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War Crimes Disclosure Act

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Jan 16, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

War Crimes Disclosure Act - Requires disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of any matter in the possession or control of specified Federal agencies that relates to any individual who participated in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion at the direction of, or in association with, the Nazi government of Germany.

Provides disclosure exceptions, such as for: (1) personnel and medical files and similar files; (2) the protection of intelligence agents; (3) informants; (4) compelling national security reasons; or (5) any portion of any matter that does not relate to any individual who committed Nazi war crimes and is reasonably segregable from other portions of the matter that relate to such individual. Requires disclosure of information that can be reasonably separated from excepted information.

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that the exemption from public disclosure authorized under such Act for operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency required to be disclosed under FOIA shall not apply to information regarding Nazi war crimes participants.

What's happening now January 28, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2