S 1471 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

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

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 1, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 1, 2015
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 1, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 1, 2015
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 1, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 1, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 1, 2015Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 1, 2015Introduced in Senate

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