Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group Documents
Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group



Federal Register, Volume 64 Issue 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
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[FR Doc No: 99-980]
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Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 1999 /
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13110 of January 11, 1999
Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working
                Group
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act
                (Public Law 105-246) (the ``Act''), it is hereby
                ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Establishment of Working Group. There is
                hereby established the Nazi War Criminal Records
                Interagency Working Group (Working Group). The function
                of the Group shall be to locate, inventory, recommend
                for declassification, and make available to the public
                at the National Archives and Records Administration all
                classified Nazi war criminal records of the United
                States, subject to certain designated exceptions as
                provided in the Act. The Working Group shall coordinate
                with agencies and take such actions as necessary to
                expedite the release of such records to the public.
                Sec. 2. Schedule. The Working Group should complete its
                work to the greatest extent possible and report to the
                Congress within 1 year.
                Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Working Group shall be
                composed of the following members:
                    (1) Archivist of the United States (who shall serve
                as Chair of the Working Group);
                    (2) Secretary of Defense;
                    (3) Attorney General;
                    (4) Director of Central Intelligence;
                    (5) Director of the Federal Bureau of
                Investigation;
                    (6) Director of the United States Holocaust
                Memorial Museum;
                    (7) Historian of the Department of State; and
                    (8) Three other persons appointed by the President.
                    (b) The Senior Director for Records and Access
                Management of the National Security Council will serve
                as the liaison to and attend the meetings of the
                Working Group. Members of the Working Group who are
                full-time Federal officials may serve on the Working
                Group through designees.
                Sec. 4. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by
                law and subject to the availability of appropriations,
                the National Archives and Records Administration shall
                provide the Working Group with funding, administrative
                services, facilities, staff, and other support services
                necessary for the performance of the functions of the
                Working Group.
                    (b) The Working Group shall terminate 3 years from
                the date of this Executive order.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    January 11, 1999.
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