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S 1471 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Terrorism

Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015

Introduced: June 1, 2015 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Jun 1, 2015
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Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015

This bill requires the President to declassify and release to the public the previously redacted portions of the report on the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001, filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 20, 2002, including all the material under the heading "Part Four--Findings, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters."

The President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in such report if it would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.

What's happening now June 1, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1471: Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1471/
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"S. 1471: Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1471/.
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S. 1471, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1471/.
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