[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15516]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 282--COMMENDING THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 
 ADMINISTRATION AND ITS STAFF FOR WORKING TO COMPLY WITH THE PRESIDENT 
   JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992 AND 
 RELEASE ALL RECORDS RELATED TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. 
                      KENNEDY BY OCTOBER 26, 2017

  Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs:
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I request unanimous consent that the 
text of the resolution commending the National Archives and Records 
Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President 
John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and 
release all records related to the assassination of President John F. 
Kennedy by October 26, 2017, be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the resolution was ordered to 
be printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S. Res. 282

       Whereas the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
     Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 102-
     526) directed the National Archives and Records 
     Administration (commonly known as ``NARA'') to establish a 
     collection of records to be known as the President John F. 
     Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (referred to in this 
     preamble as the ``Collection'');
       Whereas the Collection includes all Federal Government 
     records relating to the 1963 assassination of President John 
     F. Kennedy, including records of Presidential commissions, 
     congressional committees and investigations, executive branch 
     agencies, and the judiciary, in addition to a variety of 
     donated historical materials;
       Whereas NARA has compiled a JFK Master System database of 
     319,106 documents comprising 5,000,000 pages of 
     assassination-related records, photographs, motion pictures 
     and recordings, and artifacts; and
       Whereas the processing team at NARA, including archivists 
     and technicians from the Special Access and Freedom of 
     Information Act staff, staff from the Office of Innovation, 
     and Public Affairs staff, have worked diligently to fully 
     release records related to the assassination of President 
     Kennedy: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commends the National Archives 
     and Records Administration and its staff for working to 
     comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination 
     Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records 
     related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by 
     October 26, 2017.

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