H.Res. 557: Commending the National Archives and Records Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by October 26, 2017.
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H.Res. 557: Commending the National Archives and Records Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by October 26, 2017.
115th Congress · introduced 2017-10-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-10-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Commending the National Archives and Records Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by October 26, 2017.
Plain summary
Commends the National Archives and Records Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records related to President Kennedy's assassination by October 26, 2017.
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Official text
Commending the National Archives and Records Administration and its staff for working to comply with the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and release all records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by October 26, 2017.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] · 10 cosponsors
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Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres557.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>
Record fed-us-cong115-hres557 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115