HR 2635 105th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Covert operations Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Freedom of information Governmental investigations Guatemala Honduras Human rights International Affairs Latin America Law President and foreign policy

Human Rights Information Act

Introduced: October 8, 1997 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 28, 1998

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Sep 28, 1998

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

May 11, 1998

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Oct 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.

Oct 9, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1983-1984)

Oct 8, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

Oct 8, 1997

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Human Rights Information Act - Requires certain Federal agencies to identify and organize all human rights records regarding activities occurring in Guatemala and Honduras after 1944 for declassification and disclosure purposes, and to make them available to the public and other official entities, including Latin American or Caribbean countries.

Instructs the President to report to the Congress regarding agency compliance.

Prescribes guidelines under which the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (the Panel) shall review agency determinations to postpone public disclosure of any human rights record. Authorizes postponement of such public disclosures on specified grounds.

Directs the Information Security Policy Advisory Council to report to the Congress on declassification of human rights records relating to other Latin American and Caribbean countries and to make such report available to the public.

Creates two additional positions in the Panel in order to implement this Act.

What's happening now September 28, 1998

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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