Sec. 2. Findings
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The Congress finds the following: All government records related to civil rights cold cases shall be preserved for historical and governmental purposes. All government records concerning civil rights cold cases shall carry a presumption of immediate disclosure, and all records shall be eventually disclosed to enable the public to become fully informed about the history surrounding the cases. Legislation is necessary to create an enforceable, independent, and accountable process for the public disclosure of such records.
Legislation is necessary because congressional records related to civil rights cold cases would not otherwise be subject to public disclosure. Legislation is necessary because section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), as implemented by the executive branch, has prevented the timely and adequate public disclosure of records relating to civil rights cold cases. Legislation is necessary because Executive Order 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707; relating to classified national security information), while eliminating the declassification and downgrading of schedules relating to classified information across government, has not resulted in the timely and adequate public disclosure of records relating to civil rights cold cases.
Most of the records related to the civil rights cold cases are almost 50 years old and only in the rarest cases is there any legitimate need for continued protection of such records.
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