Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act

Public Right to Information: The bill expresses a sense of Congress that all federal, state, and local government records regarding civil rights cold cases should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure so the public can be fully informed about the history of these cases (Section 2(a)).

Financial Relief for Local Governments: The Review Board may reimburse state or local governments in full for expenses such as digitizing, photocopying, or mailing civil rights cold case records when they are sent to the Archivist (Section 2(b)).

Streamlined Record Transmission: The amendment removes certain language regarding state or local government exceptions to facilitate the transmission of records to the Collection (Section 2(c)).

Increased Accessibility of Older Records: The bill modifies exceptions for information contained in civil rights cold case records created on or before January 1, 1990 (Section 2(d)).