Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015”.
Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015
A BILL
To require declassification of certain redacted information from the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Declassification and public release of certain redacted portions of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001
Declassification and public release of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (b), the President shall 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”.
Exception for names and information of individuals and certain methodologies— Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President is not required to declassify and release to the public the names and identifying information of individuals or specific methodologies described in the report referred to in subsection (a) if such declassification and release would result in imminent lawless action or compromise presently ongoing national security operations.