HR 1272 · 115th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cold Case Record Collections Act of 2017
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.(2018-09-27)
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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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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1272, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018
Dec 6, 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 27, 2018
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Cosponsors (20)
17 Democrats3 Republicans