[19981016]98-329_纳粹战争罪行记录披露：第105-246号公法.pdf

1The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) would be amended by proposed section 4(a) ofthe bill which provides for expedited processing for these two classes of information. In effect,it would appear that this would suspend the existing requirements under FOIA that restrictdisclosure of information by creating its own special category of rules for two classes of Nazi-related material which would be released pursuant to an implied compelling need. Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-329 AUpdated October 16, 1998Nazi War Crimes Records Disclosure: Public LawNo. 105-246Paul S. Wallace, Jr.Specialist in American Public LawAmerican Law DivisionSummaryPublic Law No. 105-246, amends the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)to establish a presumption that Nazi war criminal records are to be made available to thepublic. This in effect requires all materials to be released in their entirety unless aFederal agency head concludes that the release of all or part of the records wouldcompromise privacy or national security interests. The agency head must notifyCongress of any decision to not release the records.In order to he