[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4569 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4569


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 14 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To extend and make amendments to the President John F. Kennedy 
             Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

    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 ``President John F. Kennedy 
Assassination Records Collection Extension Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ACT.

    Section 7(o)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``3 years''; and
            (2) by striking ``2-year'' and inserting ``3-year''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD POWERS.

    Section 8(j)(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) use the Federal Supply Service in the same 
                manner and under the same conditions as other 
                departments and agencies of the United States; and
                    ``(H) use the United States mails in the same 
                manner and under the same conditions as other 
                departments and agencies of the United States.''.

SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD PERSONNEL.

    (a) Security Clearance for Review Board Personnel.--Section 8 of 
the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 
1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Security Clearance Required.--An individual employed in any 
position by the Review Board (including an individual appointed as 
Executive Director) shall be required to qualify for any necessary 
security clearance prior to taking office in that position, but may be 
offered the position before qualifying for that clearance.''.
    (b) Appointment and Termination of Staff, Generally.--Section 8(b) 
of the President John 
F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 
note) is amended by striking 
``(b) Staff.--'' and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Staff.--(1) The Review Board, without regard to the civil 
service laws, may appoint and terminate additional personnel as are 
necessary to enable the Review Board and its Executive Director to 
perform the duties of the Review Board.''.
    (c) Review Board Administrative Staff.--Section 8(b)(2) of the 
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``A person'' and inserting ``(A) Except as 
        provided in subparagraph (B), a person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) An individual who is an employee of the Government may be 
appointed to the staff of the Review Board if in that position the 
individual will perform only administrative functions.''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    Section 6(1) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ``record'' after ``the 
assassination''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.