Sec. 9. Disclosure of other information and additional study
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The review board may request the Attorney General to petition any court in the United States or abroad to release any information relevant to Civil Rights related cold cases that is held under seal of court. The Review Board may request the Attorney General to petition any court in the United States to release any information relevant to Civil Rights related cold cases that is held under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury. A request for disclosure of Civil Rights cold case materials under this Act shall be deemed to constitute a showing of particularized need under Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The Attorney General shall comply with any request made subject to provisions of the section within 45 days. It is the sense of Congress that— the Attorney General shall assist the Review Board in good faith to unseal any records that the Review Board determines to be relevant and held under the seal by a court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury; and all departments and agencies of the United States Government shall cooperate in full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of all information relevant to civil rights related cold cases consistent with the public interest.