Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 11, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to: (1) require any appointment to the Public Interest Declassification Board to be for three years from the date of the appointment, (2) remove the requirement that a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy before the expiration of a term serve for the remainder of such term, and (3) extend Board authority through 2014.

[112th Congress Public Law 235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 112-235
112th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To extend the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 until 2014 
      and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 28, 2012 -  [S. 3564]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Public Interest 
Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012. 50 USC 401 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Interest Declassification 
Board Reauthorization Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD.

    (a) Subsequent Appointment.--Section 703(c)(2)(D) of the Public 
Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-567; 50 U.S.C. 435 
note) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``from 
the date of the appointment.''.
    (b) Vacancy.--Section 703(c)(3) of the Public Interest 
Declassification Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-567; 50 U.S.C. 435 note) is 
amended by striking ``A member of the Board appointed to fill a vacancy 
before the expiration of a term shall serve for the remainder of the 
term.''.
    (c) Extension of Sunset.--Section 710(b) of the Public Interest 
Declassification Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-567; 50 U.S.C. 435 note) is 
amended by striking ``2012.'' inserting ``2014.''.

    Approved December 28, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3564:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
            Dec. 11, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 19, considered and passed House.

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