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H.R. 3071, The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011
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H.R. 3071 would amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2011: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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cubapete
(logged-in user) January 23, 2012, 10:44am (report abuse)Why are the American people footing the bill for this? The legislation is not referring to military or government secrets. If current and former presidents want to keep secrets let them pay for it out of their own pockets. We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars here that can be used on much better projects.
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