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H.R. 2998: COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act

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H.R. 2998: COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act

Plain summary

COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act This bill requires the U.S. government to release and publicly disclose, within six months, all records related to the COINTELPRO operation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unless disclosure would cause harm. COINTELPRO was a series of covert and illegal projects aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations, including the Black Panther Party. The bill requires the removal of J. Edgar Hoover's name from the FBI headquarters in the District of Columbia. The bill establishes the COINTELPRO Records Review Board to review determinations by government offices that do not fully disclose their records after six months. The review board shall make recommendations to the President regarding whether files that have been only partially disclosed should be fully released. The review board may request the Department of Justice to petition any U.S. court to release any information relevant to COINTELPRO that is held under court seal.

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Official text

COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · 26 cosponsors

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Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr2998 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117