January 7, 2025
Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was 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
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.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Justice for Kennedy Act of 2025
or the JFK Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Public disclosure of assassination records and information related to assassination of President John F. Kennedy
(a) Public disclosure of assassination records
(1) Disclosure
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each covered Federal official shall publicly disclose in unclassified and unredacted form any assassination record and information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the control or possession of such covered Federal official.
(2) Relation to other law
Each covered Federal official shall carry out paragraph (1) notwithstanding the following:
(A)
The Presidential Memorandum of December 15, 2022, titled Memorandum on Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
.
(B)
Section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note).
(C)
Section 6 of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note).
(D)
Section 6103(l)(17) of title 26, United States Code.
(E)
Any other provision of law that conflicts with the requirements under paragraph (1).
(b) Assassination records under seal of court
(1) Petitions for public disclosure
(A) In general
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall petition any court in the United States or in a foreign country to publicly disclose in unclassified and unredacted form any assassination record and information relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that is held under seal of the court or held under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury.
(B) Particularized need requirement
A request for disclosure of assassination records pursuant to a petition under subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to constitute a showing of particularized need under Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(2) Relation to other law
The Attorney General shall carry out paragraph (1) notwithstanding—
(A)
the provisions of law described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a); and
(B)
any other provision of law that conflicts with the requirement under paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions
In this section:
(1)
The term assassination record has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note).
(2)
The term covered Federal official means the following:
(A)
The Archivist of the United States.
(B)
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
(C)
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(D)
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(E)
The Secretary of Defense.
(F)
The Secretary of State.