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Sec. 1761 · H.R. 8800

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection at the National Archives and Records Administration

Division A — Department of Defense Authorizations › Title XVII — Other Defense Matters › Subtitle D — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection At the National Archives and Records Administration

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(a) Establishment (1) In general (A) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist shall commence establishment of a collection of records in the National Archives to be known as the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection. (B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Archivist shall ensure the physical integrity and original provenance (or if indeterminate, the earliest historical owner) of all records in the Collection. (C) The Collection shall consist of record copies of all Government, Government-provided, or Government-funded records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence (or equivalent subjects by any other name with the specific and sole exclusion of temporarily non-attributed objects), which shall be transmitted to the National Archives in accordance with section 2107 of title 44, United States Code. (D) The Archivist shall prepare and publish a subject guidebook and index to the Collection. (2) Contents The Collection shall include the following: (A) All unidentified anomalous phenomena records, regardless of age or date of creation— (i) that have been transmitted to the National Archives or disclosed to the public in an unredacted form prior to the date of the enactment of this Act; (ii) that are required to be transmitted to the National Archives; and (iii) that the disclosure of which is postponed under this subtitle. (B) A central directory comprised of identification aids created for each record transmitted to the Archivist under section 1742. (C) All Review Board records as required by this subtitle. (b) Disclosure of records All unidentified anomalous phenomena records transmitted to the National Archives for disclosure to the public shall— (1) be included in the Collection; and (2) be available to the public— (A) for inspection and copying at the National Archives within 30 days after their transmission to the National Archives; and (B) digitally via the National Archives online database within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed 180 days thereafter. (c) Security of records The National Security Program Office at the National Archives, in consultation with the National Archives Information Security Oversight Office, shall establish a program to ensure the security of the postponed unidentified anomalous phenomena records in the protected, and yet-to-be disclosed or classified portion of the Collection.

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