Urging the release of information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States.

Bill: 115-hres-663
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims

Department of Defense

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

New York City

Pennsylvania

Terrorism

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Resolves that documents related to the events of September 11, 2001, should be declassified to the greatest extent possible so as to provide answers to survivors, the families of the victims, and the people of the United States.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 663 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 13, 2017 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Lynch , and Mr. Massie ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Urging the release of information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States.

Whereas tens of thousands of pages of documents relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, remain classified by the Federal Government; Whereas the contents of these documents are necessary for a full public understanding of the events and circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001, attacks upon the United States; Whereas the decision to maintain the classified status of many of these documents prevents the people of the United States from having access to information about the attacks, including the involvement of certain foreign governments; and Whereas the people of the United States and the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks deserve full and public disclosure of the events surrounding the attack: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) documents related to the events of September 11, 2001, should be declassified to the greatest extent possible; and (2) the survivors, the families of the victims, and the people of the United States deserve answers about the events and circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001, attacks upon the United States.