Public Law 117-222 | Public Law 117–222: To amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

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PUBLIC LAW 117–222—DEC. 5, 2022

136 STAT. 2279

Public Law

117–222

117th Congress

An Act

To amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.

Dec. 5, 2022

[S. 3655]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Civil Rights

Cold Case

Investigations

Support Act

of 2022.

44 USC 101 note.

SECTION 1.

SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “

Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022

”.

SEC. 2.

CIVIL RIGHTS COLD CASE RECORDS REVIEW BOARD EXTENSION OF TENURE.

Section 5(n)(1) of Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 115–426)

is amended

—

(1)

striking

“4 years” and

inserting

“7 years”; and

(2)

striking

“4-year period” and

inserting

“7-year period”.

Approved December 5, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3655:

SENATE REPORTS: ┐No. 117–134 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):

Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.

Nov. 14, considered and passed House.

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