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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 1, 2015
Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015
This bill requires the President to declassify and release to the public the previously redacted portions of the report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the material under the heading "Part Four--Findings, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters."
The President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in such report if it would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.
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Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R–KY
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Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Introduced in Senate
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