Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4968
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Archives
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Blacks
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Classified defense information
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional committees
Congressional hearings
Congressional information resources
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Entertainers
Evidence (Law)
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Freedom of information
Georgia
Government paperwork
Government publicity
History
House Government Reform
Informers
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Minorities
Motion pictures
Murder
Music
Official secrets
Photography
Presidential appointments
Presidential records
Public records
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: 2006-03-15
text: 
Tupac Amaru Shakur Records Release Act of 2006 - Directs the National Archives to commence establishment of a collection of records to be known as the &quot;Tupac Amaru Shakur Records Collection&quot; at the National Archives. 
 
Requires the Archivist of the United States to enter into an agreement with the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain, Georgia, or another location agreed to by the family of Tupak Shakur, for the establishment of a secondary location for a complete copy of the appropriate part of the Collection, not including physical artifacts. 
 
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. 
 
Directs the National Archives to appoint an independent Citizens Advisory Committee. 
 
Sets forth provisions for the review, identification, transmission to the National Archives, and public disclosure of records related to the life and death of Tupac Amaru Shakur, by Government offices. 
 
Sets forth provisions for the postponement of public disclosure of related records or particular information in such records.. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the review of all related records for public disclosure or postponement of public disclosure by the Archivist. 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. 
 
Requires the Archivist to: (1) provide written notice to the President and Congress of the Archivist's intention to terminate activities under this Act; and (2) upon completing activities required under this Act, to submit to the President and Congress a written certification that the activities of the Archivist are complete. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in House