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JFK Act of 2023

Introduced: January 30, 2023 Introduced by: Schweikert, David Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Central Intelligence Agency.
Jan 30, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 30, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Kennedy Act of 2023 or the JFK Act of 2023

This bill directs the National Archives and Records Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State to publicly disclose in unclassified and unredacted form any assassination record and information in their control or possession relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The Department of Justice must petition any court in the United States or in a foreign country to publicly disclose in such form any assassination record and information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy that is held under seal of the court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury.

What's happening now March 7, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Central Intelligence Agency.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 637: JFK Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-637/
MLA
"H.R. 637: JFK Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-637/.
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H.R. 637, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-637/.
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[H.R. 637: JFK Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-637/)
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