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Human Rights Information Act

Introduced: September 25, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Sep 25, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9970-9971)
Sep 25, 1997
Introduced in Senate
 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 25, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3