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HR 239 · in committee · significant

JFK Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires federal agencies to publicly release all unclassified assassination records related to President Kennedy.
  • It affects the National Archives, IRS, CIA, FBI, Department of Defense, and State Department.
  • The Department of Justice must petition courts to unseal any assassination records held under court seal or grand jury secrecy.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    What categories of unclassified records about Kennedy's assassination does the government currently withhold, and why have agencies kept them from public view?

  2. 02

    How might requiring the Department of Justice to petition courts for unsealing records affect ongoing legal proceedings or investigative confidentiality?

  3. 03

    What resources and costs would federal agencies face in locating, reviewing, and releasing decades of accumulated assassination-related documents?

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David Schweikert

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Introduced 2025-01-07

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  2. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  3. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  4. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  5. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  6. 2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  7. 2025-01-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  8. 2025-01-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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