119-hr239

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 239 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 239

To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal 
 Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and 
information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 7, 2025

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
 Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Armed 
 Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
 of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
 concerned

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 A BILL

To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal 
 Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and 
information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Kennedy Act of 2025'' or 
the ``JFK Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ASSASSINATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION 
 RELATED TO ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

    (a) Public Disclosure of Assassination Records.--

    (1) Disclosure.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, each covered Federal official shall 
 publicly disclose in unclassified and unredacted form any 
 assassination record and information relevant to the 
 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the control or 
 possession of such covered Federal official.

    (2) Relation to other law.--Each covered Federal official 
 shall carry out paragraph

    (1) notwithstanding the following:
        (A) The Presidential Memorandum of December 15, 
 2022, titled ``Memorandum on Certifications Regarding 
 Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to 
 the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy''.
        (B) Section 5

    (g)

    (2)
            (D) of the President John F. 
 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 
 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note).
            (C) Section 6 of the President John F. Kennedy 
 Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 
 2107 note).
            (D) Section 6103
            (l) (17) of title 26, United States 
 Code.
        (E) Any other provision of law that conflicts with 
 the requirements under paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) Assassination Records Under Seal of Court.--

    (1) Petitions for public disclosure.--
        (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
 date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
 shall petition any court in the United States or in a 
 foreign country to publicly disclose in unclassified 
 and unredacted form any assassination record and 
 information relevant to the assassination of President 
 John F. Kennedy that is held under seal of the court or 
 held under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury.
        (B) Particularized need requirement.--A request for 
 disclosure of assassination records pursuant to a 
 petition under subparagraph
        (A) shall be deemed to 
 constitute a showing of particularized need under Rule 
 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

    (2) Relation to other law.--The Attorney General shall 
 carry out paragraph

    (1) notwithstanding--
        (A) the provisions of law described in 
 subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) of paragraph

    (2) of 
 subsection

    (a) ; and
        (B) any other provision of law that conflicts with 
 the requirement under paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``assassination record'' has the meaning given 
 such term in 

section 3 of the President John F. Kennedy 
 Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 
 note).

    (2) The term ``covered Federal official'' means the 
 following:
        (A) The Archivist of the United States.
        (B) The Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
            (C) The Director of the Central Intelligence 
 Agency.
            (D) The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
 Investigation.
        (E) The Secretary of Defense.
        (F) The Secretary of State.
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