HR 2534
108th 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: June 19, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Jun 19, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jun 19, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.