Whereas May 29, 2017, marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy; Whereas nearly 54 years have passed since the tragic assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963; Whereas the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 ( 44 U.S.C. 2107 note; Public Law 102–526 ) (referred to in this preamble as the Records Collection Act ), directed all Federal agencies to transmit to the National Archives and Records Administration all records in their custody related to the assassination of President Kennedy; Whereas former President and ninth Director of Central Intelligence George H.W. Bush declared in his signing statement for the Records Collection Act that [b]ecause of legitimate historical interest in this tragic event, all documents about the assassination should now be disclosed ; Whereas the Records Collection Act established the Assassination Records Review Board to ensure that Federal agencies complied with the law; Whereas the Records Collection Act established a deadline 25 years after enactment for the full public disclosure of all assassination records whose disclosure was postponed or that were subject to redaction; Whereas the 25-year deadline for the full public disclosure of all remaining assassination records is October 26, 2017; Whereas the Assassination Records Review Board uncovered records that were withheld from the staff of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and other Government entities; Whereas the former Chairman of the Assassination Records Review Board has publicly commented that records held by the National Archives and Records Administration should be made public; Whereas the National Archives and Records Administration holds approximately 3,100 fully redacted records and approximately 31,000 partially redacted records concerning the assassination of President Kennedy