On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> House Dems seek to formalize former presidents' ability to withhold records
> - The Hill's Floor Action
>
> More than a dozen House Democrats last week proposed legislation that would
> establish a formal process former presidents could use to shield their
> presidential records from public scrutiny.
>
> Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and 16 other Democrats proposed *H.R.
> 3071*<
> http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/Jan2011/hr3071.pdf>,
> which would amend the Presidential Records Act to allow former presidents
> to
> assert a "constitutionally based privilege" against disclosing presidential
> records. Under the bill, this would start a process requiring the current
> president to judge that assertion.
>
>
> http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/185039-house-dems-seek-to-formalize-presidents-ability-to-withhold-records-from-publi<http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/185039-house-dems-seek-to-formalize-presidents-ability-to-withhold-records-from-public>
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> House Dems seek to formalize former presidents' ability to withhold records
> - The Hill's Floor Action
>
> More than a dozen House Democrats last week proposed legislation that would
> establish a formal process former presidents could use to shield their
> presidential records from public scrutiny.
>
> Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and 16 other Democrats proposed *H.R.
> 3071*<
> http://thehill.com/images/stories/blogs/flooraction/Jan2011/hr3071.pdf>,
> which would amend the Presidential Records Act to allow former presidents
> to
> assert a "constitutionally based privilege" against disclosing presidential
> records. Under the bill, this would start a process requiring the current
> president to judge that assertion.
>
>
> http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/185039-house-dems-seek-to-formalize-presidents-ability-to-withhold-records-from-publi<http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/185039-house-dems-seek-to-formalize-presidents-ability-to-withhold-records-from-public>
Maybe it's because it's Monday and my memory just isn't what it used to be
but my recollection of what's happened with the PRA is a bit different than
it's presented here...
Although it's not always the greatest source of info, Wikipedia has this
chronology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Records_Act and it's
how I recall it as well
Executive Order 12667 - Issued by President Reagan in January 1989, this
executive order established the procedures for NARA and former and incumbent
Presidents to implement the PRA.
Executive Order 13233 - This executive order, issued by President George
W. Bush on November 1, 2001, supersedes the previous executive order. The
Bush executive order also includes the documents of former Vice Presidents.
Executive Order 13489 - Issued by President Barack Obama on January 21,
2009, restored the implementation of the PRA of 1978 as practiced under
President Reagan's Executive Order 12667 and revoked President Bush's
Executive Order 13233.
And here's the text in 36CFR on Presidential Records
http://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html and 2204 (a)
seems to state exactly what the article refers to as "...shield their
presidential records from public scrutiny....".
None of this is NEARLY as bizarre as what took place under EO 13233, and
those of us who were following the situation then clearly recall what THAT
EO did!
Larry
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*Lawrence J. Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972*
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*Lawrence J. Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972*
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