William
Kelly
CAPA
Secretary
(609)
425-6297
September 20, 2017
Rep. Trey Gowdy
House Oversight and
Government Reform
2157 Rayburn Office
Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Sen. Ron Johnson
Senate Committee on
Homeland Security and Government Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate
Office Building
Washington DC, 20510
Re:
Oversight of Compliance with the JFK Act
Dear Committee Chairmen:
As chairmen of the committees responsible for oversight of the
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (JFK Act
– 44 U.S.C. 2107), you have a legal duty and obligation to oversee the
enforcement of this law. This duty and obligation requires that open public
hearings on the issues associated with this law be scheduled and
held.
Inasmuch as the JFK Act was passed unanimously by Congress and
signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on October 26, 1992, it is a
bi-partisan law duly endorsed by both parties, Republicans and Democrats
alike.
While many millions of pages of important records already have
been released under this law, other significant documents are being improperly
withheld, have been intentionally destroyed, or have otherwise been reported
missing.
Some records escaped the attention and reach of the Assassination
Records Review Board (ARRB). Still other documents are being
inappropriately retained in private possession even as these records
belong among the public records in the JFK Collection under the custody and
control of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
It is imperative that Congress exercises its oversight
responsibilities both before and after the October 26, 2017, deadline for
the sunset provision becomes operative.
Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.
Please inform me as soon as your respective committee takes up the issues
relating to its oversight duties. I look forward to seeing that oversight
hearings on full implementation of the JFK Act have been scheduled.
Very truly yours,
William Kelly
CAPA Secretary
CC:
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D.
MD) 2163 Rayburn HOB Fax: (202) 225-3178
Rep. William Hurd (R.
TX) 317 Cannon HOB Fax: (202) 225-2237
Sen.
Kamala Harris (D. CA) 112 Hart SOB Fax: (202) 224-2200
Sen. Cory A. Booker (D.
NJ) 359 Dirksen SOB Fax: (202) 224-8378
FULL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:
SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
FULL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:
TREY GOWDY – R. SC Committee Chairman
ELIJAH CUMMINGS - Ranking Member D. MD-7
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
JOHN DUNCAN TN-2
DARRELL ISSA CA-49
JIM JORDAN OH-4
MARK SANFORD SC-01
JUSTIN AMASH MI-3
PAUL GOSAR AZ-4
SCOTT DESJARLAIS TN-4
BLAKE FARENTHOLD TX-2
VIRGINIA FOX NC-05
THOMAS MASSIE KY-4
MARK MEADOWS NC-11
RON DESANTIS FL-6
DENNIS ROSS FL-15
MARK WALKER NC-6
ROD BLUM IA-1
JODY HICE GA-10
STEVE RUSSELL OK-5
GLENN GROTHMAN WI-6
WILLIAM HURD TX-23
GARY J. PALMER AL-6
JAMES COMER KY-01
PAUL MITCHELL MI-10
GREG GIANFORTE MT
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
CAROLYN MALONEY NY-12
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON DC
WILLIAM LACY CLAY MO-1
STEPHEN LYNCH MA-8
JIM COOPER TN-5
GERALD E. CONNOLLY VA-11
ROBIN KELLY IL-2
BRENDA LAWRENCE MI-14
BONNIE WATSON
COLEMAN NJ-12
STACEY E.
PLASKETT VI: Virgin Islands
VAL BUTLER
DEMINGS FL-10
RAJA
KRISHNAMOORTHI IL-08
JAMIE RASKIN MD-08
PETER WELCH VT
MATT CARTWRIGHT PA-17
MARK DESAULNIER CA-1
JIMMY GOMEZ CA-34
SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental
Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC, 20510
(202) 224-4751
RON
JOHNSON Chairman (R. WI)
CLAIRE
MCCASKILL Ranking Member (D. MO)
REPUBLICANS
McCain,
John AZ
Portman,
Rob OH
Paul,
Rand KY
Lankford,
James OK
Enzi,
Michael B. WY
Hoeven,
John ND
Daines,
Steve MT
DEMOCRATS
Carper,
Thomas R. DE
Tester,
Jon MT
Heitkamp,
Heidi ND
Peters,
Gary C. MI
Hassan,
Margaret NH
Harris,
Kamala CA
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