HR 1272 · 115th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Cold Case Record Collections Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-03-01· Sponsored by Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.(2018-09-27)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Cold Case Record Collections Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish a collection of cold case records about unsolved criminal civil rights cases that government offices must: (1) publicly disclose in the collection without redaction or withholding, or (2) submit to a protected collection of records for which public disclosure may be postponed. The Cold Case Records Review Board is established as an independent agency of impartial private citizens to: (1) facilitate the review, transmission to NARA, and public disclosure of government records related to such cases; (2) hold hearings and render decisions on determinations by government offices to seek to postpone the disclosure of such records; (3) direct government offices to make information available to the board; (4) subpoena private persons to compel testimony and records; and (5) receive information from the public. Postponement is permitted based on clear and convincing evidence that public disclosure would: (1) impair national security or reveal intelligence sources or methods; (2) reveal the name of, and pose substantial harm to, a living person who provided confid…

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H.R. 1272, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018

Dec 6, 2018

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 27, 2018

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans