records related to the life and assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Government offices; and (2) postponement of public disclosure of related records or particular information in such records.
 
Establishes the Martin Luther King Records Review Board. Provides for the appointment of an Executive Director to such Board.
 
Sets forth requirements for the review of all assassination and related records for public disclosure or postponement of public disclosure by the Review Board. Grants Presidential authority over such disclosure or postponement of executive branch related records or information, or of any information in a related record obtained or developed solely within the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2802)
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in Senate