To require the release of all records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4244
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-11-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

U.S. history

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the President to make a determination about whether to release any record relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that was not released on October 26, 2017. </p> <p> Such records shall be released within two days of that determination.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4244 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2017 Mr. Cohen (for himself and Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the release of all records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.

1. Requirement to release assassination records (a) Determination Not later than 2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall make a determination about whether to release any assassination record (in whole or in part) that was not released on October 26, 2017. (b) Records released Those records determined to be released under subsection (a) shall be released not later than 2 days after such determination. (c) Assassination record defined The term assassination record has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 ( Public Law 102–526 ; 44 U.S.C. 2107 note).