To amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to strengthen the powers of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, 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 Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
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Sec. 2. Clarifying the Authorities of the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board
(a) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board presumption of release
It is the sense of Congress that all records of the Federal Government and State and local governments concerning civil rights cold cases should—
(1)
carry a presumption of immediate disclosure; and
(2)
eventually be disclosed to enable the public to become fully informed about the history surrounding the cases.
(b) Reimbursement for expenses incurred by State or local governments
Section 3 of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 115–426) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(i) Reimbursement for expenses incurred by State or local governments
Upon request of a State or local government to the Review Board, the Review Board may reimburse the State or local government in full for any expense incurred by the State or local government for digitizing, photocopying, or mailing a civil rights cold case record for the purpose of transmitting such record to the Archivist for inclusion in the Collection.
(c) Transmission to Collection of civil rights cold case records in possession of State or local government
Section 3(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 115–426) is amended by striking , except in the case of a State or local government
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(d) No application of section 552(b)(6) to civil rights cold case records on or before January 1, 1990
Section 9(a)(2) of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 115–426) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting , except in the case of information contained in a civil rights cold case record created on or before January 1, 1990.
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Sec. 3. Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board Extension of Tenure
Section 5(n)(1) of Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 115–426) is amended—
(1)
by striking 7 years
and inserting 11 years
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(2)
by striking 7-year period
and inserting 11-year period
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