HR 9973 United States House · 118th Congress

COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act

The COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act requires federal agencies to publicly disclose COINTELPRO records within 6 months, with exceptions for records that would cause harm to national security or privacy. It establishes a 4-year Review Board to assess records that might be withheld, and sets a 25-year deadline for full disclosure of all COINTELPRO records not already publicly available. The bill creates a COINTELPRO Records Collection at the National Archives, requires agencies to notify victims or their families before disclosure, and aims to provide transparency about the FBI's historical COINTELPRO program that surveilled domestic organizations from 1956.
Tags: Government Transparency
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Oct 2024
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Introduced Oct 11, 2024 Last action Oct 12, 2024
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Oct 12, 2024
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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Oct 11, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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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Oct 11, 2024
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