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

                                                       Calendar No. 538

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4569

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                                 AN ACT

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

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               August 2 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

                        Reported with amendments





                                                       Calendar No. 538
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4569

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


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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

               August 2 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

                 Reported by Mr. Glenn, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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--
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            (1) by striking ``2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act'' and inserting ``September 30, 1996''; and
            (2) by striking ``2-year''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REVIEW BOARD POWERS.

    -S-e-c-t-i-o-n -8-(-j-)-(-1-) Section (7)(j)(i) 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 
-o-f-f-e-r-e-d -t-h-e -p-o-s-i-t-i-o-n employed conditionally in 
accordance with subsection (b)(3)(B) 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.''.
    (d) Conditional Employment of Staff.--Section 8(b)(3)(B) of the 
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(B)(i) The Review Board may offer conditional employment to a 
candidate for a staff position pending the completion of security 
clearance background investigations. During the pendency of such 
investigations, the Review Board shall ensure that any such employee 
does not have access to, or responsibility involving, classified or 
otherwise restricted assassination record materials.
    ``(ii) If a person hired on a conditional basis under clause (i) is 
denied or otherwise does not qualify for all security clearances 
necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position for which 
conditional employment has been offered, the Review Board shall 
immediately terminate the person's employment.''.
    (e) Compensation of Staff.--Section 8(c) of the President John F. 
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (21 U.S.C. 2107 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Compensation.--Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the 
Review Board, the chairperson, without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates, may--
            ``(1) appoint an Executive Director, who shall be paid at a 
        rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level V of the 
        Executive Schedule; and
            ``(2) appoint and fix compensation of such other personnel 
        as may be necessary to carry out this Act.''.

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''.