3.0.0 2633 2018-11-21T20:19:48Z 2018-11-21T20:19:48Z House H HR 2005-05-25 109 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-05-25T14:02:30Z 2005-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2005-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 N Armed Forces and National Security Archives Classified defense information Department of Defense Environmental Protection Epidemiology Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health History Military research Nuclear weapons Public health Public records Radioactive pollution Science, Technology, Communications Security classification (Government documents) Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-05-25 Introduced in House 2005-08-04T18:44:35Z Department of Defense Historical Radiation Records Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from destroying any document in the custody or control of the Department of Defense (DOD) that is a historical record relating to radioactive fallout from the testing of any nuclear device. Directs the Secretary to identify, preserve, and publish information contained in such documents.

Expresses the sense of Congress that all government agencies should institute a moratorium on the destruction of historical fallout-related records and that DOD should declassify those records for the benefit of scientific research and public health.

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