Sec. 9002. Findings, declarations, and purposes
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Congress finds and declares the following: All Federal Government records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena should be preserved and centralized for historical and Federal Government purposes. All Federal Government records concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure and all records should be eventually disclosed to enable the public to become fully informed about the history of the Federal Government’s knowledge and involvement surrounding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Legislation is necessary to create an enforceable, independent, and accountable process for the public disclosure of such records. Legislation is necessary because credible evidence and testimony indicates that Federal Government unidentified anomalous phenomena records exist that have not been declassified or subject to mandatory declassification review as set forth in Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information) due in part to exemptions under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ), as well as an over-broad interpretation of transclassified foreign nuclear information , which is also exempt from mandatory declassification, thereby preventing public disclosure under existing provisions of law.
Legislation is necessary because section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act ), as implemented by the Executive branch of the Federal Government, has proven inadequate in achieving the timely public disclosure of Government unidentified anomalous phenomena records that are subject to mandatory declassification review. Legislation is necessary to restore proper oversight over unidentified anomalous phenomena records by elected officials in both the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government that has otherwise been lacking as of the enactment of this Act.
Legislation is necessary to afford complete and timely access to all knowledge gained by the Federal Government concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena in furtherance of comprehensive open scientific and technological research and development essential to avoiding or mitigating potential technological surprise in furtherance of urgent national security concerns and the public interest. The purposes of this division are— to provide for the creation of the unidentified anomalous phenomena Records Collection at the National Archives and Records Administration; and to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of such records.
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