Schumer-Rounds Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act- Full Text
Full text of the original Schumer-Rounds Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act.
This is the original text for the proposed UAP Disclosure Act, which was not passed as written but morphed into the current Subtitle C, National Defense Authorization Act FY 24.
Read the original press release announcing this act
TITLE l—UNIDENTIFIED ANOM3 ALOUS PHENOMENA DISCLO4 SURE
5 SEC. ll01. SHORT TITLE.
6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Unidentified Anoma7 lous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘UAP
8 Disclosure Act of 2023’’.
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1 SEC. ll02. FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND PURPOSES.
2 (a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.—Congress finds
3 and declares the following:
4 (1) All Federal Government records related to
5 unidentified anomalous phenomena should be pre6 served and centralized for historical and Federal
7 Government purposes.
8 (2) All Federal Government records concerning
9 unidentified anomalous phenomena should carry a
10 presumption of immediate disclosure and all records
11 should be eventually disclosed to enable the public to
12 become fully informed about the history of the Fed13 eral Government’s knowledge and involvement sur14 rounding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
15 (3) Legislation is necessary to create an en16 forceable, independent, and accountable process for
17 the public disclosure of such records.
18 (4) Legislation is necessary because credible
19 evidence and testimony indicates that Federal Gov20 ernment unidentified anomalous phenomena records
21 exist that have not been declassified or subject to
22 mandatory declassification review as set forth in Ex23 ecutive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating
24 to classified national security information) due in
25 part to exemptions under the Atomic Energy Act of
26 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as well as an over-
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1 broad interpretation of ‘‘transclassified foreign nu2 clear information’’, which is also exempt from man3 datory declassification, thereby preventing public
4 disclosure under existing provisions of law.
5 (5) Legislation is necessary because section 552
6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to
7 as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’), as imple8 mented by the Executive branch of the Federal Gov9 ernment, has proven inadequate in achieving the
10 timely public disclosure of Government unidentified
11 anomalous phenomena records that are subject to
12 mandatory declassification review.
13 (6) Legislation is necessary to restore proper
14 oversight over unidentified anomalous phenomena
15 records by elected officials in both the executive and
16 legislative branches of the Federal Government that
17 has otherwise been lacking as of the enactment of
18 this Act.
19 (7) Legislation is necessary to afford complete
20 and timely access to all knowledge gained by the
21 Federal Government concerning unidentified anoma22 lous phenomena in furtherance of comprehensive
23 open scientific and technological research and devel24 opment essential to avoiding or mitigating potential
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1 technological surprise in furtherance of urgent na2 tional security concerns and the public interest.
3 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—
4 (1) to provide for the creation of the unidenti5 fied anomalous phenomena Records Collection at the
6 National Archives and Records Administration; and
7 (2) to require the expeditious public trans8 mission to the Archivist and public disclosure of
9 such records.
10 SEC. ll03. DEFINITIONS.
11 In this title:
12 (1) ARCHIVIST.—The term ‘‘Archivist’’ means
13 the Archivist of the United States.
14 (2) CLOSE OBSERVER.—The term ‘‘close ob15 server’’ means anyone who has come into close prox16 imity to unidentified anomalous phenomena or non17 human intelligence.
18 (3) COLLECTION.—The term ‘‘Collection’’
19 means the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
20 Records Collection established under section ll04.
21 (4) CONTROLLED DISCLOSURE CAMPAIGN
22 PLAN.—The term ‘‘Controlled Disclosure Campaign
23 Plan’’ means the Controlled Disclosure Campaign
24 Plan required by section ll09(c)(3).
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1 (5) CONTROLLING AUTHORITY.—The term
2 ‘‘controlling authority’’ means any Federal, State, or
3 local government department, office, agency, com4 mittee, commission, commercial company, academic
5 institution, or private sector entity in physical pos6 session of technologies of unknown origin or biologi7 cal evidence of non-human intelligence.
8 (6) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive
9 agency’’ means an Executive agency, as defined in
10 subsection 552(f) of title 5, United States Code.
11 (7) GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Govern12 ment office’’ means any department, office, agency,
13 committee, or commission of the Federal Govern14 ment and any independent office or agency without
15 exception that has possession or control, including
16 via contract or other agreement, of unidentified
17 anomalous phenomena records.
18 (8) IDENTIFICATION AID.—The term ‘‘identi19 fication aid’’ means the written description prepared
20 for each record, as required in section ll04.
21 (9) LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS.—The term
22 ‘‘leadership of Congress’’ means—
23 (A) the majority leader of the Senate;
24 (B) the minority leader of the Senate;
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1 (C) the Speaker of the House of Rep2 resentatives; and
3 (D) the minority leader of the House of
4 Representatives.
5 (10) LEGACY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘legacy
6 program’’ means all Federal, State, and local gov7 ernment, commercial industry, academic, and private
8 sector endeavors to collect, exploit, or reverse engi9 neer technologies of unknown origin or examine bio10 logical evidence of living or deceased non-human in11 telligence that pre-dates the date of the enactment
12 of this Act.
13 (11) NATIONAL ARCHIVES.—The term ‘‘Na14 tional Archives’’ means the National Archives and
15 Records Administration and all components thereof,
16 including presidential archival depositories estab17 lished under section 2112 of title 44, United States
18 Code.
19 (12) NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.—The term
20 ‘‘non-human intelligence’’ means any sentient intel21 ligent non-human lifeform regardless of nature or ul22 timate origin that may be presumed responsible for
23 unidentified anomalous phenomena or of which the
24 Federal Government has become aware.
1 (13) ORIGINATING BODY.—The term ‘‘origi2 nating body’’ means the Executive agency, Federal
3 Government commission, committee of Congress, or
4 other Governmental entity that created a record or
5 particular information within a record.
6 (14) PROSAIC ATTRIBUTION.—The term ‘‘pro7 saic attribution’’ means having a human (either for8 eign or domestic) origin and operating according to
9 current, proven, and generally understood scientific
10 and engineering principles and established laws-of11 nature and not attributable to non-human intel12 ligence.
13 (15) PUBLIC INTEREST.—The term ‘‘public in14 terest’’ means the compelling interest in the prompt
15 public disclosure of unidentified anomalous phe16 nomena records for historical and Governmental
17 purposes and for the purpose of fully informing the
18 people of the United States about the history of the
19 Federal Government’s knowledge and involvement
20 surrounding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
21 (16) RECORD.—The term ‘‘record’’ includes a
22 book, paper, report, memorandum, directive, email,
23 text, or other form of communication, or map, pho24 tograph, sound or video recording, machine-readable
25 material, computerized, digitized, or electronic infor-
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1 mation, including intelligence, surveillance, recon2 naissance, and target acquisition sensor data, re3 gardless of the medium on which it is stored, or
4 other documentary material, regardless of its phys5 ical form or characteristics.
6 (17) REVIEW BOARD.—The term ‘‘Review
7 Board’’ means the Unidentified Anomalous Phe8 nomena Records Review Board established by sec9 tion ll07.
10 (18) TECHNOLOGIES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.—
11 The term ‘‘technologies of unknown origin’’ means
12 any materials or meta-materials, ejecta, crash de13 bris, mechanisms, machinery, equipment, assemblies
14 or sub-assemblies, engineering models or processes,
15 damaged or intact aerospace vehicles, and damaged
16 or intact ocean-surface and undersea craft associ17 ated with unidentified anomalous phenomena or in18 corporating science and technology that lacks prosaic
19 attribution or known means of human manufacture.
20 (19) TEMPORARILY NON-ATTRIBUTED OB21 JECTS.—
22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘temporarily
23 non-attributed objects’’ means the class of ob24 jects that temporarily resist prosaic attribution
25 by the initial observer as a result of environ-
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1 mental or system limitations associated with the
2 observation process that nevertheless ultimately
3 have an accepted human origin or known phys4 ical cause. Although some unidentified anoma5 lous phenomena may at first be interpreted as
6 temporarily non-attributed objects, they are not
7 temporarily non-attributed objects, and the two
8 categories are mutually exclusive.
9 (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘temporarily
10 non-attributed objects’’ includes—
11 (i) natural celestial, meteorological,
12 and undersea weather phenomena;
13 (ii) mundane human-made airborne
14 objects, clutter, and marine debris;
15 (iii) Federal, State, and local govern16 ment, commercial industry, academic, and
17 private sector aerospace platforms;
18 (iv) Federal, State, and local govern19 ment, commercial industry, academic, and
20 private sector ocean-surface and undersea
21 vehicles; and
22 (v) known foreign systems.
23 (20) THIRD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘third agen24 cy’’ means a Government agency that originated a
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1 unidentified anomalous phenomena record that is in
2 the possession of another Government agency.
3 (21) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHE4 NOMENA.—
5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘unidentified
6 anomalous phenomena’’ means any object oper7 ating or judged capable of operating in outer8 space, the atmosphere, ocean surfaces, or un9 dersea lacking prosaic attribution due to per10 formance characteristics and properties not pre11 viously known to be achievable based upon com12 monly accepted physical principles. Unidentified
13 anomalous phenomena are differentiated from
14 both attributed and temporarily non-attributed
15 objects by one or more of the following
16 observables:
17 (i) Instantaneous acceleration absent
18 apparent inertia.
19 (ii) Hypersonic velocity absent a ther20 mal signature and sonic shockwave.
21 (iii) Transmedium (such as space-to22 ground and air-to-undersea) travel.
23 (iv) Positive lift contrary to known
24 aerodynamic principles.
25 (v) Multispectral signature control.
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1 (vi) Physical or invasive biological ef2 fects to close observers and the environ3 ment.
4 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘unidentified
5 anomalous phenomena’’ includes what were pre6 viously described as—
7 (i) flying discs;
8 (ii) flying saucers;
9 (iii) unidentified aerial phenomena;
10 (iv) unidentified flying objects
11 (UFOs); and
12 (v) unidentified submerged objects
13 (USOs).
14 (22) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
15 RECORD.—The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phe16 nomena record’’ means a record that is related to
17 unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of
18 unknown origin, or non-human intelligence (and all
19 equivalent subjects by any other name with the spe20 cific and sole exclusion of temporarily non-attributed
21 objects) that was created or made available for use
22 by, obtained by, or otherwise came into the posses23 sion of—
24 (A) the Executive Office of the President;
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1 (B) the Department of Defense and its
2 progenitors, the Department of War and the
3 Department of the Navy;
4 (C) the Department of the Army;
5 (D) the Department of the Navy;
6 (E) the Department of the Air Force, spe7 cifically the Air Force Office of Special Inves8 tigations;
9 (F) the Department of Energy and its pro10 genitors, the Manhattan Project, the Atomic
11 Energy Commission, and the Energy Research
12 and Development Administration;
13 (G) the Office of the Director of National
14 Intelligence;
15 (H) the Central Intelligence Agency and
16 its progenitor, the Office of Strategic Services;
17 (I) the National Reconnaissance Office;
18 (J) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
19 (K) the National Security Agency;
20 (L) the National Geospatial-Intelligence
21 Agency;
22 (M) the National Aeronautics and Space
23 Administration:
24 (N) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
25 (O) the Federal Aviation Administration;
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1 (P) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
2 Administration;
3 (Q) the Library of Congress;
4 (R) the National Archives and Records Ad5 ministration;
6 (S) any Presidential library;
7 (T) any Executive agency;
8 (U) any independent office or agency;
9 (V) any other department, office, agency,
10 committee, or commission of the Federal Gov11 ernment;
12 (W) any State or local government depart13 ment, office, agency, committee, or commission
14 that provided support or assistance or per15 formed work, in connection with a Federal in16 quiry into unidentified anomalous phenomena,
17 technologies of unknown origin, or non-human
18 intelligence; and
19 (X) any private sector person or entity for20 merly or currently under contract or some other
21 agreement with the Federal Government.
22 SEC. ll04. UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
23 RECORDS COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL
24 ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.
25 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Not later than 60 days
2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ar3 chivist shall commence establishment of a collection
4 of records in the National Archives to be known as
5 the ‘‘Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records
6 Collection’’.
7 (B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Ar8 chivist shall ensure the physical integrity and origi9 nal provenance (or if indeterminate, the earliest his10 torical owner) of all records in the Collection.
11 (C) The Collection shall consist of record copies
12 of all Government, Government-provided, or Govern13 ment-funded records relating to unidentified anoma14 lous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin,
15 and non-human intelligence (or equivalent subjects
16 by any other name with the specific and sole exclu17 sion of temporarily non-attributed objects), which
18 shall be transmitted to the National Archives in ac19 cordance with section 2107 of title 44, United States
20 Code.
21 (D) The Archivist shall prepare and publish a
22 subject guidebook and index to the Collection.
23 (2) CONTENTS.—The Collection shall include
24 the following:
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1 (A) All unidentified anomalous phenomena
2 records, regardless of age or date of creation—
3 (i) that have been transmitted to the
4 National Archives or disclosed to the public
5 in an unredacted form prior to the date of
6 the enactment of this Act;
7 (ii) that are required to be trans8 mitted to the National Archives; and
9 (iii) that the disclosure of which is
10 postponed under this Act.
11 (B) A central directory comprised of iden12 tification aids created for each record trans13 mitted to the Archivist under section ll05.
14 (C) All Review Board records as required
15 by this Act.
16 (b) DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS.—All unidentified
17 anomalous phenomena records transmitted to the National
18 Archives for disclosure to the public shall—
19 (1) be included in the Collection; and
20 (2) be available to the public—
21 (A) for inspection and copying at the Na22 tional Archives within 30 days after their trans23 mission to the National Archives; and
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1 (B) digitally via the National Archives on2 line database within a reasonable amount of
3 time not to exceed 180 days thereafter.
4 (c) FEES FOR COPYING.—The Archivist shall—
5 (1) charge fees for copying unidentified anoma6 lous phenomena records; and
7 (2) grant waivers of such fees pursuant to the
8 standards established by section 552(a)(4) of title 5,
9 United States Code.
10 (d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
11 (1) USE OF FUNDS.—The Collection shall be
12 preserved, protected, archived, digitized, and made
13 available to the public at the National Archives and
14 via the official National Archives online database
15 using appropriations authorized, specified, and re16 stricted for use under the terms of this Act.
17 (2) SECURITY OF RECORDS.—The National Se18 curity Program Office at the National Archives, in
19 consultation with the National Archives Information
20 Security Oversight Office, shall establish a program
21 to ensure the security of the postponed unidentified
22 anomalous phenomena records in the protected, and
23 yet-to-be disclosed or classified portion of the Collec24 tion.
25 (e) OVERSIGHT.—
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1 (1) SENATE.—Unless otherwise determined by
2 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate,
3 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern4 mental Affairs of the Senate shall have continuing
5 legislative oversight jurisdiction in the Senate with
6 respect to the Collection.
7 (2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Unless
8 otherwise determined appropriate by the Permanent
9 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
10 Representatives, the Committee on Oversight and
11 Accountability of the House of Representatives shall
12 have continuing legislative oversight jurisdiction in
13 the House of Representatives with respect to the
14 Collection.
15 SEC. ll05. REVIEW, IDENTIFICATION, TRANSMISSION TO
16 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, AND PUBLIC DIS17 CLOSURE OF UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS
18 PHENOMENA RECORDS BY GOVERNMENT OF19 FICES.
20 (a) IDENTIFICATION, ORGANIZATION, AND PREPARA21 TION FOR TRANSMISSION.—
22 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
23 the date of the enactment of this Act, each head of
24 a Government office shall—
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1 (A) identify and organize records in the
2 possession of the Government office or under
3 the control of the Government office relating to
4 unidentified anomalous phenomena; and
5 (B) prepare such records for transmission
6 to the Archivist for inclusion in the Collection.
7 (2) PROHIBITIONS.—(A) No unidentified anom8 alous phenomena record shall be destroyed, altered,
9 or mutilated in any way.
10 (B) No unidentified anomalous phenomena
11 record made available or disclosed to the public prior
12 to the date of the enactment of this Act may be
13 withheld, redacted, postponed for public disclosure,
14 or reclassified.
15 (C) No unidentified anomalous phenomena
16 record created by a person or entity outside the Fed17 eral Government (excluding names or identities con18 sistent with the requirements of section ll06)
19 shall be withheld, redacted, postponed for public dis20 closure, or reclassified.
21 (b) CUSTODY OF UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHE22 NOMENA RECORDS PENDING REVIEW.—During the re23 view by the heads of Government offices under subsection
24 (c) and pending review activity by the Review Board, each
25 head of a Government office shall retain custody of the
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1 unidentified anomalous phenomena records of the office
2 for purposes of preservation, security, and efficiency, un3 less—
4 (1) the Review Board requires the physical
5 transfer of the records for purposes of conducting an
6 independent and impartial review;
7 (2) transfer is necessary for an administrative
8 hearing or other Review Board function; or
9 (3) it is a third agency record described in sub10 section (c)(2)(C).
11 (c) REVIEW BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 days
13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, each
14 head of a Government office shall review, identify,
15 and organize each unidentified anomalous phe16 nomena record in the custody or possession of the
17 office for—
18 (A) disclosure to the public;
19 (B) review by the Review Board; and
20 (C) transmission to the Archivist.
21 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para22 graph (1), the head of a Government office shall—
23 (A) determine which of the records of the
24 office are unidentified anomalous phenomena
25 records;
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1 (B) determine which of the unidentified
2 anomalous phenomena records of the office
3 have been officially disclosed or made publicly
4 available in a complete and unredacted form;
5 (C)(i) determine which of the unidentified
6 anomalous phenomena records of the office, or
7 particular information contained in such a
8 record, was created by a third agency or by an9 other Government office; and
10 (ii) transmit to a third agency or other
11 Government office those records, or particular
12 information contained in those records, or com13 plete and accurate copies thereof;
14 (D)(i) determine whether the unidentified
15 anomalous phenomena records of the office or
16 particular information in unidentified anoma17 lous phenomena records of the office are cov18 ered by the standards for postponement of pub19 lic disclosure under this title; and
20 (ii) specify on the identification aid re21 quired by subsection (d) the applicable post22 ponement provision contained in section
23 ll06;
24 (E) organize and make available to the Re25 view Board all unidentified anomalous phe-
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1 nomena records identified under subparagraph
2 (D) the public disclosure of, which in-whole or
3 in-part, may be postponed under this title;
4 (F) organize and make available to the Re5 view Board any record concerning which the of6 fice has any uncertainty as to whether the
7 record is an unidentified anomalous phenomena
8 record governed by this title;
9 (G) give precedence of work to—
10 (i) the identification, review, and
11 transmission of unidentified anomalous
12 phenomena records not already publicly
13 available or disclosed as of the date of the
14 enactment of this Act;
15 (ii) the identification, review, and
16 transmission of all records that most un17 ambiguously and definitively pertain to un18 identified anomalous phenomena, tech19 nologies of unknown origin, and non20 human intelligence;
21 (iii) the identification, review, and
22 transmission of unidentified anomalous
23 phenomena records that on the date of the
24 enactment of this Act are the subject of
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1 litigation under section 552 of title 5,
2 United States Code; and
3 (iv) the identification, review, and
4 transmission of unidentified anomalous
5 phenomena records with earliest prove6 nance when not inconsistent with clauses
7 (i) through (iii) and otherwise feasible; and
8 (H) make available to the Review Board
9 any additional information and records that the
10 Review Board has reason to believe the Review
11 Board requires for conducting a review under
12 this title.
13 (3) PRIORITY OF EXPEDITED REVIEW FOR DI14 RECTORS OF CERTAIN ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORIES.—
15 The Director of each archival depository established
16 under section 2112 of title 44, United States Code,
17 shall have as a priority the expedited review for pub18 lic disclosure of unidentified anomalous phenomena
19 records in the possession and custody of the deposi20 tory, and shall make such records available to the
21 Review Board as required by this title.
22 (d) IDENTIFICATION AIDS.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Not later than 45 days
24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ar25 chivist, in consultation with the heads of such Gov-
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1 ernment offices as the Archivist considers appro2 priate, shall prepare and make available to all Gov3 ernment offices a standard form of identification, or
4 finding aid, for use with each unidentified anoma5 lous phenomena record subject to review under this
6 title whether in hardcopy (physical), softcopy (elec7 tronic), or digitized data format as may be appro8 priate.
9 (B) The Archivist shall ensure that the identi10 fication aid program is established in such a manner
11 as to result in the creation of a uniform system for
12 cataloging and finding every unidentified anomalous
13 phenomena record subject to review under this title
14 where ever and how ever stored in hardcopy (phys15 ical), softcopy (electronic), or digitized data format.
16 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT OF17 FICES.—Upon completion of an identification aid
18 using the standard form of identification prepared
19 and made available under subparagraph (A) of para20 graph (1) for the program established pursuant to
21 subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the head of a
22 Government office shall—
23 (A) attach a printed copy to each physical
24 unidentified anomalous phenomena record, and
25 an electronic copy to each softcopy or digitized
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1 data unidentified anomalous phenomena record,
2 the identification aid describes;
3 (B) transmit to the Review Board a print4 ed copy for each physical unidentified anoma5 lous phenomena record and an electronic copy
6 for each softcopy or digitized data unidentified
7 anomalous phenomena record the identification
8 aid describes; and
9 (C) attach a printed copy to each physical
10 unidentified anomalous phenomena record, and
11 an electronic copy to each softcopy or digitized
12 data unidentified anomalous phenomena record
13 the identification aid describes, when trans14 mitted to the Archivist.
15 (3) RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
16 THAT ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Unidentified
17 anomalous phenomena records which are in the pos18 session of the National Archives on the date of the
19 enactment of this Act, and which have been publicly
20 available in their entirety without redaction, shall be
21 made available in the Collection without any addi22 tional review by the Review Board or another au23 thorized office under this title, and shall not be re24 quired to have such an identification aid unless re25 quired by the Archivist.
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1 (e) TRANSMISSION TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.—
2 Each head of a Government office shall—
3 (1) transmit to the Archivist, and make imme4 diately available to the public, all unidentified anom5 alous phenomena records of the Government office
6 that can be publicly disclosed, including those that
7 are publicly available on the date of the enactment
8 of this Act, without any redaction, adjustment, or
9 withholding under the standards of this title; and
10 (2) transmit to the Archivist upon approval for
11 postponement by the Review Board or upon comple12 tion of other action authorized by this title, all un13 identified anomalous phenomena records of the Gov14 ernment office the public disclosure of which has
15 been postponed, in whole or in part, under the
16 standards of this title, to become part of the pro17 tected, yet-to-be disclosed, or classified portion of
18 the Collection.
19 (f) CUSTODY OF POSTPONED UNIDENTIFIED ANOMA20 LOUS PHENOMENA RECORDS.—An unidentified anoma21 lous phenomena record the public disclosure of which has
22 been postponed shall, pending transmission to the Archi23 vist, be held for reasons of security and preservation by
24 the originating body until such time as the information
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1 security program has been established at the National Ar2 chives as required in section ll04(d)(2).