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HR 1152 107th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Confidential communications Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Covert operations Due process of law Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Freedom of information Government paperwork Governmental investigations Guatemala Honduras Human rights

Human Rights Information Act

Introduced: March 21, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 17, 2002
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 17, 2002
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations.
Mar 21, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Mar 21, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Human Rights Information Act - Requires certain Federal agencies to identify, review, and organize all human rights records, for declassification and public disclosure, if the President determines bona fide a request for them by an individual or entity carrying an official mandate to investigate a pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.

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

Requires each Federal agency to identify, review, and organize all human rights records regarding activities occurring in Guatemala and Honduras for declassification and public disclosure.

What's happening now September 17, 2002

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 10 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 17, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 28, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 21, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 21, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 21, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 21, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1152: Human Rights Information Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1152/
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"H.R. 1152: Human Rights Information Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1152/.
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H.R. 1152, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1152/.
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