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H.R. 239 119th Congress House

JFK Act of 2025

Official title: To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and information relevant to th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the heads of certain departments and agencies of the Federal Government to publicly disclose all assassination records and information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 7, 2025 Introduced by: David Schweikert Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 7, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Kennedy Act of 2025 or the JFK Act of 2025

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 239: JFK Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-239/
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"H.R. 239: JFK Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-239/.
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H.R. 239, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-239/.
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