Church Committee historical intelligence records processing

(a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (in this section referred to as the Church Committee) investigated and identified intelligence abuses by certain intelligence community agencies. (2) In accordance with Senate Resolution 474, 96th Congress, agreed to December 1, 1980, certain Church Committee records are to be made available for public use when such files and records have been in existence for 50 years. (3) Prior to such public release, the records must undergo archival processing and declassification. (4) Executive Order 14176 (90 Fed. Reg. 8641) directed the declassification and release of records concerning the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Release of the Church Committee records is similarly consistent with the public interest. (b) Records processing and declassification The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall, in coordination with the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Director deems appropriate and the heads of other entities that have physical access to such records, take steps to prepare for and expedite the required declassification in 2026 of the Church Committee archival files that meet the requirements of Senate Resolution 474, 96th Congress, agreed to December 1, 1980.