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This bill reauthorizes and strengthens the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 by expanding the authorities of the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board. The bill establishes a presumption that all government records related to civil rights cold cases (historically unresolved cases involving civil rights violations) should be disclosed to the public, with the goal of enabling a fuller understanding of these historical events. It allows the Review Board to reimburse state and local governments for expenses associated with digitizing, photocopying, and mailing records for inclusion in a national collection. The bill removes previous restrictions that exempted state and local governments from mandatory record transmission and eliminates certain privacy protections for records created on or before January 1, 1990. Additionally, the legislation extends the tenure of the Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board from 7 to 11 years, providing more time for comprehensive investigation and document collection. These changes aim to increase transparency and facilitate public access to historical information about civil rights era cases that were not fully investigated or resolved at the time they occurred.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1510/all-info