Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1471
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2015-06-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to declassify and release to the public the previously redacted portions of the report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the material under the heading &quot;Part Four--Findings, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters.&quot;</p> <p>The President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in such report if it would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1471 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 1, 2015 Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Wyden , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence A BILL To require declassification of certain redacted information from the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015 . 2. Declassification and public release of certain redacted portions of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (a) Declassification and public release of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (b), the President shall declassify and release to the public the previously redacted portions of the report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the material under the heading Part Four—Findings, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters . (b) Exception for names and information of individuals and certain methodologies Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in the report referred to in subsection (a) if such declassification and release would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.