[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3354]
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SA 2475. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and
Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1026. REVIEW AND PUBLIC RELEASE OF CERTAIN RECORDS
CONCERNING SOURCES OF SUPPORT FOR AL QAEDA AND
THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered
agency'' means the Department of the Treasury, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, and the
Central Intelligence Agency (including any component of such
a department or agency).
(b) Review and Public Release of Certain Records Concerning
Sources of Support for Al Qaeda and the Terrorist Attacks of
September 11, 2001.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and in the interest of providing the
greatest possible transparency as to the sources of support
that enabled al Qaeda to carry out the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, each covered agency shall--
(1) review any and all records of the covered agency that
are responsive to subpoenas served upon the covered agency
between March 28, 2018 and June 11, 2018 by plaintiffs in the
consolidated multidistrict litigation proceeding In re:
Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, No. 03 MDL 1570
(S.D.N.Y.); and
(2) produce any responsive documents, to the fullest extent
possible under governing law, including rule 26(b)(1) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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