Title VII of the MAD Act: Epstein Files

TITLE VII of The MAD Act

EPSTEIN ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

SUBTITLE A - EPSTEIN FILES DISCLOSURE

CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 7001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.- This title may be cited as the "Epstein Act Part II"

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.- The table of contents of this title is as follows:

SUBTITLE A - EPSTEIN FILES DISCLOSURE

CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 7001. Short Title; Table of Contents.

Sec. 7002. Congressional Findings - Prior Legislative Failure, Structural Incentive Failure, and Matters of Compelling Public Interest.

Sec. 7003. Definitions.

Sec. 7004. Purpose and Model.

CHAPTER II - FEDERAL UNIT FOR MANAGING EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS

Sec. 7005. Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents - Establishment and Operating Mandate.

Sec. 7005A. Unit-Side Receipt Log and Multi-Party Reconciliation.

Sec. 7006. Classified Records Fallback Regime.

Sec. 7007. Executive Branch Detailees and Child Sexual Abuse Material and Traumatic Material Handling.

CHAPTER III - MANDATORY DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC RELEASE

Sec. 7008. Mandatory Disclosure and Public Release - Rolling Submission and Publication.

Sec. 7008A. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Records - Separate Disclosure Procedure.

Sec. 7008B. Mandatory Preservation of Records of the Epstein Network.

Sec. 7008C. Grand Jury and Sealed Judicial Records - Judicial Unsealing.

Sec. 7009. Relation to the Freedom of Information Act and Pending FOIA Proceedings.

Sec. 7010. State, Territorial, and Local Government Records - Voluntary Production Mechanism.

Sec. 7010A. Third-Party Electronic Communications, Technology, and Platform Providers - Voluntary Production Mechanism.

CHAPTER IV - POSTPONEMENT, CARVE-OUTS, AND CIPA REFORM

Sec. 7011. Presidential Postponement Certification - the Sole Executive-Invoked Postponement.

Sec. 7012. Enumerated Category Carve-Outs - Genuine National Security Exceptions.

Sec. 7013. Category Six - Combination Release Protection and Mosaic Analysis.

Sec. 7014. CIPA Reform - Application in Epstein-Related Criminal Proceedings.

CHAPTER V - VICTIM PROVISIONS

Sec. 7015. Private Right of Action for Epstein Network Victims.

Sec. 7016. Victim Notification of Redaction and Postponement Decisions.

CHAPTER VI - WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS AND IMMUNITY

Sec. 7017. Self-Executing Espionage Act Immunity.

Sec. 7018. Whistleblower Financial Protections and Civil Remedies.

Sec. 7019. Intent Limitation - Anti-Reputational Weaponization Clause.

CHAPTER VII - CONGRESSIONAL DEPOSITION AND IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF MAXWELL

Sec. 7020. Maxwell Identity Verification - Cross-Regional Special Master Pool and Quarterly Biometric Verification.

Sec. 7021. Congressional Deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sec. 7022. Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification.

Sec. 7023. Use and Derivative Use Immunity - Scope, Limits, and Carve-Outs.

Sec. 7024. Tolling of Federal Statutes of Limitations for Offenses Revealed by Novel Testimony.

CHAPTER VIII - INVESTIGATIVE MANDATES

Sec. 7025. Mandate for FBI Explanatory Report.

Sec. 7026. Mandate for Congressional Hearing.

CHAPTER IX - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND SEVERABILITY

Sec. 7027. Authorization of Appropriations.

Sec. 7028. Title-Wide Severability.

SUBTITLE B - COURTNEY WILD REINFORCING CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS

Sec. 7029. Short Title; Finding.

Sec. 7030. Crime Victims' Rights.

Sec. 7031. Coordination with Subtitle A.

Sec. 7032. Effective Date; Applicability; Severability.

SEC. 7002. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS - PRIOR LEGISLATIVE FAILURE, STRUCTURAL INCENTIVE FAILURE, AND MATTERS OF COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST.

Congress finds the following:

(a) The Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38, enacted November 19, 2025 with a vote of 427 to 1 in the House and unanimous consent in the Senate, representing one of the most overwhelming displays of bipartisan consensus for any major disclosure legislation in recent congressional history, was violated by the executive branch. These violations were documented in a congressional letter to federal court dated January 8, 2026 and in a March 11, 2026 letter from a bipartisan group of United States Senators requesting a Government Accountability Office review of those redactions.

(b) These issues with compliance within the executive branch as it pertains to the Epstein records are structural. The violations of Public Law 119-38 do not require a finding of individual bad faith. They reflect the predictable operation of structural incentives which make executive compliance with politically sensitive disclosure mandates systematically unreliable absent independent oversight, and this must change. However, there may also be warranted findings of individual bad faith, which must be addressed.

(c) There is documented, widespread public concern that the official findings surrounding Epstein's alleged death are not accurate, and that public confidence in the integrity of the federal criminal justice system cannot be fully restored until there is a full, transparent, independent congressional inquiry mandated by Section 7026 of this title.

(d) Jeffrey Epstein was reported dead while in custody of an executive branch led by the same President who now holds Maxwell, Epstein's most senior co-conspirator. The Bureau of Prisons protocol failures documented in Epstein's case, such as the failure of surveillance systems, the failure of assigned guards, and the inadequacy of internal reporting mechanisms, have given rise to documented and widespread public concern that additional failures could occur in Maxwell's case, with specific concern aimed towards her recent facilities transfer. No existing federal mechanism provides sufficient independent public accountability to address concerns over whether Maxwell is safe or is even still serving her sentence. Therefore, Congress finds that independent verification of Maxwell's continued incarceration, and identity, is a matter of compelling public interest, and should be a matter that is guaranteed to the general public.

(e) There is a documented, 11+ month gap in the U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's incoming emails spanning May 2007 through April 2008, which was the period that included the "resolution" of a prepared indictment against Epstein, as well as being the period of time in which the NPA negotiations and the NPA's execution on September 24, 2007 for Epstein and his co-conspirators took place. Although the OPR attributed this gap to a "technological error" and these emails have never been recovered, produced, or provided to victims, it remains of ongoing public interest.

(f) Jeffrey Epstein filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in 2011 through his counsel seeking records to assess his own "open affiliation" with the Central Intelligence Agency between November 1999 and July 2011. The CIA issued a Glomar response, in which they refused to confirm or deny the existence of records on the grounds that the fact of their existence or non-existence is currently and properly classified. A partially-redacted 2008 FBI memorandum states that Epstein "provided information to the FBI as agreed upon." The full scope of any cooperation agreement between Epstein and federal law enforcement or intelligence agencies has never been disclosed to the public.

(g) Congress finds that the records most material to public accountability for the Epstein Network include records concerning the participation, facilitation, or coverup of Network activities by foreign-government-connected persons or foreign nationals, including in particular: (1) sex trafficking, child sexual exploitation, and the recruitment, transportation, or coercion of victims; (2) money laundering, illicit financial flows, and other financial infrastructure supporting Network activities; (3) arms trafficking and arms-transaction intermediation connected to the Network; (4) intelligence-service personnel or assets who participated in, facilitated, or benefited from any of the foregoing; (5) extrajudicial killing, as defined in section 3(a) of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (28 U.S.C. § 1350 note), of any person in connection with Network activities or any investigation thereof; (6) obstruction, witness intimidation, evidence destruction, or other interference with any investigation of Network activities; and (7) the use of, or participation in, Network activities for the intelligence collection, recruitment, compromise, or blackmail of any person on behalf of, for the benefit of, or in coordination with a foreign government or foreign intelligence service. Congress further finds that foreign-intelligence sensitivity claims directed at records in these categories carry a heightened risk of being invoked to shield accountability content rather than genuine operational interests, and that this risk justifies the narrowed standard, shortened sunset, and heightened burden established for such records under Category Three of Section 7012. Congress does not determine, by this finding, that the Epstein Network was an intelligence operation of any government, that any specific foreign official directed or authorized Network activities, or that any foreign intelligence service had operational direction over the criminal conduct for which Maxwell was convicted; however, Congress intends to uncover such facts if they exist.

(h) That given there are multiple government agencies that manage the preservation, declassification, and public disclosure and dissemination of records to the public, such agencies like NARA and the GPO may be tasked with ensuring public access to the records which The Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 mandates be disclosed, instead of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which has violated said mandate.

(i) The Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38, already directed the declassification of these records: section 2(c)(3) of that Act provided that "the Attorney General shall declassify [covered] classified information to the maximum extent possible," and section 2(b)(1) barred any withholding "on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity." The executive branch's documented failure to comply was in substantial part a failure to honor that directive. Congress finds that the directive remains the law's settled objective, that the National Archives and Records Administration possesses the institutional competence to carry it out, and that this title secures that objective through an independent unit rather than through the executive officers who failed to honor it.

SEC. 7003. DEFINITIONS.

As used in this title:

(a) "COVERED INDIVIDUAL".- A "Covered Individual" means any natural person who, within the past thirty (30) years preceding the date of enactment of this title, has -

(A) held elective federal office;

(B) held elective state office in any State, the District of Columbia, or any Territory;

(C) held a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed federal position; or

(D) served as a senior officer or director of a federal intelligence agency.

(b) "EPSTEIN NETWORK".- The "Epstein Network" refers to the criminal enterprise operated by Jeffrey Edward Epstein, including all of his co-conspirators, enablers, facilitators, participants, or associates identified or identifiable from records in the possession of any federal, state, and municipal agency, especially those individuals named and protected in the 2007 non-prosecution agreement entered in the Southern District of Florida and the 2019 federal indictment that was filed in the Southern District of New York courts.

(c) "RECORDS OF THE EPSTEIN NETWORK".- The "Records of the Epstein Network" refers to any document, file, recording, database entry, communication, storage device contents, photograph, video, log, scan, metadata record, financial record, statement, or other information in the possession, custody, or control of any federal agency that relates to -

(A) Jeffrey Edward Epstein himself, his associates, his properties, his crimes, his travel, his professional services, or his finances;

(B) any investigation, prosecution, non-prosecution, or declination of prosecution of Epstein or any other member of the Epstein Network;

(C) any Covered Individual's association with, presence with, communication with, or financial or other beneficial relationship with Epstein or Maxwell; or

(D) the circumstances of Epstein's alleged death on August 10, 2019 or the circumstances of any other death, assault, intimidation, or pressure in connection with Epstein or his associates.

The term explicitly includes classified and unclassified records alike. The term "in the possession, custody, or control of any federal agency" includes any record originally created by, held by, or obtained from any third-party electronic communications provider, technology platform, internet service provider, telecommunications carrier, financial institution, common carrier, hospitality, travel, or transportation service provider, or any other private entity, where such record has been lawfully obtained or retained by a federal agency through any legal process, including but not limited to: warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. § 2703); grand jury subpoenas; administrative or judicial subpoenas; National Security Letters issued under 18 U.S.C. § 2709, 12 U.S.C. § 3414, 15 U.S.C. § 1681u, or 15 U.S.C. § 1681v; court orders; mutual legal assistance treaty requests; Letters Rogatory; preservation requests under 18 U.S.C. § 2703(f); voluntary disclosure to a federal agency under 18 U.S.C. § 2702(b) or (c); or any other lawful process. Records obtained by a federal agency from any provider or other private entity, including any entity identified in Section 7010A(b), are Records of the Epstein Network when they relate to the subject matter described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph. The originating private entity's status as a non-federal party does not remove such records from the scope of this title once they have come into federal possession, custody, or control.

(d) "PROTECTED DISCLOSURE".- "Protected Disclosure" means any communication expressing factual information, documents, or evidence by a Qualified Disclosant that -

(A) relates to the Epstein Network or to official misconduct in connection with the investigation or prosecution thereof;

(B) is made in good faith; and

(C) is not made with the primary purpose of causing reputational harm to any individual based on personal, political, economic, or ideological motives that are unrelated to the underlying facts.

Without limiting the generality of subparagraph (A), a Protected Disclosure includes any communication of factual information, documents, or evidence relating to the destruction, concealment, alteration, spoliation, unauthorized removal, or failure to preserve any Record of the Epstein Network, regardless of whether such destruction, concealment, alteration, spoliation, removal, or failure to preserve occurred before, on, or after the date of enactment of this title, and regardless of whether the person or entity responsible for such conduct is a federal official, a private party, or any other person. A Protected Disclosure shall not lose its protected character solely because it is made directly to the public, which is encouraged.

(e) "GOOD FAITH".- Operating in "Good Faith" means, with respect to a Protected Disclosure, that the Qualified Disclosant -

(A) had a reasonable and factual basis for believing that the disclosed information was a Record of the Epstein Network as defined in this title;

(B) did not knowingly fabricate, materially falsify, or alter any Record of the Epstein Network included in the disclosure;

(C) did not make the disclosure primarily for the purpose of providing such intelligence to a foreign government or to the aid of a foreign adversary; and

(D) did not make the disclosure primarily for the purpose of causing reputational harm to any identified individual on the basis of information the Qualified Disclosant knew to be false.

Good faith does not require that every disclosed record ultimately prove to be authentic, accurately interpreted, or fully responsive to the definition of Records of the Epstein Network, provided the Qualified Disclosant had a reasonable basis for believing it was. An error of fact or judgment, without malintent, does not disqualify this interpretation of good faith. Instead, good faith is presumed unless the party asserting its absence can make a case to the contrary by clear and convincing evidence.

(f) "QUALIFIED DISCLOSANT".- A "Qualified Disclosant" means any current or former officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or detailee of any department, agency, bureau, or other instrumentality of the executive branch of the United States, which includes -

(A) any executive department as defined in 5 U.S.C. § 101;

(B) any independent agency within the executive branch, as identified on the Office of Personnel Management's list of independent agencies and any of their component units, sub-agencies, bureaus, or government corporations;

(C) any element of the Intelligence Community as defined in 50 U.S.C. § 3003(4);

(D) any current or former member of the Armed Forces of the U.S., as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4), including any commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of any component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, including such members who are in an active duty, reserve, or National Guard status, and including any member assigned to or serving with any element of the Intelligence Community, any combatant command, any defense agency, or any joint or combined command;

(E) any other natural person, regardless of employment status or affiliation with the federal government, who possesses direct, firsthand knowledge of the destruction, concealment, alteration, redaction, or unauthorized removal of any Record of the Epstein Network - or who possesses direct, firsthand knowledge of any direction, instruction, or agreement to destroy, conceal, alter, or remove such records; and

(F) any current or former officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or detailee of the Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents which is established under Section 7005 of this title.

(g) "CIPA".- "CIPA" means the Classified Information Procedures Act, which is codified at 18 U.S.C. App. 3 §§ 1-16 (Pub. L. 96-456), as amended.

(h) "NPA".- "NPA" refers to the 2007 non-prosecution agreement entered into on or about September 24, 2007 between the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jeffrey Edward Epstein. "NPA" includes all addenda, co-conspirator immunity provisions, sealed attachments or other content thereto.

(i) "MAXWELL".- "Maxwell" refers to Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell, who was convicted to serve a federal sentence of imprisonment, with the Bureau of Prisons Register Number 02879-509.

(j) "PRESIDENTIAL POSTPONEMENT CERTIFICATION".- The "Presidential Postponement Certification" means a written, signed, and publicly released determination by the President of the United States that the continued postponement of public disclosure of specific Records of the Epstein Network is necessary because -

(A) such disclosure would reveal the identity of a confidential living human source currently active in an ongoing criminal investigation or intelligence collection related or unrelated to the Epstein Network;

(B) such disclosure would directly and imminently endanger a named individual's physical safety in an active intelligence operation; or

(C) such disclosure would cause a specific, identifiable, and imminent harm to the military defense of the United States, to an intelligence operation that remains in active operational use, or to the conduct of the foreign relations of the United States in an ongoing and specifically identified matter, and that harm is of such gravity that it outweighs the compelling public interest in disclosure of the record. A postponement under this subparagraph does not authorize postponement of any intersection record within the meaning of Section 7012(d)(5), nor of the nature, parties, dates, or substance of any conduct described in Section 7012(d)(5)(A) through (G).

No certification may rest on a generalized or categorical assertion of national security or foreign-policy sensitivity unsupported by a specific and identifiable harm, on diplomatic embarrassment or reputational harm to any foreign government, or on institutional or individual embarrassment or any personal or professional interest related to the concealment of any conduct by a Covered Individual. No certification may be invoked to protect any person, including any Covered Individual, from disclosure of that person's own conduct, knowledge, or association with the Epstein Network, as distinct from a genuine operation, capability, or method.

(k) "PRE-DEPOSITION EVIDENCE CERTIFICATION".- "Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification" refers to the sealed, sworn, time-stamped inventory of all of the evidence and information that is in the government's possession relating to Maxwell's personal criminal conduct, filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, prior to the commencement of Maxwell's congressional deposition.

(l) "NOVEL TESTIMONY".- A "Novel Testimony" refers to any information disclosed by Maxwell in her congressional deposition that does not appear in, nor is fairly derivable from, the Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification inventory.

(m) "PRE-EXISTING GOVERNMENT KNOWLEDGE".- "Pre-Existing Government Knowledge" means any information appearing in, or fairly derivable from, the Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification inventory.

(n) "BASELINE BIOMETRIC RECORD".- The "Baseline Biometric Record" refers to the sealed, multi-jurisdictional biometric records compiled and defined pursuant to Section 7020(b) and held under seal by the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, incorporating domestic records obtained by direct court order and also, where available, foreign jurisdictional records obtained by Letters Rogatory transmitted through the Department of State to (1) the United Kingdom National Crime Agency and (2) the French Direction Générale de la Police Nationale, against which all quarterly verification results will be compared.

(o) "UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE".- The "Unit Review Completion Date" refers to the date of July 16, 2028, which is the last date by which any Records of the Epstein Network may be submitted to the Unit and still receive full review, including declassification analysis, category carve-out evaluations under Section 7012, and mosaic analysis under Section 7013 to be performed before the October 15, 2028 hard publication deadline. This date is calculated as ninety-one (91) days before October 15, 2028. Records submitted to the Unit after July 16, 2028 enter the Degraded Review Regime under Section 7008(n) and will not receive a full review.

(p) "SUMMARY ORDER".- A "Summary Order" means the public judicial determination issued by the presiding judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York following each quarterly verification visit of Maxwell, stating either that her identity has been verified or not, via the IDENTITY VERIFIED or IDENTITY UNVERIFIED determination as defined in Section 7020(d)(4).

(q) "VERIFICATION PHOTOGRAPH STANDARD".- A "Verification Photograph Standard" means the set of technical requirements for photographs taken during quarterly verification visits of Maxwell, pursuant to Section 7020(d)(3)(C), which were derived from and are consistent with the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division's facial-image capture standards (as set out in the FBI Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification), and which consist of the following:

(1) VIEWS.- There shall be at least two photographs produced per visit, one being a full-face, frontal view and one being a strict 90-degree right-profile view.

(2) CAMERA DISTANCE.- The camera lens that shall take these VIEWS shall be positioned at a distance of not less than eighteen (18) inches and not more than twenty-four (24) inches from the subject's face, measured from the lens itself to the tip of the subject's nose, producing a facial frame in which the face occupies not less than seventy (70) percent of the vertical frame height.

(3) BACKGROUND.- The background of the VIEWS will be a plain, untextured, light-colored surface (such as white or light gray) with no shadows, markings, or objects visible behind the subject.

(4) LIGHTING.- There shall be even, diffuse, front-facing illumination with no harsh shadows across the subject's face, nor any shadows cast on the background, and no specular highlights on the subject's skin.

(5) SUBJECT POSITION.- For the frontal view of the photographs, the subject's head shall be level, eyes open and directed at the camera, mouth closed, expression neutral, and chin parallel to the floor; for the 90-degree profile view, the subject's head shall be turned exactly 90 degrees to the right, eyes directed straight ahead, mouth closed, and chin parallel to the floor.

(6) OBSTRUCTIONS.- The subject's face shall be fully unobstructed. This includes that the subject's hair shall be fully off the face and ears to the extent possible, with no eyeglasses, no head coverings, and no jewelry obscuring any facial feature.

(7) RESOLUTION.- The camera shall produce a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch of the subject's face rendered in the final photographs. This must be sufficient to enable forensic biometric comparison of skeletal landmarks by a board-certified forensic anthropologist.

(8) DATE PLACARD.- A court-issued date placard bearing the full calendar date of the visit in numerals not less than one inch in height shall be held by the subject or mounted on a stand at the same focal plane as the subject's face, and shall be fully viewable and legible within the same frame as the subject's face in both photographs.

(9) EQUIPMENT.- All of the camera and lighting equipment used for Verification Photographs shall be court-provided, court-sealed prior to each visit, and transported to and from the facility by the Special Master. The Bureau of Prisons shall provide no photographic equipment. The memory card containing the photographs shall be removed from the camera only by the Special Master, and done so immediately upon completion of photography, to be then sealed into the tamper-evident evidence envelope alongside the FD-258 fingerprint card, and transported to the Clerk under the same protocol as the FD-258 card.

(r) "JUDICIARY COMMITTEES".- "Judiciary Committees" means the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

(s) "UNIT".- "Unit" means the Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents established under Section 7005 of this title. The Unit encompasses the "Sub-Unit," or the "Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit" also defined in this section.

(t) "UNIT HEAD".- "Unit Head" means the head of the Unit, appointed under Section 7005(i) of this title.

(u) "MINOR-VICTIM PII".- "Minor-Victim PII" means the personally identifying information of any victim who was a minor at the time of the conduct depicted in a Record of the Epstein Network, including the victim's name; home, work, or school address; Social Security number; date of birth; telephone number; electronic mail address or other electronic identifier; any photograph, video, or other visual depiction of the victim; physical description; any medical, psychological, counseling, or health record or information concerning the victim; and any other information that, alone or in combination with other information available in the released records, would reasonably identify the victim. The term applies to such information in whatever form it appears, and whether or not the victim has since attained the age of majority. The term does not include the name or identifying information of any perpetrator or enabler, the date, location, or substance of the conduct depicted, the identity of the originating agency, or any other content of the record, and does not include the identifying information of an adult victim, the redaction of which is governed separately under Section 7007(d)(4).

(v) "ADULT-VICTIM PII".- "Adult-Victim PII" means the personally identifying information of any victim of the Epstein Network who was an adult of full legal capacity at the time of the conduct depicted in a Record of the Epstein Network, including the victim's name; home, work, or school address; Social Security number; date of birth; telephone number; electronic mail address or other electronic identifier; any photograph, video, or other visual depiction of the victim; physical description; any medical, psychological, counseling, or health record or information concerning the victim; and any other information that, alone or in combination with other information available in the released records, would reasonably identify the victim. The term applies to such information in whatever form it appears. The term does not include the name or identifying information of any perpetrator or enabler, the date, location, or substance of the conduct depicted, the identity of the originating agency, or any other content of the record, and does not include Minor-Victim PII, the redaction of which is governed separately. The term does not include, and no protection or preservation under this title extends to, the identifying information of any individual to the extent that individual participated in, enabled, facilitated, profited from, or covered up the conduct depicted in any Record of the Epstein Network. An individual's status as a victim does not shield from disclosure any identifying information that connects that individual to conduct described in the preceding sentence; as to such conduct, the individual is subject to the perpetrator and enabler disclosure rule of Section 7007(d)(4) on the same terms as any other participant, notwithstanding any victim status the individual may also hold.

(w) "DESIGNATED TRAUMATIC MATERIALS SUB-UNIT".- "Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit" or "Sub-Unit" means the Designated Child Sexual Abuse and Traumatic Material Sub-Unit established within the Unit under Section 7007(b)(1) of this title.

(x) TRAUMATIC MATERIALS.- "Traumatic Materials" refers to child sexual abuse material handled under Section 7007, sexually explicit content subject to redaction under Section 7008(v)(4); and graphic depictions of death, torture, or serious physical abuse or injury subject to redaction under Section 7008(v)(5).

(y) "ACCOUNTABILITY OFFENSES".- The "accountability offenses" means a false statement to Congress under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, obstruction of congressional proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, and falsification of records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519.

SEC. 7004. PURPOSE AND MODEL.

The purpose of this title is to ensure that information concerning the Epstein Network reaches the American public directly, without routing through congressional intermediaries or executive branch review. This title is modeled on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. § 2107 note), which has been in effect for over thirty years and has not been struck down. This title applies that same architecture to Records of the Epstein Network.

CHAPTER II - FEDERAL UNIT FOR MANAGING EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS

SEC. 7005. FEDERAL UNIT FOR MANAGING EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS - ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATING MANDATE.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.- There is hereby established within the National Archives and Records Administration a Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents (the "Unit"). The Unit is established by this title as a statutory unit operating under the authority of Congress. Its mandate, staffing, independence, and operating parameters are defined by this Section and may not be modified, suspended, or terminated except by an Act of Congress. The Unit's existence and operation are not contingent on the identity, direction, or continued tenure of the Archivist of the United States or any other political appointee of the executive branch.

(b) PURPOSE AND CONSTITUTIONAL SCOPE.-

(1) SOLE REDACTION AUTHORITY.- The Unit shall serve as the sole editorial and redaction authority between the originating agencies and the Government Publishing Office for all Records of the Epstein Network subject to mandatory disclosure and publication under Section 7008 of this title. No agency shall redact, withhold, or modify any Records of the Epstein Network in any way before submitting them to the Unit, except for the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1). All redactions authorized by Sections 7008, 7012, 7013, and this Section shall be performed exclusively by the Unit following the review procedures established herein. The Unit shall perform systematic mosaic analysis across all records being released in the relevant publication tranche before that tranche is certified to the GPO for publication.

(2) EFFECT OF PRIOR CLASSIFICATION; CONGRESSIONAL DISCLOSURE AUTHORITY.- The Unit does not exercise classification or declassification authority. Nothing in this title alters, transfers, or diminishes whatever authority to classify national security information the President or the executive branch may otherwise possess, and this title neither determines, recognizes, nor codifies the constitutional source or scope of that authority, which it leaves precisely as it stood before enactment. For Records of the Epstein Network, Congress exercises its own authority under Article I to require disclosure notwithstanding any prior or subsequent classification, and to the extent any executive order governing the classification of national security information would withhold, delay, or restrict the disclosure of such a record, this title supersedes that order as the later and superior enactment. A record's prior classification status does not, by itself, authorize withholding under this title. For any record the President seeks to maintain in classified status against the disclosure obligations of this title, the President must affirmatively identify that record - or a category of records satisfying the specificity requirements of Section 7011(b)(1) - as warranting continued classification under the narrowed grounds, procedures, and deadlines established by this title, including the Presidential Postponement Certification procedure of Section 7011 and the enumerated category carve-outs of Section 7012. Absent such affirmative identification within the time periods established by this title, a record's pre-enactment classification carries no withholding effect against the Unit's review and publication obligations, and the Unit shall process such record under the standard mandatory disclosure procedures of Section 7008.

(3) NO COLLATERAL EFFECT ON CLASSIFICATION REGISTRIES.- The Unit does not, by operation of this subsection, alter the classification status of any record on any classified registry maintained by the executive branch for purposes unrelated to this title; the Unit's authority is limited to determining whether a record is subject to publication under this title, not to declassifying records for any other purpose.

(4) MINISTERIAL APPLICATION OF ENUMERATED CRITERIA.- The Unit's sole function is to apply the specific, enumerated redaction criteria defined by Congress in Sections 7008, 7012, and 7013 of this title to records subject to mandatory congressional disclosure obligations, which Congress has authority to enact pursuant to Article I and the JFK Records Act precedent. The Unit exercises no independent policy judgment about whether any record should be classified or declassified; it applies only the criteria Congress has defined. Where a record falls outside all enumerated criteria for withholding, the Unit has no authority to withhold it. Where a record falls within an enumerated criterion, the Unit applies that criterion as written, with no discretion to expand or narrow its scope.

(5) CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR INDEPENDENCE.- The functional limitation established in paragraph (4) is the constitutional basis for the Unit's independence from executive branch direction. The Unit is implementing a congressional disclosure mandate using congressionally defined criteria, not making executive policy decisions about national security classification. Congress's authority to require disclosure of these records is its own, under Article I. The Supreme Court has held that Congress may direct the preservation and disclosure of records in the possession of the executive branch, and that claims of executive privilege over such records must yield to the important congressional purposes Congress identifies. Nixon v. Administrator of General Services, 433 U.S. 425 (1977). Congress has likewise displaced executive secrecy by statute before, amending the Freedom of Information Act after Environmental Protection Agency v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973), to provide for de novo and in camera judicial review of classified records, with the burden on the agency. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B). The Supreme Court has confirmed that courts defer to the executive in national security affairs only "unless Congress specifically has provided otherwise," Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518, 527 (1988); by this title, Congress specifically provides otherwise, in a deliberate exercise of its own Article I authority confined to a narrowly defined record category. Two documented features mark this as such a category, rather than a general displacement of executive authority over classified information. First, the executive branch already failed to comply with the disclosure mandate Congress enacted for these very records in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38, as found in Section 7002 - so the presumption of good-faith executive compliance on which ordinary deference rests has been rebutted by the executive's own conduct. Second, although the executive ordinarily controls the disclosure of information within its possession, that deference is at its weakest, and the countervailing public interest at its strongest, where the records concern the executive's own conduct and possible wrongdoing - here, the resolution of a federal prosecution, a death in federal custody, and the possible participation or protection of government officials - so that the party controlling disclosure is also the party with the greatest incentive to suppress it. Congress does not disturb the executive's ordinary control of its information as a general matter; it provides otherwise only for this narrow category, only on this documented record, and only for so long as this title requires.

(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - STRUCTURAL INDEPENDENCE.- Where a mandatory statutory disclosure obligation has been violated by the executive branch, the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 affords Congress broad authority to design the successor statute to close the specific structural vulnerabilities that enabled the non-compliance. The operational independence of the Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents from executive direction is designed as a constitutionally proportionate remedy for the documented executive non-compliance found in Section 7002, and not as an aggrandizement of legislative power. A court reviewing the structural independence of the Unit should treat this subsection, together with the findings in Section 7002, as the legislative record of the documented non-compliance to which that independence responds.

(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - PROPORTIONALITY OF INDEPENDENCE MECHANISMS.- A disclosure statute whose compliance depends on executive self-interest in transparency will predictably fail where disclosure could expose the conduct of the executive branch itself or of officials within it. The independent review, contempt, and default unredacted release mechanisms in this title are designed as structural corrections to the documented incentive failures found in Section 7002, addressed to the conduct that produced prior non-compliance rather than to any person. A court reviewing the proportionality of these mechanisms should evaluate them against that documented record of structural failure, and not against a presumption that the executive branch will voluntarily comply with disclosure obligations that may implicate it.

(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - NOVELTY OF MECHANISMS.- Under McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819), Congress has broad latitude under the Necessary and Proper Clause to choose means rationally adapted to legitimate legislative ends. The mechanisms in this title that depart from prior practice are, where so identified, accompanied by an express finding, adjacent to the operative provision, identifying the specific documented failure the mechanism addresses. Novelty is not unconstitutionality. The relevant question is not whether a mechanism is novel, but whether it is rationally adapted to a legitimate end and consistent with the structural limits the Constitution imposes; each mechanism in this title is designed to satisfy both requirements, against the specific failure the accompanying findings identify. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to suggest that rational adaptation alone establishes a mechanism's constitutionality where the Constitution's structural limits independently apply.

(f) STAFFING - EXPANDED CAREER EMPLOYEE POOL.-

(1) CAREER EMPLOYEE REQUIREMENT.- The Unit shall be staffed exclusively by career employees of the National Archives and Records Administration who were continuously employed at NARA by January 19, 2025.

(2) EXCLUSIONS.- No political appointee, no employee hired on or after January 20, 2025, and no contractor without prior continuous NARA career service as of that date may perform any function within the Unit, including but not limited to substantive review, redaction, administrative support, clerical, secretarial, information technology, records management, legal support, supervisory, security, facilities, or any other function that involves access to Records of the Epstein Network, to Unit deliberations, to Unit internal communications, or to Unit facilities.

(3) SOURCE COMPONENTS.- The Unit shall draw from career employees across all NARA components, including but not limited to the National Declassification Center, the Information Security Oversight Office, the Office of Research Services, the Federal Records Centers Program, the Office of the Chief Records Officer, and any other NARA component whose career staff possess relevant expertise in declassification review, records management, national security information handling, or mosaic analysis. The Unit is not limited to staff of the National Declassification Center alone.

(4) ASSIGNMENT BY EXPERTISE.- The Unit Head, in coordination with the National Archivist, shall identify and assign qualified staff from across the full NARA career employee pool meeting the January 19, 2025 criterion, prioritizing individuals with the greatest relevant declassification and national security records expertise regardless of which NARA component they are drawn from.

(5) ADEQUACY OF THE POOL.- NARA has approximately 2,500 total career employees. This expanded pool ensures the Unit can meet its minimum staffing floor and operational mandate without being artificially constrained to the staff of the National Declassification Center.

(6) PRIORITY CLEARANCE PROCESSING.- The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency shall process any clearance upgrade request submitted by the Archivist and the Unit Head for Unit staff on a priority basis, with adjudication completed within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of submission, with a hard ceiling of two hundred forty (240) calendar days where the originating agency requires additional compartment-specific concurrence for access at Sensitive Compartmented Information or Special Access Program tiers. Where adjudication is not completed within the two hundred forty (240) calendar day hard ceiling, the Unit Head may invoke the Classified Records Fallback Regime under Section 7006 regardless of adjudication status. Failure to complete adjudication within that period without specific written justification filed with both Judiciary Committees constitutes obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(7) PRIMARY REVIEW SOURCE.- Unit staff with clearances upgraded under this subsection shall be the primary source of review for Records of the Epstein Network requiring access at clearance levels above those held by Unit staff at the date of enactment. Executive branch detailees may be used only as provided in Section 7007.

(g) REAPPROPRIATION OF NDC, ISOO, AND OTHER COMPONENT STAFF.- The National Archivist is permitted to, immediately upon enactment of this title, reappropriate minimum career staff as necessary from the National Declassification Center, the Information Security Oversight Office, the Office of Research Services, the Federal Records Centers Program, the Office of the Chief Records Officer, and any other NARA component with relevant declassification, records management, or national security information handling expertise, to the Unit on an exclusive-assignment basis for the full duration of Unit operations through the sunset under subsection (y). Each reappropriated staff member shall meet the staffing criteria of subsection (f), shall be assigned to the Unit and not to any other NARA function during the reappropriation period, and shall not be reassigned out of the Unit except pursuant to the procedures established in subsection (n). Congress finds that this mandatory reappropriation is necessary because the rolling submission and tranched publication schedule established in this title requires concentrated declassification and records-handling expertise within the Unit, that such expertise is concentrated in the components identified in this paragraph, and that the public interest in disclosure of Records of the Epstein Network on the schedule established in this title outweighs the temporary deprioritization of other NARA declassification work that will result from this reappropriation. Other NARA declassification work shall be deprioritized for the duration of the Unit's operations, and shall resume on normal terms following the Unit's sunset under subsection (y). The National Archivist shall report to both Judiciary Committees within thirty (30) calendar days of enactment, and quarterly thereafter, on the number of staff reappropriated, the components from which they were drawn, the residual capacity for non-Epstein declassification work, and any obstacles to reaching the Unit's minimum hard staffing floor under subsection (m).

(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - STAFFING CRITERIA AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTION.-

(1) STAFFING CRITERIA AS QUALIFICATION, NOT APPOINTMENT.- The staffing criteria for the Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents in Section 7005(f) shall be construed as qualification criteria for a defined statutory function, not as an unconstitutional congressional appointment of federal officers. The distinction is material and established in law. Under the Appointments Clause as articulated in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), and applied in Lucia v. SEC, 138 S. Ct. 2044 (2018), that Clause reaches only those who exercise "significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States." Unit staff exercise no such authority.

(2) MINISTERIAL FUNCTION.- The Unit's entire function is ministerial: Unit staff receive records from agencies, apply the specific enumerated redaction criteria Congress has defined with precision in Sections 7008, 7012, and 7013 of this title, determine whether a specific record or portion of a record falls within one of those enumerated categories, and apply the specific and only redaction authorized for that category. The Unit does not decide what should be classified. It does not decide what should be withheld. It does not expand or narrow any criterion Congress has established. Every redaction the Unit applies is compelled by a congressional criterion or it does not occur. This is a ministerial, not a policymaking, function.

(3) DOCUMENTED BASIS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT CRITERION.- Congress further determines that the pre-January 19, 2025 employment criterion is grounded in the following documented facts: the Archivist of the United States was removed from office on or about February 19, 2025; the acting Archivist position subsequently passed through multiple officials in rapid succession; and the NARA leadership structure was materially disrupted during the period immediately following January 20, 2025. Career NARA employees continuously employed as of January 19, 2025 represent the only identifiable cohort of NARA personnel whose appointment, tenure, and institutional formation were established independently of that disruption.

(4) STRUCTURAL, NOT PEJORATIVE, CRITERION.- The pre-January 19, 2025 employment criterion is not a finding of bad faith or lack of integrity on the part of any specific individual; it is a structural criterion designed to ensure that Unit staff were selected and employed through the normal civil service process before the disruption of NARA's senior leadership, and that their institutional loyalties and professional judgment were formed through that process rather than through any appointment made during or after the leadership disruption.

(5) PRECEDENT FOR QUALIFICATION-BASED INDEPENDENCE.- Just as the Inspector General Act of 1978 requires selection of Inspectors General based on integrity and demonstrated ability - qualification criteria designed to ensure independence from the entities being overseen - the pre-January 19, 2025 criterion ensures independence through a tenure requirement tied to a specific documented institutional disruption. Both the Inspector General Act criteria and the Unit's tenure criterion serve the same constitutional purpose: independence through qualification.

(6) REMOVAL PROTECTION DISTINGUISHED FROM SEILA LAW.- The removal notice requirement for Unit staff does not categorically prohibit presidential removal; it creates a procedural condition precedent that, unlike the provisions struck down in Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, 140 S. Ct. 2183 (2020), does not insulate any single principal officer exercising broad executive authority from presidential control.

(7) STANDARD OF REVIEW.- Any reviewing court should evaluate the Unit's function as defined by this title - the ministerial application of congressional criteria - rather than as an abstract exercise of executive power, because the Unit exercises no executive power. It executes congressional criteria. That is the constitutional basis for its independence from executive direction.

(i) UNIT HEAD - APPOINTMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES.- The Unit shall be led by a Unit Head appointed by the Archivist of the United States from among career NARA employees meeting the criteria in subsection (f) within fifteen (15) calendar days of enactment. If the Archivist has not made the appointment within that window, the most senior career NARA employee meeting the criteria in subsection (f) shall serve as acting Unit Head, with full authority of the office, until the Archivist makes the appointment. The Archivist shall exercise this appointment authority independently and shall not take direction from the President, the Office of Management and Budget, the White House Counsel's Office, or any other executive branch official with respect to the selection of the Unit Head. Prior to making the appointment, the Archivist shall certify in writing to both Judiciary Committees that the appointment has been made independently of any such direction. The Archivist shall transmit the appointment to both the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on the same day. Either Judiciary Committee may, within forty-five (45) calendar days of such notification, hold a public hearing on the appointment and create a congressional record. The forty-five (45) day notification period does not stay or condition the appointment - the appointment takes effect immediately upon the Archivist's designation. Congress does not have veto authority over the appointment, but the public congressional record created during any hearing period serves as the accountability mechanism for the appointment decision. The Unit Head is not subject to direction by the Archivist or any other executive agency official in the exercise of the Unit's substantive review and redaction functions as described in this title. The Unit Head reports directly and exclusively to both Judiciary Committees for the purposes of this title.

(j) UNIT HEAD REMOVAL PROTECTION.- The Unit Head is removable by the appointing authority. Removal shall be subject to the following procedural conditions, which do not restrict the substantive removal power but ensure transparency and operational continuity:

(1) FORTY-FIVE DAY PUBLIC NOTICE.- The appointing authority shall provide written public notice forty-five (45) calendar days before any removal takes effect. The notice shall be transmitted simultaneously to both Judiciary Committees and published on GovInfo.gov. The notice requirement is procedural; it does not restrict the appointing authority's power to remove.

(2) PRIOR DETERMINATIONS; LIMITED ADMINISTRATIVE REVERSAL.- All redaction decisions, combination protection determinations under Section 7013, category carve-out invocations under Section 7012, and congressional certifications and reports made by the Unit Head before removal remain in full force and effect, subject to the following:

(A) GENERAL RULE - JUDICIAL REVERSAL ONLY.- A successor Unit Head may not administratively alter or reverse any prior determination of the previous Unit Head that has the effect of authorizing disclosure of material previously withheld, redacted, or protected. Reversal in that direction is available only through the judicial challenge procedures of Section 7012(g) and Section 7013(f), with the burden on the party seeking reversal.

(B) VICTIM-PROTECTIVE CORRECTIONS.- Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a successor Unit Head retains full administrative authority to -

(i) apply redaction to Adult-Victim PII or Minor-Victim PII that was inadequately redacted in a prior publication, including any victim identifying information the prior Unit Head failed to redact;

(ii) honor a victim-initiated identification reversal request under Section 7007(d)(4)(C)(ii), including any such request pending or refused at the time of the prior Unit Head's removal;

(iii) apply redaction to Adult-Victim PII following an affirmative opt-out election by that victim through the Department of Justice Victim Notification System under Section 7016, where the prior Unit Head failed to apply that election; and

(iv) correct any clerical, transcriptional, or technical error in a prior redaction that resulted in unintended disclosure of victim-identifying information, perpetrator-protective over-redaction, or any other deviation from the redaction the prior Unit Head expressly directed.

(C) OVER-REDACTION CORRECTIONS.- Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a successor Unit Head retains full administrative authority to identify and remediate over-redaction in any prior determination under the procedures of Section 7007(d)(5), including restoration of over-redacted content where the universal evidence log under Section 7005(t) demonstrates that the prior redaction exceeded the scope authorized by this title. Restoration under this subparagraph is not a reversal within the meaning of subparagraph (A) where it corrects redaction that was unauthorized when applied.

(D) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.- Any administrative action under subparagraph (B) or (C) shall be reported to both Judiciary Committees within thirty (30) calendar days, identifying the records affected, the basis for the correction, and its relationship to the prior Unit Head's determination.

(E) NO USE AS PRETEXT.- Subparagraphs (B) and (C) shall not be construed to authorize any administrative action whose primary effect is to reverse a prior determination that protected against improper disclosure. A successor Unit Head invoking subparagraph (B) or (C) bears the burden of demonstrating that the action falls within the scope of victim protection or over-redaction correction. Any action exceeding that scope is void and subject to challenge under Section 7015 on the same terms as any other Unit determination.

(3) AUTOMATIC ACTING SUCCESSION.- Upon removal of the Unit Head, the most senior career Unit staff member by continuous NARA tenure shall assume acting Unit Head authority immediately and without further appointment, and shall continue in that role until a permanent successor is appointed under subsection (i).

(4) SUCCESSOR APPOINTMENT.- A permanent successor Unit Head shall be appointed by the Archivist of the United States under the criteria and procedures of subsection (i), within thirty (30) calendar days of the removal notice taking effect.

(k) APPOINTING AUTHORITY CONTINUITY - ARCHIVIST VACANCY. -

(1) NON-DELEGABLE DUTY ATTACHED TO OFFICE.- The appointment obligation in subsection (i) is a non-delegable statutory duty attached to the office of the Archivist of the United States, not to the specific person holding that position.

(2) AUTOMATIC TRANSFER ON VACANCY.- If the office of Archivist is vacant - by reason of death, retirement, resignation, incapacitation, removal, or any other cause - before the Unit Head appointment is made, or at any time during Unit operations when an appointment or successor appointment is required under subsection (i) or subsection (j)(4), the appointment obligation transfers automatically to the acting Archivist or the Deputy Archivist of the United States, provided that such official meets the staffing criteria of subsection (f). Where no person eligible under the preceding sentence is available to make the appointment, the appointment authority transfers to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, who shall exercise the appointment authority on the same terms as the Archivist. Any appointment made under this paragraph during an Archivist vacancy remains in full force and effect after a new Archivist assumes office.

(3) NOTIFICATION OF VACANCY.- Any vacancy in the office of Archivist occurring on or after the date of enactment shall be reported to both Judiciary Committees within twenty-four (24) hours as a matter of administrative record, and shall identify the cause of the vacancy, the date the vacancy occurred, the official to whom the appointment authority has transferred under paragraph (2), and the status of any Unit Head appointment or successor appointment then pending. This notification requirement applies to any vacancy occurring at any time during the duration of Unit operations through the sunset under subsection (y).

(l) OPERATIONAL INDEPENDENCE - PROTECTION FROM EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE.- No executive agency official - including the Archivist of the United States, the Deputy Archivist, any acting official, and any political appointee within NARA or any other executive agency - may direct, instruct, overrule, reassign, transfer, terminate, or otherwise interfere with the substantive review and redaction decisions of Unit staff. Any attempt by any executive official to direct the Unit's substantive decisions shall be reported immediately by the Unit Head to both Judiciary Committees and shall constitute obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(m) MINIMUM OPERATIONAL RESOURCES AND ANTI-SUFFOCATION PROTECTION.-

(1) RESOURCE SUFFICIENCY REQUIREMENT.- The Unit shall at all times be provided with sufficient personnel, office space, equipment, computing infrastructure, and legal support to perform its statutory mandate within the rolling production schedule of Section 7008.

(2) REDUCTION AS OBSTRUCTION.- Any reduction in Unit resources, personnel, office space, equipment, or support staff below the level necessary to perform that mandate - as certified by the Unit Head - shall constitute obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505 and shall be reported immediately by the Unit Head to both Judiciary Committees. The Unit Head's certification of resource insufficiency shall be treated as prima facie evidence of obstruction, with the burden shifting to the responsible executive official to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the reduction was not intended to impair Unit operations.

(3) IMMEDIATE COMMENCEMENT.- The Unit shall commence operations immediately upon enactment with available career staff meeting the criteria of subsection (f), and shall not delay any operational function pending achievement of the minimum staffing floor established under this subsection.

(4) MINIMUM HARD STAFFING FLOOR.- The Unit shall reach a minimum hard operational floor of forty (40) career staff meeting the criteria of subsection (f) and performing active review functions within ninety (90) calendar days of enactment. The Unit shall reach not less than twenty (20) such staff within sixty (60) calendar days of enactment as an intermediate benchmark on the path to the ninety-day forty-staff floor.

(5) ASPIRATIONAL TARGET.- The Unit shall continue active recruitment and assignment beyond the forty (40) staff hard floor toward an aspirational operational target of one hundred and seventy-five (175) career staff meeting the criteria of subsection (f), to be reached as additional qualified career staff become available through the National Declassification Center, the Information Security Oversight Office, and other NARA components identified in subsection (f). The Unit is permitted to exceed the aspirational target as needed.

(6) REPORTING UNTIL FLOOR REACHED.- Until the forty (40) staff hard floor is reached, the Unit Head shall report to both Judiciary Committees on a monthly basis the current Unit staffing level, the recruitment and assignment actions undertaken in the preceding month, and any obstacles to reaching the floor.

(7) FAILURE TO REACH OR MAINTAIN THE FLOOR.- Failure to reach the forty (40) staff hard floor by day 90, or any reduction below that floor thereafter by any means - including voluntary departure that is not replaced within sixty (60) calendar days - triggers an automatic report to both Judiciary Committees and a requirement that the Unit Head, in coordination with the National Archivist, assign replacement staff sufficient to restore the floor within thirty (30) calendar days of the report.

(8) QUARTERLY REPORTING ON THE TARGET.- Quarterly reports to both Judiciary Committees shall include the Unit's progress toward the one hundred and seventy-five (175) staff aspirational target, the actions taken in the preceding quarter to reach that target, and any constraints on doing so.

(9) VALIDITY OF WORK BEFORE FLOOR OR TARGET.- Review work performed by the Unit before the forty (40) staff hard floor is reached, or before the one hundred and seventy-five (175) staff aspirational target is reached, is fully valid and not subject to challenge on the basis of staffing insufficiency.

(10) DEDUPLICATION AUTHORITY.- The computing infrastructure authorized under paragraph (1) includes deduplication technology to identify and consolidate duplicate Records of the Epstein Network across submissions. The Unit Head is authorized to acquire, procure, or develop in-house such technology through standard federal procurement channels, including the GSA schedule for e-discovery platforms certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).

(n) STAFF PROTECTION - REASSIGNMENT AND REMOVAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT.- Unit staff may not be reassigned, transferred out of the Unit, terminated, or otherwise removed from their Unit functions by any executive agency official without -

(1) forty-five (45) calendar days written notice to both Judiciary Committees, stating the specific reason for the proposed reassignment, transfer, or removal. The notice requirement is mandatory; an action taken without the required notice is void and of no legal effect. The notice requirement is a condition precedent to the action, not merely a procedural formality; and

(2) a public certification by the Unit Head, filed with both Judiciary Committees simultaneously with the notice required under paragraph (1), attesting that the proposed action was not initiated in response to or in retaliation for any redaction decision, disclosure determination, or congressional report made by the affected staff member in the performance of Unit functions.

During the forty-five (45) day notice period, either Judiciary Committee may hold a public hearing on the proposed action and create a congressional record. A false certification constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y).

(o) FUNDING - INDEPENDENT APPROPRIATION.- The Unit shall be funded through a direct congressional appropriation to the Unit, not through NARA's general operating budget. The Archivist of the United States may not redirect, impound, or reduce Unit funding through any administrative mechanism. The Unit's independent legal counsel shall be funded from the United States Courts appropriation, not from NARA's budget, to ensure that legal support for Unit operations is not subject to executive budget pressure.

(p) FUNDING LAPSE CONSEQUENCE - INTENTIONAL DEFUNDING ONLY.-

(1) SCOPE - TARGETED DEFUNDING ONLY.- The consequences in this subsection apply exclusively where the direct congressional appropriation to the Unit is reduced to zero or eliminated by an act of Congress that specifically addresses Unit funding - that is, by a congressional action whose operative effect is the targeted elimination of the Unit's appropriation as a distinct budget line item.

(2) EXCLUSION OF GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS LAPSES.- This subsection does not apply, and no consequence described herein is triggered, solely by reason of a general failure to enact appropriations legislation, a government-wide continuing resolution lapse, a sequestration, or any funding interruption that affects federal agencies broadly rather than the Unit specifically. A funding lapse arising solely from a general appropriations failure shall suspend the Unit's review and publication operations for the duration of the lapse, but shall not trigger any unredacted release obligation; the mandatory disclosure deadlines of Section 7008 shall be tolled day-for-day during any such general lapse and shall resume upon restoration of general appropriations.

(3) CONTINUITY OF PRESERVATION AND AGENCY DILIGENCE DURING ANY LAPSE.- No funding lapse of any kind, whether general under paragraph (2) or targeted under paragraph (4), suspends, tolls, or excuses -

(A) the preservation duty and the suspension of records-disposition authority under Section 7008B, which continue in full force, so that no Record of the Epstein Network may be destroyed, deleted, or disposed of under any records-retention or disposition schedule during any lapse; or

(B) the obligation of each originating agency to continue identifying Records of the Epstein Network, conducting the quarterly look-again re-search under Section 7008(g), and filing all required inventories and affidavits on schedule. Where the Unit is unable to receive submissions during a lapse, an agency shall hold each identified record in secure, unaltered custody and transmit it within five (5) business days after the Unit's operations resume.

(4) CONSEQUENCES OF TARGETED DEFUNDING.- Where the Unit's appropriation is intentionally and specifically eliminated by act of Congress, the mandatory disclosure obligations of Section 7008 of this title are automatically extended by one additional calendar year for each fiscal year in which the Unit is specifically defunded, and no redaction by any agency shall be permitted during any such extension period other than the redaction of victim PII required under this title. Records that would have been released during the lapse year shall be released by the originating agencies directly to GovInfo.gov, on the date the lapse year's release would have been due, with no redaction other than the redaction of all Adult-Victim PII and Minor-Victim PII required under Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7007(d)(4), the explicit-content redaction required under Section 7008(v)(4), the graphic-depiction redaction required under Section 7008(v)(5), and the routine-personnel redaction required under Section 7008(v)(6). No executive agency may invoke any category carve-out under Section 7012 or combination protection determination under Section 7013 during any intentional defunding period.

(5) EXTENSION OF THE HARD DEADLINE.- The October 15, 2028 hard deadline is extended by one calendar year for each fiscal year of intentional defunding, but the hard deadline character of the extended date is preserved.

(6) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.- Congress finds that suppression of Records of the Epstein Network through targeted budgetary defunding is a more serious violation of this title's purpose than any administrative non-compliance, and that unredacted release, subject only to the protection of victim PII, is the appropriate automatic consequence.

(q) OPERATING PROCEDURE - UNREDACTED AGENCY SUBMISSION AND TRANCHED UNIT PUBLICATION.- Each originating agency shall submit fully unredacted Records of the Epstein Network to the Unit on the rolling five-business-day basis required under Section 7008(f), with quarterly look-again affidavits under Section 7008(g). Agencies shall not pre-redact, withhold pages, or modify records before submission, except for the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1). The Unit shall apply all authorized redactions pursuant to Sections 7008(v), 7012, and 7005, including Category Six combination protection under Section 7013. Records shall be organized for publication by review type into the publication tranches established under Sections 7008(i) through (l) to the greatest extent achievable. Upon completing review and clearance of any record, the Unit shall transmit the redacted record to the GPO using GPO's GovInfo system, accompanied by a SHA-256 hash manifest, in accordance with the publication tranche schedule and the within-tranche rolling publication requirements of subsection (r) of this Section. The Unit - not the originating agency - is the transmitting party to GPO. The GPO shall publish only records received from the Unit, not records received directly from originating agencies, unless subsection (p) of this section is in effect. Within each publication tranche, the Unit shall prioritize review and clearance of records not previously disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 and what may be deemed as high public value, ahead of records already so disclosed, so that newly-disclosed information reaches the public on the earliest schedule the tranche permits.

(r) WITHIN-TRANCHE ROLLING RELEASE OBLIGATION AND BAD-FAITH SUBMISSION PROHIBITION.-

(1) ROLLING RELEASE WITHIN A TRANCHE.- The Unit shall release reviewed and cleared records to GPO within each publication tranche established under Sections 7008(i) through (l) on a rolling basis as review of each document is completed, without holding finished work within a tranche pending completion of the full submitted universe within that tranche. A record cleared by the Unit on any given day shall be transmitted to GPO for publication within five (5) business days of clearance, regardless of whether other records within the same tranche remain under review.

(2) MOSAIC AND COMBINATION ANALYSIS RETENTION.- A record is not "cleared" for purposes of this subsection until the Unit has completed any mosaic analysis under Section 7005(b) and any combination protection review under Section 7013 that the record or a set of records require. Where such analysis is necessary, the Unit may retain the record, and is not obligated to transmit it, until that analysis is complete, provided that the retention is limited to the minimum period necessary to complete the analysis and does not extend beyond the applicable publication tranche deadline or the October 15, 2028 hard ceiling.

(3) NO BATCH-HOLDING.- The October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling is a ceiling, not a floor - the Unit shall not batch-hold cleared records until the deadline.

(4) ROLLING SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATION.- Records identified by an agency and submitted to the Unit after a publication tranche has published, but which fall within that tranche's review category, shall be published by the Unit on a rolling supplementary basis within five (5) business days of clearance, regardless of the original tranche publication date.

(5) BAD-FAITH SUBMISSION PROHIBITION.- Any originating agency that submits records with no plausible connection to the definition of Records of the Epstein Network in this title, in a volume that a reasonable reviewer would conclude was designed to impair rather than facilitate the Unit's review, shall be presumed to have submitted in bad faith. The Unit Head shall report any bad-faith submission determination to both Judiciary Committees within five (5) business days, identifying the agency, the approximate volume of non-responsive records, and the basis for the determination. A bad-faith submission determination triggers automatic contempt proceedings against the agency head personally, and the non-responsive records shall be set aside without review - they do not extend the Unit's review timeline for responsive records.

(s) ORIGINATING AGENCY HASH VERIFICATION. -

(1) AGENCY HASH RECEIPT AND PUBLICATION.- Simultaneously with the Unit's transmission of any records to GPO under Section 7005(r), the Unit shall transmit to the originating agency the SHA-256 hash value for each record originating from that agency if it was included in the transmission, the SHA-256 hash value produced by the Unit upon receipt from the originating agency as described in section 7005A(c), and the agency-prepared manifest described in section 7005A(e). The transmission shall identify each record by the unique document identifier assigned at submission. All hash values are to be published on GovInfo.gov as described under Section 7008(r).

(2) AGENCY VERIFICATION PERIOD.- The originating agency may compare the transmitted hash value against the hash value of the record as submitted to the Unit. If the hash values do not match - indicating that the record was altered between submission to the Unit and transmission to GPO - the originating agency shall immediately report the discrepancy to the Unit Head, to both Judiciary Committees, and to the presiding judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

(3) POST-PUBLICATION VERIFICATION.- The originating agency may also compare the hash value published on GovInfo.gov under Section 7008(r) against the hash transmitted to it under paragraph (1). Any discrepancy between the published hash and the Unit-transmitted hash shall be reported immediately to the Unit Head, both Judiciary Committees, the court, and the GPO Superintendent of Documents. Any intentional alteration causing a hash mismatch at any stage of the chain constitutes falsification under 18 U.S.C. § 1519.

(t) UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE LOG SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT. -

(1) IN GENERAL.- Every federal entity submitting Records of the Epstein Network to the Unit under Section 7008, whether named in Section 7008(d) or not, shall accompany each submitted record with the agency's contemporaneous internal evidence log, case-file description, evidence inventory, or equivalent record describing the unredacted contents of the submitted record as those contents were known to the agency at the time the record was created or most recently inventoried. This requirement is rationally adapted to detecting both over-redaction of submitted records and selective cropping of submitted images, the latter of which would otherwise be undetectable from the redacted record alone.

(2) CONTENT.- The evidence log entry for each record is expected to include, at minimum, a textual description of the record's contents sufficient to identify any person depicted, named, or referenced in the unredacted version; the originating case file or investigation; the date of creation; the chain of custody since creation; and any prior internal characterization of the record's evidentiary significance.

(3) NON-EXISTENCE AFFIDAVIT.- If an originating agency claims that no internal evidence log or equivalent record exists for any submitted record, the agency head shall file with the Unit, contemporaneously with the submission, a sworn affidavit attesting under penalty of perjury that a diligent search was conducted of all systems, files, and archives in which such a log would ordinarily be held; that no log was created or that any log that existed cannot be located; and stating the last known location of any such log, the date last verified, and the names of all personnel with prior access. A materially false or incomplete affidavit constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y). Where the agency head position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the affidavit is presumptively less reliable.

(4) USE BY UNIT.- The evidence log shall be available to Unit reviewers and to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit established under Section 7007 for the purpose of verifying that submitted records have not been redacted, cropped, or otherwise modified beyond the scope authorized by this title. Discrepancies between the evidence log and the submitted record shall be flagged and processed under the over-redaction detection procedures of Section 7007(d)(5).

(5) UNIVERSAL APPLICATION OF OVER-REDACTION DETECTION.- For the avoidance of doubt, the over-redaction detection and restoration mechanism established under Section 7007(d)(5) applies to all records submitted to the Unit, whether handled by the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit established under Section 7007 or by general Unit reviewers, in part to assess if redactions were applied in violation of Section 7008(c)(1). Discrepancies between the universal evidence log under this subsection and any submitted record - regardless of the type of record, the originating agency, or which Unit component is reviewing it - shall be processed under the Section 7007(d)(5) over-redaction procedures. The Unit's authority to request the unredacted original record from the originating agency within five (5) business days under Section 7007(d)(5)(B), and the consequences of an agency's failure to produce, apply to all such over-redaction detection regardless of the record type or reviewer.

(u) BASELINE TRAINING REQUIREMENT.- All Unit reviewers, whether assigned to general review or to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit established under Section 7007, shall receive baseline training in identifying over-redaction patterns including selective cropping and discrepancies with the universal evidence log under subsection (t), the opt-in identification reversal procedure under Section 7007(d)(4)(C)(ii), and the over-redaction detection and flagging procedure under Section 7007(d)(5). Training shall be provided by the Unit at Unit expense and during work hours.

(v) ARCHIVAL ARRANGEMENT AND COLLECTION ORGANIZATION. -

(1) IN GENERAL.- The Unit shall arrange for the published Records of the Epstein Network in a manner that facilitates public access. The Unit Head shall determine the methodology of arrangement in the Unit Head's discretion.

(2) MINIMUM FLOOR.- At minimum, the Unit shall produce and maintain a public-facing finding aid that identifies the contents of the collection and enables a member of the public to locate records by originating agency and by date. Beyond this minimum, the Unit Head may, in the Unit Head's discretion, supplement the finding aid with hierarchical arrangement, cross-reference indexing, subject-matter taxonomies, or any other archival tools the Unit Head determines will assist public access.

(3) PUBLICATION.- The finding aid required under paragraph (2) shall be made publicly available on GovInfo.gov and shall be updated on the tranche schedule under Sections 7008(i) through (l).

(4) POST-SUNSET CONTINUITY.- Following the sunset of the Unit under subsection (y), the finding aid shall remain available on GovInfo.gov in whatever state it existed on the sunset date. The National Archives and Records Administration may, in its discretion, continue to maintain or expand the finding aid following Unit sunset, but is not required to do so and is not separately appropriated to do so by this title.

(w) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.- The Unit Head shall transmit to both Judiciary Committees -

(1) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after each publication tranche deadline under Sections 7008(i) through (l) -

(A) a complete accounting of all records received from each agency since the prior report, a summary of redactions applied and their basis under Sections 7012, any combination protection determinations made under Section 7013, and any agency non-compliance with the rolling submission requirements of Section 7008(f) or the quarterly affidavit requirements of Section 7008(g);

(B) a certification that the Unit's review was conducted independently without direction from any executive agency official; and

(C) identification of any attempt by any executive official to interfere with the Unit's substantive review or redaction decisions; and

(2) On a rolling quarterly basis, in addition to the tranche reports under paragraph (1), a report on the volume of records received from each agency in the preceding quarter under the rolling submission obligation of Section 7008(f), the agency's compliance with the look-again affidavit requirement of Section 7008(g), and any pattern of late submission warranting referral for contempt under Section 7008(f)(4).

(x) SEVERABILITY.- The provisions of this Section are severable. If any provision of this Section - including any staffing criterion, appointment mechanism, removal notice requirement, publication outlet, or funding provision - is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Section. In particular -

(1) if the Unit Head appointment mechanism in subsection (i) is held unconstitutional or is enjoined by any court, the Unit's mandate, operational independence, staffing criteria, redaction authority, and all other provisions of this Section remain in full force. The most senior career NARA employee meeting the criteria in subsection (f) shall serve as acting Unit Head with full authority of the office pending congressional enactment of a successor appointment mechanism. Upon any vacancy in the acting Unit Head position before such enactment, the next most senior career NARA employee meeting the criteria in subsection (f) shall succeed automatically and without further action;

(2) if any removal notice provision in subsection (n) is held unconstitutional, the remaining notice provisions and the public certification requirement remain in full force; and

(3) if any staffing criterion in subsection (f) is held unconstitutional, the following tiered fallback shall apply, with each successive tier taking effect only if the preceding tier is also held unconstitutional or unenforceable:

(A) FIRST FALLBACK.- The Unit shall be staffed exclusively by career employees of the National Archives and Records Administration who were continuously employed at NARA on or before February 19, 2025 (the documented date of the Archivist's removal identified in subsection (g)), with the same prohibition on political appointees, post-tenure-date hires, and contractors without prior continuous NARA career service as of that date, and with the same application to all functions within the Unit as established in subsection (f).

(B) SECOND FALLBACK.- If the February 19, 2025 criterion is also held unconstitutional, the Unit shall be staffed exclusively by career employees of the National Archives and Records Administration with not less than five (5) years of continuous NARA service as of the date of enactment of this title, with the same application to all functions as established in subsection (f).

(C) THIRD FALLBACK.- If all tenure-based criteria are held unconstitutional, the Unit shall be staffed from among career NARA employees with the most relevant declassification expertise as determined by the appointing authority, provided that no political appointee, no contractor without prior continuous NARA career service, and no employee hired into NARA within ninety (90) calendar days preceding the date of enactment may perform any function within the Unit.

(4) if the publication of Records of the Epstein Network through the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo.gov under Section 7008(r) is enjoined, held unconstitutional, or otherwise rendered unavailable, in whole or in part, the publication obligation of this title shall not abate but shall be satisfied through the following tiered fallback, with each successive channel taking effect only as to records whose publication through the preceding channel is enjoined or unavailable:

(A) FIRST FALLBACK - NATIONAL ARCHIVES.- The affected records shall be published on the public repository of the National Archives and Records Administration, on the same schedule and with the same SHA-256 hash verification required under Section 7008(r), and shall remain publicly accessible there for so long as Government Publishing Office publication remains unavailable.

(B) SECOND FALLBACK - JUDICIAL CUSTODY AND COURT-DIRECTED PUBLICATION.- If publication through both the Government Publishing Office and the National Archives and Records Administration is enjoined or unavailable, the affected records, together with the SHA-256 hash manifest required under Section 7008(r), shall be transferred to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, who shall make them publicly available by any means the court directs, on the same schedule and subject to the same hash verification. Publication under this subparagraph is self-executing and requires no further executive action.

(C) NO ROUTING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.- No fallback under this paragraph shall route publication through, or condition publication upon any action by, the Department of Justice or any other originating executive agency. The fallback channels of this paragraph are exclusive; the unavailability of one channel activates the next without restoring any discretion to the executive branch over whether or when publication occurs.

(y) SUNSET. -

(1) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION.- The Unit shall conclude its operations upon the Unit Head's certification that all Records of the Epstein Network subject to mandatory disclosure under Section 7008 have been reviewed, redacted as authorized, and transmitted to GPO for publication, and that no Presidential Postponement Certification and no combination protection determination remains subject to unexpired review or to a postponement period that has not yet run. This certification is the designed statutory endpoint of the Unit established by this title; the dissolution it triggers is the completion of the Unit's mandate by operation of this subsection and is not a termination, modification, or suspension within the meaning of subsection (a).

(2) INTEGRITY OF THE CERTIFICATION.- The certification under paragraph (1) shall not be made until - (A) every originating agency subject to this title has filed a final discharge affidavit under Section 7008(g)(5), or, for any agency that has not, the Unit Head identifies that agency and the records reasonably believed outstanding; (B) the most recent Reconciliation Report and Pre-Publication Accounting under Section 7005A reconcile, with every file logged as received accounted for under Section 7005A(h)(2) through (7); and (C) the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration certifies that the completion certification is accurate to the best of the Inspector General's knowledge after review of the receipt and reconciliation logs. Where that Inspector General position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the certification under subparagraph (C) shall be made by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. A materially false or premature completion certification constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y).

(3) NO PREMATURE DISSOLUTION.- The Unit shall not be dissolved before the certification under paragraphs (1) and (2) is made. The discovery of any Record of the Epstein Network after a certification has been made reopens the Unit's obligations as to that record; the certification is not a bar to processing a later-identified record, and the rolling submission and publication obligations of this title continue to apply to it.

(4) RECORDS REMAINING UNDER POSTPONEMENT.- Where one or more records remain subject to a valid Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011 or a Category Three postponement under Section 7012(d) whose period has not yet run, the Unit shall not dissolve as to those records, but may reduce to a custodial and publication function limited to them. Each such record shall be preserved under Section 7008B and published, with only the redactions this title authorizes, within five (5) business days after its postponement period expires, without further executive action. Where the Unit has otherwise dissolved, this residual publication duty transfers to the National Archives and Records Administration, which shall publish each such record on GovInfo.gov on the same terms upon expiration of its postponement period.

(5) TRANSFER TO SEALED CUSTODY.- Upon dissolution, the Unit's records, redaction determinations, and combination protection analyses - other than records governed by the CSAM and traumatic materials custody rule of Section 7007(g), which transfer as provided in that subsection - shall be transferred to the sealed custody of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The transfer shall be accompanied by a SHA-256 hash manifest of every transferred record, and the Clerk shall verify the transferred records against that manifest and report any discrepancy to both Judiciary Committees, on the same terms as the hash verification required under Section 7005(s).

(6) RETENTION AND DISPOSITION.- Records transferred under paragraph (5) shall be held under seal for a period of not less than twenty (20) years. No record so transferred shall be destroyed at any time. Upon expiration of the seal period, the records shall be accessioned into the permanent holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration as historical records, retained permanently, and made available in accordance with the access rules then governing comparable archival holdings.

(7) ONGOING VICTIM-PROTECTIVE AND CORRECTIVE FUNCTIONS.- Notwithstanding the certification under paragraph (1), the Unit shall continue in reduced form to discharge any of the following obligations:

(A) victim-initiated identification reversal requests under Section 7007(d)(4)(C)(ii), adult-victim disclosure or opt-out elections under Section 7007(d)(4)(D), and victim visual-depiction elections under Section 7007(d)(4)(G);

(B) victim-protective redaction corrections under Section 7005(j)(2)(B);

(C) over-redaction detection and restoration under Section 7005(j)(2)(C) and Section 7007(d)(5); and

(D) processing and publication of records identified after the certification under paragraph (3) or emerging from postponement periods under paragraph (4).

The Unit may reduce to a residual operations function limited to these obligations, with staffing, infrastructure, and budget commensurate with the reduced scope. Final dissolution shall not occur while any obligation under this paragraph is pending. Upon final dissolution, residual obligations transfer to the National Archives and Records Administration, which shall by operation of this paragraph have authority to apply the redactions authorized by this title and to publish corrected records on GovInfo.gov on the same terms and within the same timelines that applied to the Unit.

(z) EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC INTEREST FINDING.- Any constitutional or statutory challenge to any provision of this Section or Section 7008 shall be heard and decided on an expedited basis. Congress finds that the public interest in timely disclosure of Records of the Epstein Network is substantial, that any provision of this title held invalid is severable under Section 7005(x) without requiring suspension of remaining provisions, and that these considerations weigh heavily in any judicial assessment of the balance of equities under standard preliminary injunction analysis.

(aa) DAY-ONE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AND INTERIM INTAKE.- Within ten (10) calendar days of enactment, the Archivist of the United States shall establish, and the Unit shall begin operating, an interim intake system capable of receiving submissions from federal agencies under Sections 7008(c), 7008(f), and 7008(g). The interim intake system shall include:

(1) a designated physical mailing address for paper or media submissions;

(2) a designated secure electronic submission portal for digital submissions, meeting the security requirements applicable to the highest classification level of records anticipated to be received;

(3) a designated email address and telephone contact for agency liaison and operational questions; and

(4) secure storage capacity sufficient to hold submissions pending substantive Unit review under the procedures of Section 7005A.

Within ten (10) calendar days of enactment, the Archivist shall publish on GovInfo.gov, on the National Archives and Records Administration's official website, and shall transmit to every federal agency named in Section 7008(d) and to every other federal agency, the complete intake addresses, portals, and contact information established under this subsection in a single consolidated notice clearly identifying that the addresses are for Records of the Epstein Network submissions under this title. The mandatory reappropriation of career staff to the Unit under subsection (g) shall begin immediately upon enactment, with not less than ten (10) reappropriated staff meeting the criteria of subsection (f) assigned to the Unit within fifteen (15) calendar days of enactment. Failure to reach the ten-staff initial floor within fifteen (15) calendar days, or any reduction below that floor before the Unit reaches the twenty-staff Stand-Up Period transition under Section 7005A(b), constitutes obstruction under subsection (m). Where an agency's submission obligation under Section 7008(c), 7008(f), or 7008(g) arises before the interim intake infrastructure under this subsection is operational, the agency shall transmit the submission to the Office of the Archivist of the United States at the existing NARA address, accompanied by all required manifests and certifications, and the Archivist shall hold such submissions in secure custody pending operational interim intake. The Archivist shall transfer all such submissions to the interim intake system within five (5) business days of intake becoming operational, with documentation of chain of custody during the interim period. Nothing in this subsection extends, modifies, or delays any agency submission obligation under Section 7008.

SEC. 7005A. UNIT-SIDE RECEIPT LOG AND MULTI-PARTY RECONCILIATION.

(a) PURPOSE.- Congress finds that the chain of custody for Records of the Epstein Network is most vulnerable during the window between agency submission to the Unit and Unit transmission to the Government Publishing Office. The hash verification mechanisms established under Section 7005(s) and Section 7008(r) verify the integrity of records at handoff between agencies, the Unit, and GPO, but no provision of this title currently establishes a continuous, multi-party accounting of records held in Unit custody during the pre-publication review period. This Section establishes that accounting. The receipt log, agency manifest verification, monthly reconciliation, and pre-publication accounting mechanisms in this Section are designed to ensure that every record received by the Unit is independently witnessed by multiple parties, and that any record dropped, altered, destroyed, concealed, or otherwise removed from the Unit's review pipeline becomes immediately visible rather than detectable only at publication.

(b) PHASED IMPLEMENTATION DURING UNIT STAND-UP.- The seventy-two (72) hour deadline for Unit Receipt Log entries under subsection (c) takes effect on the earliest of the date the Unit reaches twenty (20) career staff meeting the criteria of Section 7005(f) or sixty (60) calendar days after enactment. Before that date, the Unit shall generate Receipt Log entries as soon as practicable and not later than 10 business days after receipt. The agency manifest requirement, multi-party transmission requirement, and agency verification requirement apply in full from the date of enactment.

(c) IMMEDIATE RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.- Upon receipt of any submission from any originating agency under Section 7008(c), Section 7008(f), or Section 7008(g), the Unit shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt, generate a Unit Receipt Log entry for the submission identifying -

(1) the originating agency;

(2) the date and time of Unit receipt;

(3) the SHA-256 hash value of the submission as received by the Unit for digital records;

(4) the SHA-256 hash value of the submission as stated in the originating agency's accompanying manifest under subsection (e) for digital records;

(5) the filename of each file contained in the submission, as received, captured byte-exact without normalization for digital records;

(6) the file size, in bytes, of each file contained in the digital submission, as received;

(7) the total number of files contained in the submission;

(8) the total aggregate file size, in bytes, of the digital submission,

(9) the total number of linear feet of records received in the event of analog records if more than 3 linear feet of records are submitted,

(10) the total number of analog pages submitted if less than 3 linear feet.

(d) ARCHIVE EXTRACTION AT RECEIPT.- Where any submission under subsection (c) contains files within a compressed archive, container file, forensic image, or other multi-file format, the Unit shall extract the contents of such archive within the seventy-two (72) hour receipt window and shall log each contained file under subsection (c)(5), (6), and (7) as if separately submitted. The aggregate file size under subsection (c)(8) shall reflect the extracted contents, with the original archive size recorded separately for verification. If analog materials are provided, the materials are to be digitized as soon as possible.

(e) MANDATORY AGENCY MANIFEST DETAILS.- Every submission to the Unit shall be accompanied by an agency-prepared manifest identifying each individual record within the submission by -

(1) a stable record-level identifier (such as the originating case file number, Bates number, or other internal identifier);

(2) the filename of each file;

(3) the file size in bytes of each digital file; and

(4) a SHA-256 hash of each file for digital records if technically feasible.

Each agency manifest submission from the originating agency should be delivered electronically to the Unit, even if the submission of materials is analog and delivered manually. The Unit shall verify the agency manifest against the submission contents within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt. Where the agency manifest and the submission contents differ - including any file listed in the manifest but absent from the submission, any file present in the submission but absent from the manifest, any filename or file size mismatch, or any hash value mismatch - the discrepancy shall be reported to the originating agency, both Judiciary Committees, and the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration within five (5) business days of detection. Submission without a manifest constitutes incomplete submission and does not satisfy the agency's obligations under Section 7008(f).

(f) SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION TO MULTIPLE PARTIES.- Each Unit Receipt Log entry generated under subsection (c) shall be transmitted simultaneously, within a twenty-four (24) hour window (or within the timeline applicable under subsection (b) during the Stand-Up Period), to -

(1) the originating agency, so that the agency may verify the Unit's receipt against the agency's submission records;

(2) the Government Publishing Office, for inclusion in a sealed pre-publication custodial registry not publicly accessible until the corresponding records publish; and

(3) the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration.

(g) AGENCY VERIFICATION AND DISCREPANCY REPORTING.- Each originating agency shall, within ten (10) business days of receipt of any Unit Receipt Log entry under subsection (f)(1), compare the entry against the agency's submission records. Any discrepancy - including missing files the agency submitted but the Unit did not log as received, hash value mismatches indicating in-transit alteration, filename or file size mismatches, or aggregate count discrepancies - shall be reported immediately by the agency to the Unit Head, both Judiciary Committees, and the National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General. The comparison obligation under this subsection is mandatory, not permissive.

(h) RECONCILIATION REPORT.- On a 90 day basis throughout Unit operations, the Unit Head shall produce a Reconciliation Report comparing -

(1) the total volume of files logged as received under subsection (c) since the prior report;

(2) the total volume of files transmitted to GPO under Section 7005(q) since the prior report;

(3) the total volume of files currently under Unit review;

(4) the total volume of files subject to a Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011;

(5) the total volume of files subject to a combination protection determination under Section 7013;

(6) the total volume of files flagged for the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit under Section 7007; and

(7) any files logged as received under subsection (c) but no longer accounted for in any of the categories in paragraphs (2) through (6), with a written explanation for each such file, and

(8) the total volume of files determined by the Unit not to be Records of the Epstein Network and removed from the active review pipeline under Section 7005A(k)(2), each identified by unique document identifier, with the determination and the basis for it, and confirmation that the file has been retained intact.

The Reconciliation Report shall be transmitted simultaneously to both Judiciary Committees, the National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General, and the Government Publishing Office, and shall be published on GovInfo.gov in summary form, with aggregate counts only and no file-level descriptors, within five (5) business days of transmission.

(i) DROPPED-FILE INVESTIGATION TRIGGER.- Any file logged as received under subsection (c) that does not appear in any category of the Reconciliation Report under subsection (h)(2) through (6), and for which no written explanation under subsection (h)(7) is provided, shall trigger an immediate investigation by the National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General. The investigation shall be completed within thirty (30) calendar days and the findings transmitted to both Judiciary Committees. Where the National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the investigation shall be conducted by an Inspector General of a federal agency that is not an originating agency under Section 7008(d), as designated by the Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

(j) PRE-PUBLICATION ACCOUNTING.- Not later than thirty (30) calendar days before each publication tranche deadline under Sections 7008(i) through (l), the Unit Head shall produce a Pre-Publication Accounting confirming that every file logged as received under subsection (c) and falling within that tranche's review category has been either -

(1) cleared and transmitted to GPO;

(2) cleared and queued for transmission within the rolling five-business-day window under Section 7005(r);

(3) subject to a valid Presidential Postponement Certification with publicly logged basis under Section 7011(g);

(4) subject to a valid combination protection determination under Section 7013; or

(5) accounted for under a written explanation under subsection (h)(7).

The Pre-Publication Accounting shall be transmitted to both Judiciary Committees, the National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General, and the Government Publishing Office, and shall be published on GovInfo.gov in summary form within five (5) business days of transmission.

(k) FALSITY, OBSTRUCTION, AND DISPOSITION OF NON-RESPONSIVE FILES.-

(1) FALSITY AND OBSTRUCTION.- A materially false or incomplete Unit Receipt Log entry, agency manifest under subsection (e), Reconciliation Report, or Pre-Publication Accounting constitutes a false statement to Congress under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, obstruction of congressional proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, and falsification of records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519, where made with the state of mind those sections require.

(2) DISPOSITION OF NON-RESPONSIVE FILES.- Where the Unit determines that a file logged as received under subsection (c) is not a Record of the Epstein Network, the Unit may remove that file from the active review pipeline, provided that it -

(A) records, in the next Reconciliation Report under subsection (h), the unique document identifier of the file, the determination that it is not a Record of the Epstein Network, and the basis for that determination; and

(B) retains the file intact in a documented set-aside, subject to the preservation duty of Section 7008B, and does not destroy, delete, or return it except as this title otherwise permits. A removal that complies with this paragraph is a lawful disposition and is not an offense under paragraph (3).

(3) UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF RECORDS.- Where any file logged as received under subsection (c) that constitutes a Record of the Epstein Network is knowingly dropped, altered, destroyed, concealed, or otherwise removed from the Unit's review pipeline without the documentation required under paragraph (2) or a written explanation under subsection (h)(7), each such file shall constitute a separate offense, with personal liability attaching to the Unit Head and to any Unit staff member who participated in or directed the dropping, alteration, destruction, concealment, or removal. A claim that a removed file was non-responsive is not a defense under this paragraph unless the determination and basis were recorded under paragraph (2) at the time of removal.

(l) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION.- Any Unit staff member, National Archives and Records Administration employee, or detailee who discloses, in good faith, evidence of dropped files, altered files, false Reconciliation Reports, or false Pre-Publication Accountings is a Qualified Disclosant within the meaning of Section 7003(f), and the disclosure is a Protected Disclosure within the meaning of Section 7003(d). The full immunity and protection provisions of Chapter VI apply.

(m) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.- This Section operates in addition to, and not in derogation of, the hash verification mechanisms established under Section 7005(s) and Section 7008(r) and the universal evidence log submission requirement under Section 7005(t). Where any provision of this Section conflicts with a provision of Section 7005 or any other section, the provisions of this Section govern with respect to the Unit-side receipt log and multi-party reconciliation function.

(n) AGENCY INCAPACITY - UNIT-DETERMINED MANIFEST.- Where an agency lacks the technical capability to prepare a manifest meeting the requirements of subsection (e), the Unit Head shall determine the manifest content - at minimum the filename, file size, and a SHA-256 hash computed by the Unit at receipt for each file received - and the manifest so determined shall be distributed under subsection (f) on the same terms as an agency-prepared manifest.

(o) SUNSET.- This Section sunsets upon the same certification date as Section 7005(y).

SEC. 7006. CLASSIFIED RECORDS FALLBACK REGIME.

(a) CONTINGENT APPLICATION.- This Section applies only if and when the Unit Head certifies in writing to both Judiciary Committees that the expedited clearance upgrade procedure of Section 7005(f) has failed in a specific instance-meaning that the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has not adjudicated a clearance upgrade request for existing Unit staff where the hard ceiling under Section 7005(f)(6) applies, or has denied a clearance upgrade for reasons other than disqualifying personal conduct-and that no career Unit staff member with the necessary clearance level is available to review a specific record. Until such certification is made, the standard Unit operating procedure under Section 7005(q) governs all reviews. The Unit Head shall not invoke this Section for any record that can be reviewed by an existing cleared Unit staff member.

(b) PRESERVATION OF UNIT AUTHORITY.- Nothing in this Section permits any executive agency to perform substantive review or redaction of Records of the Epstein Network. The Unit retains exclusive editorial and redaction authority. This Section addresses only the operational mechanism of providing necessary clearance access to Unit reviewers when career staff clearance levels are insufficient, not the allocation of review authority itself.

(c) DETAILEE MECHANISM.- Where a record requires review at a clearance level above what existing Unit staff hold and Section 7005(f) has failed in a specific instance, the Unit Head may request that one or more career employees of an executive agency holding the necessary clearance, and who were continuously employed by the detailing federal agency on or before January 19, 2025 (with no political appointment, contractor service without prior continuous career service, or hire of any form on or after January 20, 2025 satisfying this employment criterion, and with the tiered severability fallback established in Section 7005(x)(3) applying to this employment criterion on the same terms as to staffing criteria in Section 7005(f)), be detailed to the Unit for the limited purpose of providing classified-document access support to Unit reviewers. The detailee shall not perform substantive review or redaction. The detailee's function is limited to: enabling secured physical or electronic access to the classified material; providing technical assistance with classified-system protocols; and confirming clearance-level information necessary for Unit review under the carve-outs of Section 7012. All redaction decisions, all combination protection determinations, and all carve-out invocations shall be made by Unit reviewers, not by detailees. Detailees shall be subject to Section 7007(c) confidentiality and recusal requirements as if they were detailees of the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit, and any retaliation against a detailee shall constitute obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(d) SUNSET.- This Section sunsets upon the same certification date as Section 7005(y).

SEC. 7007. EXECUTIVE BRANCH DETAILEES AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL AND TRAUMATIC MATERIAL HANDLING.

(a) PURPOSE.- Congress finds that the review of Records of the Epstein Network requires Unit personnel to handle material carrying documented psychological risk, including child sexual abuse material, sexually explicit content, and graphic depictions of death, torture, and serious physical abuse. The protections established under Section 7007 for reviewers of child sexual abuse material address that risk. Reviewers of the other categories of traumatic material defined in subsection (b) are exposed to comparable risk and warrant comparable protection. As used in this Section, "traumatic material" means -

(1) child sexual abuse material handled under Section 7007;

(2) sexually explicit content subject to redaction under Section 7008(v)(4); and

(3) graphic depictions of death, torture, or serious physical abuse or injury subject to redaction under Section 7008(v)(5).

(b) DESIGNATED TRAUMATIC MATERIAL SUB-UNIT. -

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.- There is hereby established within the Unit a Designated Child Sexual Abuse and Traumatic Material Sub-Unit (the "Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit"). The Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit is the exclusive component of the Unit authorized to handle Records of the Epstein Network that contain or may contain child sexual abuse material, sexually explicit content and graphic depictions of death, torture and abuse.

(2) AUTHORIZATION TO POSSESS.- Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit personnel are authorized to possess Records of the Epstein Network containing child sexual abuse material solely for the purposes of performing the review, redaction, and verification functions established under this title. The authorization to possess CSAM and traumatic materials extends only to such material as is contained within Records of the Epstein Network submitted to the Unit and only to the personnel of the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit. The authorization terminates upon the sunset of the Unit under Section 7005(y).

(3) STAFFING.- The Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit shall be staffed by -

(A) Career NARA employees meeting the staffing criteria of Section 7005(f) who have given voluntary written consent under paragraph (4), passed pre-assignment psychological screening under paragraph (4), and completed certified training meeting the standards of paragraph (5); and

(B) Executive branch detailees from agencies with established CSAM-handling expertise - specifically the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit, the Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, and the Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section - provided that such detailees -

(i) comply with the requirements of subsection (c) of this Section, and

(ii) have been continuously employed by the detailing federal agency on or before January 19, 2025, with no political appointment, contractor service without prior continuous career service, or hire of any form on or after January 20, 2025 satisfying this employment criterion. The tiered severability fallback established in Section 7005(x)(3) shall apply to clause (ii) of this subparagraph on the same terms as to staffing criteria in Section 7005(f).

(4) VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT, INFORMED CONSENT, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING. -

(A) VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT.- No person shall be assigned to Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit functions without their written, informed, voluntary consent. Consent shall be given only after full written disclosure of the nature of the work, including the categories of material the reviewer will be required to view; the documented psychological risks of traumatic materials and CSAM-handling work including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma symptoms; the availability of psychological screening, training, duty rotation, and trauma support provided under this Section; and the reviewer's right to revoke consent at any time without adverse personnel consequence.

(B) REVOCATION OF CONSENT.- A reviewer may revoke consent to Sub-Unit assignment at any time, in writing or by oral notice to the Unit Head. Upon revocation, the reviewer shall be reassigned to general Unit functions at the same grade, pay, and benefits, with no transfer of duty station required unless requested by the reviewer. No adverse personnel action of any kind may be taken against a reviewer for revoking consent, declining initial assignment, or declining to be screened. Any such adverse action constitutes a violation of Section 7005(n) and triggers the public certification and congressional notification requirements thereunder.

(C) MANDATORY PRE-ASSIGNMENT PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING.- No person shall commence Sub-Unit functions without successful completion of pre-assignment psychological screening conducted by qualified mental health professionals contracted by the Unit. The screening shall assess fitness to perform traumatic materials and CSAM handling work and shall identify any contraindications including prior trauma history, current mental health conditions, or other factors that screening professionals determine to be disqualifying. A reviewer who does not pass screening, or who declines to be screened, shall be reassigned to general Unit functions with no adverse personnel consequence and no notation in their personnel file indicating the screening outcome.

(D) RE-SCREENING.- Reviewers in continuous Sub-Unit assignment shall be re-screened at intervals not exceeding six (6) months, and at any time upon the reviewer's request. A reviewer who fails re-screening shall be rotated out under paragraph (6) without adverse consequence.

(E) NO COERCION.- No officer, employee, contractor, or detailee of the Unit, NARA, or any executive agency shall coerce, threaten, retaliate against, or otherwise pressure any person to consent to Sub-Unit assignment, to undergo screening, to forgo revocation of consent, or to remain in Sub-Unit assignment beyond the reviewer's voluntary choice. Violation of this paragraph constitutes obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(5) TRAINING STANDARDS. -

(A) CERTIFIED TRAINING REQUIREMENT.- No person shall perform Sub-Unit substantive review functions without completion of traumatic material and CSAM-handling training meeting the standards of this paragraph.

(B) CONTENT AND DURATION.- Training shall include, at minimum: CSAM identification methodology consistent with the standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit; victim identification protocols consistent with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Child Victim Identification Program; age estimation methodology; image series recognition and cross-reference against existing victim identification databases; legal evidentiary standards distinguishing CSAM from other categories of child exploitation material; chain-of-custody and secure handling protocols; over-redaction detection methodology including selective cropping recognition; trauma-informed evidence handling; and recognition of vicarious trauma symptoms in self and colleagues. Training duration shall be not less than that applied to Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit personnel for analogous functions.

(C) PROCUREMENT.- The Unit Head may procure training through interagency agreement with one or more of the following: the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit; the Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation Investigations Unit; the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU); DOJ Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP); or other qualified providers identified by the Unit Head. The Unit Head shall not be required to procure training from any single provider and may combine training elements from multiple providers.

(D) CERTIFICATION.- Upon successful completion of training, the training provider shall issue certification identifying the reviewer by name, the date of certification, and the specific functions for which the reviewer is certified. Certification shall be filed with the Unit Head and shall be a precondition of Sub-Unit substantive review work.

(E) FUNDING.- Training shall be provided at Unit expense, during work hours, with no cost to the reviewer.

(6) DUTY ROTATION AND TRAUMA SUPPORT. -

(A) MAXIMUM CONTINUOUS ASSIGNMENT.- No reviewer shall serve in continuous Sub-Unit assignment for more than six (6) months without rotation out. The Unit Head may, upon the written request of the reviewer and confirmation by the reviewer's screening mental health professional that continuation does not pose unacceptable risk to the reviewer, extend continuous assignment by increments not exceeding six (6) months, with a hard ceiling of thirty (30) months of returning assignment in rotation.

(B) MANDATORY ROTATION-OUT RECOVERY PERIOD.- Following rotation out of Sub-Unit assignment, a reviewer shall be assigned to general Unit functions for a recovery period of not less than six (6) months before any return to Sub-Unit assignment. Return to Sub-Unit assignment shall require new written consent and new pre-assignment screening under paragraph (4).

(C) TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH CARE.- The Unit shall provide trauma-informed mental health care to all current and former Sub-Unit reviewers, at no cost to the reviewer, during the period of Sub-Unit assignment and for five (5) years following the reviewer's separation from Sub-Unit functions, even if past the sunset date of the Unit itself. Care shall include but not be limited to: access to mental health professionals specialized in vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress arising from traumatic materials or CSAM-handling work; structured peer-support programs; family member counseling where the reviewer's family relationships are affected by the work; and post-employment continuity of care for reviewers who separate from federal service following Sub-Unit assignment.

(D) FAMILY MEMBER ELIGIBILITY.- Trauma-informed mental health care under subparagraph (C) shall extend to spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children of current and former Sub-Unit reviewers where the reviewer's screening mental health professional determines that the reviewer's Sub-Unit work has materially affected family relationships.

(E) NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCE FOR SEEKING CARE.- No reviewer's request for or receipt of mental health care under this paragraph shall be used as a basis for any adverse personnel action, security clearance review, fitness-for-duty determination outside the screening regime of paragraph (4), or any other negative consequence. Records of mental health care received under this paragraph shall be maintained separately from personnel files and shall be accessible only to the treating professional and the reviewer.

(7) INSUFFICIENT UNIT REVIEWER STAFFING - FALLBACK MECHANISMS. -

(A) PRIMARY FALLBACK - SUPERVISED DETAILEE REVIEW.- Where qualified Unit reviewers willing and able to perform Sub-Unit functions, as determined under paragraphs (4) and (5), are insufficient to process the volume of traumatic materials records within the publication tranche schedule under Sections 7008(i) through (l), the Unit Head shall request detailees from the agencies identified in paragraph (3)(B) to perform substantive review of traumatic materials records. Detailee substantive review under this subparagraph shall be subject to: the recusal requirements of subsection (c)(2); supervisory sign-off by the Unit Head or a Unit Head designee on every redaction determination; the second-reviewer audit sample of not less than five percent (5%) of all detailee-reviewed records by a different reviewer; the over-redaction detection procedures of subsection (d)(5); and the universal evidence log discrepancy review under Section 7005(t). Detailees performing substantive review under this subparagraph remain subject to the confidentiality, anti-retaliation, and obstruction provisions of subsection (c).

(B) SECONDARY FALLBACK - TRANCHE REASSIGNMENT.- Where the primary fallback under subparagraph (A) is also insufficient to process the volume of traumatic materials records within the publication tranche schedule, the Unit Head may move affected records to the Third or Final Publication Tranche under Sections 7008(k) or (l), with written notice to both Judiciary Committees identifying the specific records moved, the basis for the move, and the projected publication date. Records moved under this subparagraph remain subject to the October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling under Section 7008(p) and shall not be moved to a tranche whose publication deadline falls after that date.

(C) TERTIARY FALLBACK - FBI CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT.- Where neither the primary fallback under subparagraph (A) nor the secondary fallback under subparagraph (B) is sufficient, CSAM records shall be referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit for review and redaction. The Crimes Against Children Unit shall apply the same redaction standards under subsection (d)(4) and shall produce a public report identifying each redaction determination, the basis for the determination, and any over-redaction identified.

(D) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF FALLBACK INVOCATION.- The Unit Head shall notify both Judiciary Committees in writing within five (5) business days of any invocation of the primary, secondary, or tertiary fallback under this paragraph, identifying the volume of records affected, the basis for invocation, the projected timeline for completion, and any pattern of Unit reviewer attrition or screening failure that contributed to the insufficiency.

(E) PRESERVATION OF VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT PRINCIPLE.- Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize coerced or compelled Unit reviewer assignment to Sub-Unit functions. The fallback mechanisms of this paragraph are the only authorized response to insufficient voluntary Unit reviewer staffing; no other response that overrides paragraph (4) is permitted.

(c) DETAILEE REQUIREMENTS - CONFIDENTIALITY, RECUSAL, AND ANTI-RETALIATION. -

(1) CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATION.- Each executive branch detailee assigned to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit shall execute a written confidentiality agreement, before commencing any review functions, attesting that -

(A) the detailee shall not communicate the substance of any record reviewed in the course of Sub-Unit functions to any official, employee, or contractor of any executive agency other than as expressly permitted by this Section;

(B) the detailee shall not be subject to any direction from any executive agency official regarding the substantive review or redaction of any record;

(C) any attempt by an executive agency official to direct the detailee's substantive decisions shall be reported immediately by the detailee to the Unit Head and to both Judiciary Committees; and

(D) the detailee acknowledges that violation of these obligations constitutes obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(2) RECUSAL FROM RECORDS RELATING TO DETAILING AGENCY.- A detailee shall recuse from any record originating from, or substantially relating to, the detailee's home agency. Where recusal would render the Sub-Unit unable to staff a particular review, the Unit Head shall request a substitute detailee from a different agency.

(3) ANTI-RETALIATION PROTECTION.- No detailee may be reassigned, transferred, terminated, denied promotion, or otherwise subjected to adverse personnel action by the home agency in retaliation for the detailee's substantive review decisions, refusal to follow improper executive direction, or report of executive interference under paragraph (1)(C). Any such action requires the same forty-five (45) day congressional notification and Unit Head certification as Unit staff actions under Section 7005(n).

(d) CSAM AND TRAUMATIC MATERIAL HANDLING PROCEDURES. -All Records of the Epstein Network identified by an originating agency as containing or potentially containing Traumatic Materials shall be flagged at submission and routed exclusively to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit. The agency flagging failure report mechanism under paragraph (2)(D) applies to all flagged categories.

(1) PRE-SCREENING AND LIMITED PRE-REDACTION.- The agency's flagging is preliminary; the Sub-Unit retains final authority to classify any record as constituting traumatic materials. Notwithstanding the prohibition on pre-submission redaction elsewhere in this title, and as the sole exception to it, an originating agency may, before submission, obscure or redact the imagery within traumatic material itself, solely to avoid transmitting that imagery in unredacted form, provided that -

(A) in the case of CSAM, the agency redacts only the CSAM imagery and applies no other redaction, including no redaction of victim PII, perpetrator or enabler identifying information or imagery including a perpetrator's face, or any other content, which remain subject to the no-pre-redaction rule and to redaction by the Sub-Unit alone;

(B) the agency submits, with the record, the universal evidence log required under Section 7005(t) describing the unredacted contents, and provides the Victim Identification List under subparagraph (F); and

(C) the record remains subject to the over-redaction detection and restoration procedures of subsection (d)(5), and the agency shall produce the unredacted original of any traumatic materials as defined in section 7007(a) to the Sub-Unit within five (5) business days of any request under subsection (d)(5)(B). A pre-redaction that obscures anything beyond the CSAM or traumatic material imagery itself, or that is applied to conceal a perpetrator, enabler, or any non-CSAM content, is unauthorized, constitutes a violation of Section 7008(c), and triggers the consequences of subsection (d)(5) and contempt proceedings under Section 7008(f)(4).

(D) the scope of what may and may not be obscured as traumatic material is governed by Section 7007(a) and, for content under clauses (2) and (3) of that subsection, by Sections 7008(v)(4) and 7008(v)(5), respectively.

(2) ENCOUNTER OF UNFLAGGED TRAUMATIC MATERIALS BY GENERAL UNIT REVIEWERS. -

(A) IMMEDIATE CEASE-AND-SECURE.- Where a general Unit reviewer, in the course of reviewing a record that was not pre-flagged by the originating agency as containing or potentially containing traumatic materials under paragraph (1), encounters material that the reviewer has reasonable grounds to believe constitutes traumatic materials as described in 7007(a), the reviewer shall immediately cease further review of that record, shall not transmit any copy of the record to any other Unit reviewer or general-review system, and shall take immediate physical and electronic measures to secure the record from further access pending rerouting to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit.

(B) LIMITED POSSESSION AUTHORIZATION.- For the limited purpose of effectuating the cease-and-secure and rerouting actions required under this paragraph, the general Unit reviewer is authorized to possess the record for the minimum time reasonably necessary to complete those actions. This limited authorization shall not extend to substantive review, copying, transmission to any party other than the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit, or any other use of the material beyond cease-and-secure and rerouting.

(C) MANDATORY REROUTING.- The general Unit reviewer shall immediately reroute the record to the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit, with notation of the encounter circumstances, and shall preserve all relevant chain-of-custody documentation. From the time of rerouting, the record is subject to all CSAM and traumatic materials handling procedures established under this Section.

(D) AGENCY FLAGGING FAILURE REPORT.- Each instance of unflagged traumatic materials detected under this paragraph shall be reported by the Unit Head to the Inspector General of the originating agency within five (5) business days of the encounter, identifying the originating agency, the records affected, and the circumstances of the failure to flag. A pattern of agency flagging failures, defined as three (3) or more instances by the same originating agency, shall constitute a violation of Section 7008(c)(1) and shall trigger contempt proceedings against the originating agency head under Section 7008(p)(3).

(E) NO ADVERSE PERSONNEL CONSEQUENCE.- No adverse personnel action shall be taken against any general Unit reviewer who encounters and reroutes unflagged traumatic materials in good-faith compliance with this paragraph. The reviewer shall be offered access to trauma-informed mental health care equivalent to that available to Sub-Unit personnel under subsection (b)(6)(C) for the period necessary to address the encounter, on the same terms as such care is provided to Sub-Unit personnel.

(F) REVIEWER TRAINING REQUIREMENT.- The baseline training required under Section 7005(u) shall include training specifically on the procedures of this paragraph, including identification of traumatic materials by general Unit reviewers, cease-and-secure procedures, rerouting protocols, and chain-of-custody preservation.

(3) HANDLING CHAIN.- All traumatic materials records shall be reviewed in secured facilities with no removable storage capability, no remote access permitted, and continuous monitoring. No traumatic materials record shall be transmitted outside the Sub-Unit's secured environment in any form. Redacted versions for publication - containing redaction of all traumatic materials content - shall be generated within the secured environment and transferred to the publication pipeline only after verification that no traumatic materials content remains. In generating any redacted version for publication, the Sub-Unit shall redact only the child sexual abuse material and other traumatic materials content itself, and shall preserve - including in any image, page, or record that also contains such content - the identity and depiction of any perpetrator or enabler, including a perpetrator's or enabler's face, together with the fact, date, location, and substance of the conduct. The face and identifying features of a perpetrator or enabler are presumed technically separable from traumatic materials content, and the Sub-Unit shall use every available technical means - including cropping, masking confined to the traumatic content, or obscuring that content alone at the pixel level - to remove the traumatic materials while leaving the perpetrator's or enabler's face and identity visible. The Sub-Unit may obscure the face or identifying features of a perpetrator or enabler only upon a specific written determination, logged by unique document identifier and subject to challenge under subsection (d)(5) and Sections 7012(g) and 7015, that the face cannot be made visible by any available technical means without also making visible content this title requires to be redacted, the burden of establishing which rests on the Sub-Unit by clear and convincing evidence. The presence of a perpetrator's or enabler's face in the same image, page, or record as traumatic materials does not, by itself, constitute inseparability.

(4) PROHIBITED VICTIM PII REDACTION AND OPT-IN VICTIM-INITIATED IDENTIFICATION REVERSAL. -

(A) PROHIBITING PRE-SUBMISSION REDACTION OF ADULT AND MINOR-VICTIM PII AND PROVISION OF ADULT AND MINOR-VICTIM IDENTIFICATION LIST.- All originating agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice, are not authorized to apply pre-submission redaction to any Victim PII, as described in Sec. 7003(u) and 7003(v) before transmission to the Unit. Redaction is an authorized activity afforded only to the Unit for the specific purpose and only to the extent necessary to enable the agency to protect the identities of victims. Originating agencies shall provide a Victim Identification List of Victim PII assembled and delivered to the Unit as described in (F) of this section, including the unredacted names, addresses, and direct identifying information of victims who were adults and minors at the time of the conduct depicted. Any pre-submission redaction shall constitute a violation of Section 7008(c) and shall trigger contempt proceedings against the agency head.

(B) SUB-UNIT REDACTION OF VICTIM PII IN TRAUMATIC MATERIALS.- For adult-victim PII and minor-victim PII that may be simultaneously present on records depicting CSAM or traumatic materials, the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit shall apply mandatory victim PII redaction during its review.

(C) OPT-IN VICTIM-INITIATED IDENTIFICATION REVERSAL - APPLIES TO ADULT VICTIMS WHO WERE MINORS AT THE TIME OF THE CONDUCT. -

(i) ELIGIBILITY.- Any victim who was a minor at the time of the conduct depicted in a Record of the Epstein Network and who is now an adult of full legal capacity may, in writing and at any time, elect to have the redaction of their identifying information removed from any record in which they appear, in whole or in part. The election is the victim's alone, may be made through counsel of record, may be partial - covering some records but not others - and may be revoked.

(ii) REVERSAL PROCEDURE.- Upon receipt of a written victim election under clause (i), the Unit shall -

(I) verify the identity of the victim through the Department of Justice Victim Notification System under Section 7016, any Victim Identification Lists, or through counsel of record;

(II) identify the specific records affected by the election; and

(III) within thirty (30) calendar days of verification, publish the records to GovInfo.gov under Section 7008(r) with the identifying information of the electing victim restored, while maintaining the redaction of all other minor victim identifying information or explicit content as described in section 7008(v)(4) in the same record.

(iii) NO COERCION.- No victim shall be required, requested, or pressured to make an election under this subparagraph. The default rule is mandatory redaction; any deviation requires the victim's affirmative, written, fully informed election. The Unit shall not solicit elections.

(D) REDACTION OF ADULT-VICTIM PII.- Adult-Victim PII, as defined in Section 7003(v), shall be redacted by the Unit in all records released under this title, unless the adult victim affirmatively elects to have their own identifying information revealed. The Unit shall presume redaction and shall disclose Adult-Victim PII only upon the victim's affirmative, written election to reveal it. An election under this subparagraph is the victim's alone, may be made at any time, may be partial, and may be revoked; it is distinct from any election to receive or decline notification under the Department of Justice Victim Notification System referenced in Section 7016, and a victim's notification preferences do not constitute an election to reveal or to redact under this subparagraph. No victim shall be required, requested, or pressured to elect disclosure, and the Unit shall not solicit such elections.

(E) REDACTION OF PERPETRATOR AND ENABLER PII.- The names, addresses, and direct identifying information of any individual who participated in, enabled, facilitated, profited from, was associated with or covered up the conduct depicted in any record - whether or not they were prosecuted - shall not be redacted on the basis of this Section or Section 7012. Such individuals are subject to the standard mandatory disclosure obligations of this title.

(F) VICTIM IDENTIFICATION LIST.-

(i) COMPILATION BY ORIGINATING AGENCIES.- Each originating agency that has, within its own records, previously identified an individual as a victim before the enactment of this title shall compile a Victim Identification List derived from those identifications, including from any internal victim-identification, victim-notification, public self-identification, or case-management system in which the agency records or maintains victim status, such as the Department of Justice Victim Notification System referenced in Section 7016. The naming of any such system is illustrative and does not limit an agency's obligation to compile from every source in which it has established victim identifications. The list shall be prepared by agency personnel with direct knowledge of the identifications, under the supervision of the agency's Records Officer designated under Section 7008(f), and shall be certified as complete by the agency head. No agency shall determine, infer, or assign victim status not already established in its own records. An agency that holds an individual's name without an associated victim identification shall compile no list as to that record.

(ii) CONTENTS.- Each list shall set forth, by reference to the specific submitted records in which each individual appears, only the names, any consensually submitted facial photos, addresses, and direct identifying information, including Social Security numbers, of victims who were either minors or adults at the time of the conduct depicted. No list shall designate any perpetrator, enabler, date, location, originating agency, or substantive content. As the list constitutes a subset of the unredacted records the agency is already required to submit, its transmission requires no separate disclosure authorization; each list shall conform to any sealing order, protective order, or limitation under Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure governing the source record.

(iii) TRANSMISSION AND SUPPLEMENTATION.- Each agency shall transmit a single consolidated initial Victim Identification List to the Unit no later than its initial production of records under Section 7008(c), and shall not re-transmit the full list with each subsequent record submission. Thereafter, the agency shall supplement the list as it identifies any Victim PII not already on it, transmitting each supplement within the five-business-day window applicable to records under Section 7008(f). The quarterly look-again review under Section 7008(g) shall include a re-search for previously unidentified victims, and each look-again affidavit shall state whether any such victim was identified in the interval and confirm that any resulting supplement was transmitted; the absence of a separately scheduled record submission does not excuse a required supplement. To the extent any portion of a list or supplement references records flagged under Section 7007(d)(1) as containing or potentially containing child sexual abuse material, that portion shall be transmitted to and handled by the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit within its secured environment under Section 7007(d)(3); all other portions shall be transmitted to the Unit. The Unit and the Sub-Unit shall maintain each list and supplement under the security applicable to its source records, shall not publish any list, and shall transfer each to sealed custody under Section 7005(y) upon completion of the associated redactions.

(iv) RELATION TO UNIT REDACTION.- A list aids but does not supplant the identification and redaction of minor-victim PII by the Unit and the Sub-Unit under subparagraph (B), the universal evidence log under Section 7005(t), and the Sub-Unit's review under Section 7007(d). The absence or incompleteness of a list relieves no agency of its obligation to submit fully unredacted records, and relieves neither the Unit nor the Sub-Unit of the obligation to redact all minor-victim PII it identifies.

(G) DEFAULT SUPPRESSION OF VICTIM VISUAL DEPICTION; OPT-IN DISCLOSURE.- The Unit shall obscure in full, within every published record, any visual depiction of a victim - including the portion that would remain after redaction under Section 7008(v)(1), (v)(4), and (v)(5) - unless the victim affirmatively elects disclosure under this subparagraph. This default suppression shall not obscure the identity or depiction of any perpetrator or enabler under Section 7003(v) and subparagraph (E), any depiction of the victim's own participation as described in Section 7003(v), the fact, date, location, or substance of any conduct, or any record governed by Section 7008(v)(5)(G); and it shall not withhold any record in whole within the meaning of Section 7008(v)(4)(B), the unredacted original being preserved under Section 7008B and Section 7005(y). Any victim may, in writing, in their own name or through counsel of record, and at any time, elect to have any visual depiction of that victim disclosed, in whole or in part; the election is the victim's alone, may be partial, and may be revoked. No victim shall be required, requested, or pressured to elect disclosure, and the Unit shall not solicit such an election. The Unit shall verify the electing victim under Section 7007(d)(4)(C)(ii)(I), shall give effect to a disclosure election or a revocation within thirty (30) calendar days - including as to any record already published, by direction to the Superintendent of Documents under Section 7008(r)(4) - and shall apply the default suppression of this subparagraph on the same terms as Section 7008(v)(1) wherever the Unit is unavailable under Sections 7008(n), 7008(p), 7005(p), or 7028(c).

(5) OVER-REDACTION DETECTION AND APPEAL. -

(A) OVER-REDACTION INDICATOR.- A pre-submission redaction shall be presumed to exceed the scope authorized under paragraph (4)(A) where the redacted record's universal evidence log under Section 7005(t) describes content that is not visible in the redacted version, or where the visible portion of an image has been cropped to remove material that would not have constituted CSAM or traumatic materials, victim identifying information, or explicit content as described in section 7008(v)(4).

(B) AUTOMATIC REVIEW.- The Sub-Unit shall flag for review any submitted record where over-redaction is indicated under subparagraph (A). The Sub-Unit shall request the unredacted record from the originating agency, which shall produce it within five (5) business days. Failure to produce shall constitute contempt under Section 7008(f)(4).

(C) RESTORATION.- Where the Sub-Unit determines that pre-submission redaction exceeded the scope authorized under paragraph (4)(A), the Sub-Unit shall restore the over-redacted content using the unredacted record produced under subparagraph (B). The originating agency's failure to apply only the authorized pre-submission redaction shall be reported to both Judiciary Committees and shall be considered in any contempt proceeding under Section 7008(f)(4).

(D) ANTI-CHILLING PROVISION.- Originating agencies shall not be subject to liability for over-redaction in good faith where the over-redaction was reported to the Unit. Liability under Section 7008(f)(4) attaches only where pre-submission redaction was applied with intent to conceal information, where over-redaction was concealed from the Unit at submission, or where the agency failed to produce the unredacted record within a subsequent five-day window.

(E) AUTOMATIC INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION.- Where the Sub-Unit identifies over-redaction in any record submitted by an agency, an automatic Inspector General investigation of the originating agency's pre-submission redaction practices shall be initiated within ten (10) business days of the Sub-Unit's determination. The Inspector General shall report findings to both Judiciary Committees within ninety (90) calendar days. Where the originating agency lacks an Inspector General, or the Inspector General position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the investigation shall be conducted by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.

(e) DETAILEE-NEUTRAL CHALLENGE PROCEDURE.- Any party with standing under Section 7015 may challenge the substantive decisions of the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit on the same terms applicable to challenges of Unit decisions under Sections 7015 and 7012(g). The fact that a particular review decision was made by a Sub-Unit panel including detailees from the originating agency does not create any presumption of validity.

(f) FUNDING.- The Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit shall be funded as a component of the Unit under Section 7005(o), with a separately identified budget line for traumatic materials specific operations including secured facility infrastructure, specialized training, and detailee support costs. No funding for the Sub-Unit shall come from the executive agencies providing detailees.

(g) SUNSET.- The Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit shall conclude operations on the same certification date as the Unit under Section 7005(y). Upon dissolution, all CSAM and traumatic materials records shall be transferred to the secure custody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Unit, with sealed inventory transferred to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

CHAPTER III - MANDATORY DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC RELEASE

SEC. 7008. MANDATORY DISCLOSURE AND PUBLIC RELEASE - ROLLING SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION.

(a) TWO SEPARATE OBLIGATIONS: SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION.- This Section imposes two distinct and independent obligations that must not be conflated -

(1) AGENCY SUBMISSION OBLIGATION.- Each agency must submit fully unredacted Records of the Epstein Network to the Unit on a continuous, rolling basis, subject only to the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1). Following the inventory submission required under subsection (c), each Record of the Epstein Network identified by the agency, or surfaced through the agency's continuing diligence required under subsection (g), shall be transmitted to the Unit within five (5) business days of identification. The agency's continuing diligence is anchored by the quarterly look-again affidavit required under subsection (g). An agency that submits records within the rolling five-business-day window and files all required affidavits shall be determined to have met its submission obligation, regardless of when the Unit completes its review and publication of any specific record; and

(2) UNIT PUBLICATION OBLIGATION.- The Unit must publish records to the public through the Government Publishing Office on the tranche schedule described in subsections (i) through (l), organized by the type of Unit review each record requires, and on the within-tranche rolling basis required by Section 7005(r). This obligation arises by operation of law. No executive order, agency directive, security classification guide, or prior classification determination shall operate to delay or defeat disclosure except as provided in Section 7011. Congress finds that the American electorate is entitled to full public disclosure of all Records of the Epstein Network not later than October 15, 2028, so that voters may exercise fully informed judgment in the presidential election of November 2028.

(b) RELATION TO PRIOR LAW.- Records already released in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 (November 19, 2025), satisfy the submission obligation under this Section for those specific records, provided each such record is transmitted to GovInfo.gov by the DOJ or other government entity, as provided in subsection (r), with its SHA-256 hash value. This Section does not require re-submission of records already lawfully released under Public Law 119-38 unless they were redacted in a manner that exceeds the redaction permitted under subsection (v) of this Section. It requires submission of all records within the definition of Records of the Epstein Network that were not already covered by, or were withheld in violation of, Public Law 119-38, including records held by agencies other than the Department of Justice (DOJ) and records that were improperly redacted or withheld under that law. Congress finds that the Department of Justice (DOJ) violated Public Law 119-38 by missing the statutory deadline, asserting common-law privileges that the Act did not permit, applying redactions inconsistent with the Act's expressed prohibition on withholding records to protect politically-exposed persons, and releasing documents in waves rather than on the required schedule. This Section is intended to remedy those violations as well as to extend the disclosure obligation to the records and relevant agencies beyond that Act's scope. For the avoidance of doubt, and as a minimum floor that does not limit the definition of Records of the Epstein Network in Section 7003(c), every category of record that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 (November 19, 2025), directed to be disclosed is a Record of the Epstein Network.

(c) INVENTORY SUBMISSION: DAYS 1-60.- Each federal agency in possession of Records of the Epstein Network shall, within sixty (60) calendar days of enactment, submit to the Unit a complete inventory of all such records it then holds or has identified. An inventory under this title is a sworn, hash-manifested, IG-certified catalog of responsive records that establishes the agency's known universe of holdings of responsive records and serves as the operational baseline against which subsequent submissions, postponements, and compliance are measured. A responsive record is any document, file, recording, communication, video, financial record, image, log, metadata information, or other information in federal possession, custody, or control that falls within the § 7003(c) definition of Records of the Epstein Network. The inventory submitted under this subsection shall be supplemented by each agency on a quarterly basis pursuant to subsection (g). The records themselves shall be submitted to the Unit or Sub-Unit on the rolling basis required under subsection (f), commencing immediately upon enactment, with the agency's initial production of records identified during the inventory period due no later than five (5) business days following the inventory submission deadline. Each agency shall -

(1) transmit the inventory of Records to the Unit accompanied by the SHA-256 hash manifest required under Section 7005A(e). The Unit is the sole redaction authority under this Title, except for the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1). The agencies shall not pre-redact, withhold pages, or modify any other records before submission. Unit-side receipt acknowledgment, manifest verification, multi-party transmission, and discrepancy reporting are governed by Section 7005A. The Unit's subsequent transmission of cleared records to the Government Publishing Office, the originating agency's hash verification of those records, and GovInfo.gov publication are governed by Sections 7005(q), 7005(s), and 7008(r);

(2) transmit a copy of the inventory to both Judiciary Committees, as simultaneously as possible, as a congressional reporting requirement independent of any executive agency action; and

(3) obtain from the agency's Inspector General a written certification of inventory completeness filed publicly with both Judiciary Committees within seventy-five (75) calendar days of enactment. A materially false or incomplete Inspector General certification constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y). Where an Inspector General position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the agency head certifies personally in lieu of the Inspector General, and that certification is presumptively less reliable. Each agency's submission under this subsection and under subsections (f) and (g) shall additionally be accompanied by the universal evidence log required under Section 7005(t), or by the non-existence affidavit required under Section 7005(t)(3) where no such log exists.

(d) NAMED AGENCIES: ILLUSTRATIVE, NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF EXPECTED RECORD HOLDERS.- The following list identifies federal agencies Congress specifically expects to hold some Records of the Epstein Network which are to be disseminated to the Unit and Sub-Unit. This list is illustrative, but non-exhaustive. This list does not limit the scope of the submission obligations in subsections (c), (f), and (g), which apply to every federal agency in possession of Records regardless of whether it is named herein. An agency not named in this subsection is not thereby excused from its submission obligation. An agency named herein that claims it holds no responsive records, or that holds fewer responsive records than its historical custodial role would predict, must file the sworn non-existence and disposition affidavit required under subsection (e) of this Section within sixty (60) calendar days of enactment. Congress finds that the agencies listed below collectively may hold the minimal extent of records necessary to give the American public a more complete account of the Epstein Network, the individuals who participated in or enabled it, the government's knowledge of and response to it, and the financial and travel infrastructure that sustained it. Congress recognizes that there are varying records retention schedules, however any records no longer in the possession of these agencies, when they once existed, must be reported as outlined in this title. No single document relevant to the Epstein Network is outside of public interest.

(1) GROUP A - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).- This includes, but is not limited to, all records from the Palm Beach field office investigation (conducted from 2005-2007); the SDNY investigation and prosecution of Epstein and Maxwell; all FBI Laboratory records relating to physical evidence; all records relating to the NPA negotiation and the Acosta-era declination; all records relating to Epstein's death at MCC New York on August 10, 2019, including the OIG investigation materials; all records relating to Maxwell's arrest, prosecution, and custody; all CIPA filings; all records relating to any foreign intelligence nexus of the Epstein Network; all FAA aircraft registration records and flight logs for all Epstein-associated aircraft, including tail number N908JE (Boeing 727-100, the "Lolita Express"), tail number N212JE (Gulfstream G550, subsequently re-registered N550GP), the Gulfstream IV, the Bell 430 helicopter, and the Sikorsky S76C helicopter, and all associated corporate entities including JEGE Inc., JEGE LLC, Hyperion Air Inc., Hyperion Air LLC, Plan D LLC, and Thomas World Air LLC, all wiretap transcriptions, logs, and warrants, interviews with victims, interviews with informants or associates, public and other investigative reports, internal records, records of surveillance and intelligence gathering on Epstein and his network.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (MAIN DOJ, SDFL, AND SDNY).- This includes but is not limited to, all prosecutorial records, charging decisions, declination memoranda, all NPA (non-prosecution agreement) drafts, the final NPA (non-prosecution agreement), all communications between SDFL and Main Justice during 2005-2008, all records relating to the CVRA violation proceedings before Judge Marra, all OPR review materials relating to Alex Acosta's conduct, all records from the SDNY prosecution of Maxwell, and all post-conviction records.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all transport, custody, and chain-of-custody records relating to Epstein from arrest through death; all transport and custody records relating to Maxwell from arrest through present; all records relating to Epstein's detention at MCC New York, including any pre-death transport or movement records.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE BUREAU OF PRISONS.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to Epstein's incarceration and death at MCC New York on August 10, 2019, including all surveillance footage, incident reports, guard schedules, visitor logs, medical records, autopsy coordination records, and all communications between MCC New York and BOP headquarters during the period July 1 through August 15, 2019; all records relating to Maxwell's incarceration at FCI Tallahassee, FPC Bryan, and any other facility at which she has been or is held.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - CRIMINAL DIVISION, CHILD EXPLOITATION AND OBSCENITY SECTION (CEOS).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section relating to its review of AUSA Marie Villafana's 60-count federal indictment of Epstein and 82-page prosecution memorandum, including all review memoranda, communications, and recommendations produced by CEOS in connection with that review; all records reflecting CEOS's assessment that the indictment was "exhaustive and well done"; all records of any CEOS communication with SDFL, Main Justice leadership, or any other DOJ component regarding the prosecution or non-prosecution of Epstein; all records relating to any subsequent CEOS review of the NPA or the CVRA violation proceedings; and all records relating to any CEOS involvement in the SDNY prosecution of Maxwell.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.- All records relating to any ATF investigation of or interest in Epstein-associated properties, personnel, or security arrangements; all records relating to any coordination with Secret Service on security assessments of Epstein-associated locations.

(G) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section relating to any counterintelligence assessment of, investigation into, or intelligence referral concerning Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any FISA application, order, amendment, or renewal targeting Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network associate; all records relating to any NSD assessment of the foreign intelligence dimensions of the Epstein Network, including any assessment of the Network's relationship to Israeli, British, or other foreign government intelligence services; all records of any coordination between NSD and the prosecuting offices - SDFL and SDNY - on the foreign intelligence implications of the Epstein matter; all records of any NSD declination, referral, or recommendation regarding prosecution or non-prosecution of Epstein Network members for national security-related offenses; and all records of any NSD communication with the CIA, NSA, DIA, or ODNI concerning Epstein or Maxwell.

(H) ALL FILES FROM THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any DEA investigation of, or intelligence interest in, Epstein, Maxwell, or any member of the Epstein Network; all records relating to drug activity connected to Epstein-associated aircraft, properties, or personnel; all El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) records relating to Epstein-associated travel routes, trafficking intelligence, or border crossings.

(I) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Office of Professional Responsibility's investigation into the Southern District of Florida's resolution of the federal Epstein investigation, including all interview transcripts, investigative memoranda, draft reports, and communications produced in the course of that investigation beyond what was published in the November 2020 OPR report; all records relating to OPR's assessment of the professional conduct of Alex Acosta, Jeffrey Sloman, Matthew Menchel, Marie Villafana, and all other subjects of the OPR investigation; all records relating to the eleven-month gap in Acosta's incoming emails spanning May 2007 through April 2008, including any OPR inquiry into that gap and any forensic analysis of the missing records; all records of any OPR communication with the NSD, the Criminal Division, or any other DOJ component regarding the Epstein matter; and all OPR case-management records, witness lists, and document requests generated in the course of the investigation.

(J) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the FBI's Counterintelligence Division - distinct from the Criminal Investigative Division records of the Palm Beach and SDNY investigations already identified in this Section - relating to any counterintelligence assessment of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member as an actual or potential asset, contact, or threat of any foreign intelligence service; all records relating to any CI Division assessment of the foreign intelligence dimensions of the Epstein Network including any assessment of connections to Israeli, British, or other foreign intelligence services; all records relating to any coordination between the CI Division and the CIA, NSA, or ODNI regarding Epstein; all records relating to any CI Division assessment of Robert Maxwell's relationship with Israeli intelligence and the implications of that relationship for Ghislaine Maxwell's activities; all records relating to any counterintelligence predicate for, or counterintelligence dimension of, any investigation touching on Epstein or Maxwell; and all records relating to any CI Division inquiry into the circumstances of Epstein's reported death.

(K) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - ALBUQUERQUE FIELD OFFICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the FBI's Albuquerque Field Office - distinct from and not captured by the Palm Beach field office and SDFL/SDNY investigation records in the existing FBI entry - relating to any investigation of, intelligence interest in, or law enforcement activity concerning Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member in the State of New Mexico; all records from the Albuquerque Field Office's Safe Streets and Gang Task Force, Crimes Against Children unit, and Counterintelligence Squad relating to any referral, tip, or investigation touching on Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated activity in New Mexico; all records of any coordination between the Albuquerque Field Office and the Palm Beach field office, SDFL, SDNY, or Main Justice regarding Epstein's New Mexico activities; all records of any FBI surveillance, physical search, or electronic monitoring authorized for or conducted at or near Zorro Ranch; and all records of any FBI interaction with New Mexico state or local law enforcement regarding Epstein's activities at the ranch.

(L) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division - distinct from the Criminal Division records identified separately in this Section - relating to any Civil Rights Division investigation of, prosecution of, declination of prosecution of, or assessment of human trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or related civil rights offenses connected to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records from the Civil Rights Division Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit relating to any case touching on the Epstein Network; all records of any Civil Rights Division communication with the SDFL, the SDNY, the Criminal Division, or any other DOJ component regarding the trafficking dimensions of the Epstein matter; all records relating to any Civil Rights Division evaluation of the 2007-2008 NPA's treatment of the trafficking charges; and all records of any Civil Rights Division coordination with the FBI's Crimes Against Children Unit or with HSI's Child Exploitation Investigations Unit on the Epstein Network.

(M) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - TAX DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Justice Tax Division relating to any review, investigation, declination, prosecution, or settlement involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity (including Financial Trust Company Inc., Southern Trust Company Inc., Southern Financial LLC, HBRK Associates Inc., Plan D LLC, JEGE Inc., JEGE LLC, Butterfly Trust, Coatue Enterprises LLC, C.O.U.Q. Foundation, NES LLC, Nautilus Inc., and Hyperion Air Inc.), or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to the Southern Trust Company USVI tax claims spanning 2013-2017; all records of any Tax Division coordination with the IRS, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, or any other DOJ component on Epstein-related tax matters; all Tax Division memoranda or recommendations regarding prosecution or non-prosecution of any Epstein-related tax matter; and all Tax Division records relating to any plea agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, or non-prosecution agreement involving Epstein-related tax claims.

(N) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - CYBER DIVISION, OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS RESPONSE TEAM (CART).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the FBI's Cyber Division, Operational Technology Division (OTD), and Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) - distinct from the Criminal Investigative Division records, Counterintelligence Division records, and Albuquerque Field Office records identified separately in this Section - relating to the digital forensic acquisition, examination, analysis, processing, or retention of electronic records from any Epstein-associated person, device, account, premises, or property. This entry expressly includes:

(i) forensic images, write-blocked copies, and extracted content from any electronic device seized, imaged, or examined in connection with any Epstein-related investigation, including but not limited to devices seized from the Manhattan townhouse at 9 East 71st Street, the Palm Beach estate at 358 El Brillo Way, Little Saint James, Great Saint James, Zorro Ranch, the Paris apartment at 22 Avenue Foch, and any other Epstein-associated location;

(ii) records obtained by the FBI from any third-party electronic communications provider, technology platform, financial institution, or telecommunications carrier via warrants under the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. § 2703), grand jury subpoenas, administrative subpoenas, court orders, National Security Letters under 18 U.S.C. § 2709 or other authorities, mutual legal assistance treaty requests, Letters Rogatory, preservation requests under 18 U.S.C. § 2703(f), or voluntary disclosure to a federal agency under 18 U.S.C. § 2702, including records from any provider or entity identified in Section 7010A(b);

(iii) all chain-of-custody documentation for digital evidence acquired in any Epstein-related investigation;

(iv) all metadata extraction records, log file extractions, and timeline reconstructions;

(v) all CART case files, forensic analysis reports, and forensic processing records;

(vi) all OTD records relating to any technical surveillance, lawful intercept, or digital evidence handling in any Epstein-related matter; and

(vii) all records relating to any FBI digital forensic examination of devices, accounts, or media associated with Maxwell, including those seized during her July 2020 arrest and subsequent prosecution.

(O) ALL FILES FROM THE UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE (USPIS).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the United States Postal Inspection Service relating to any shipment information identifying parcels and mail going to and from any of Epstein's estates, any postal investigation, mail cover, or mail-related law enforcement action involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity, any Epstein Network member, or any Epstein-associated property; all records of any USPIS investigation of mail fraud, wire fraud effected by mail, or other postal-jurisdiction offenses connected to the Epstein Network; all records of any mail cover authorization, surveillance, or chain-of-custody documentation for mail addressed to or from any Epstein-associated address; all records of any USPIS coordination with the FBI, DOJ, or other federal law enforcement agencies on any Epstein-related matter; and all records of any USPIS investigation of the recruitment, transportation, or facilitation of trafficking victims' belongings by cargo mail or through postal communications.

(P) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL (OLC).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Office of Legal Counsel relating to any formal or informal legal opinion, memorandum, advice, or analysis prepared or considered in connection with -

(i) the 2007-2008 NPA between SDFL and Jeffrey Epstein, including any analysis of the NPA's compliance with the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C. § 3771);

(ii) any DOJ component's response to the CVRA violation proceedings before Judge Marra;

(iii) any executive branch consideration of executive clemency, pardon, or commutation for Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell;

(iv) the application of CIPA, the Espionage Act, the Federal Records Act, or any other federal statute to Epstein-related disclosure matters;

(v) any FOIA exemption analysis regarding Epstein-related records; and

(vi) any constitutional or statutory question relating to the Epstein matter referred to OLC by any executive agency;

and all OLC records relating to any communication with the White House Counsel's Office, the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or any other senior DOJ official regarding the Epstein matter.

(Q) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - PUBLIC INTEGRITY SECTION (PIN).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division relating to any review, investigation, declination of prosecution, prosecution, or assessment of any current or former federal, state, or local public official with documented contact, association, or beneficial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any PIN evaluation of potential public corruption offenses connected to the 2007-2008 NPA, the CVRA violation proceedings, the circumstances of Epstein's August 10, 2019 death at MCC New York, or any other Epstein-adjacent matter implicating public officials; all records of any PIN coordination with U.S. Attorneys' Offices, the FBI Public Corruption Unit, or any other DOJ component on Epstein-related public-integrity matters; and all PIN records relating to any decision not to investigate or charge any Covered Individual in connection with their relationship to the Epstein Network.

(R) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (OIA).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Office of International Affairs in the Criminal Division relating to any mutual legal assistance treaty request, Letters Rogatory transmission, extradition request, extradition response, or other international legal assistance matter involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein Network member, or any foreign national identified as an Epstein-associated person; all records of any OIA communication with foreign justice ministries, prosecutors, or law enforcement agencies regarding the Epstein matter, including but not limited to communications with authorities in the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Morocco, and any other foreign jurisdiction where Epstein, Maxwell, or any Network member traveled, resided, or held property; all OIA records relating to evidence-gathering abroad in connection with the SDFL, SDNY, or any other Epstein-related federal investigation; and all OIA records relating to any foreign government inquiry or request concerning Epstein, Maxwell, or any Network member.

(S) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - MONEY LAUNDERING AND ASSET RECOVERY SECTION (MLARS).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Criminal Division relating to any money laundering investigation, prosecution, declination of prosecution, asset forfeiture, or financial crimes analysis involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity, any Epstein Network member, or any financial institution providing services to the Epstein Network; all records relating to any MLARS analysis of the financial structure of the Epstein Network, including the use of trusts, foundations, shell entities, and offshore vehicles; all records of any MLARS coordination with FinCEN, OFAC, the IRS, the SEC, the OCC, the Federal Reserve, or any other financial regulator on Epstein-related financial matters; and all MLARS records relating to any asset forfeiture action, civil or criminal, involving Epstein-associated property.

(T) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - FRAUD SECTION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division relating to any investigation, prosecution, declination of prosecution, or assessment of fraud, securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, or other fraud offenses connected to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated investment vehicle or financial entity, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any Fraud Section assessment of Epstein's claimed investment management activities, his purported high-net-worth clientele, and the financial flows associated with his investment-management business; and all records of any Fraud Section coordination with the SEC, the FBI's Financial Crimes Section, or other DOJ components on Epstein-related fraud matters.

(U) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - ANTITRUST DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Antitrust Division relating to any review, investigation, or assessment of competitive dynamics, market activities, or coordination arrangements involving Jeffrey Epstein, any Epstein-associated entity, or any Epstein Network member, to the extent any such records exist; and all Antitrust Division records relating to any communication with any other DOJ component regarding the Epstein matter.

(V) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - CIVIL DIVISION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Civil Division relating to any civil litigation involving the United States and Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity, or any Epstein Network member, including but not limited to: any defensive litigation in which the United States was named as a defendant in Epstein-adjacent matters; any affirmative civil litigation by the United States against Epstein-associated parties; any civil enforcement action under federal civil-penalty statutes; any civil False Claims Act matter relating to Epstein-associated entities or their dealings with federal programs; and all Civil Division records relating to coordination with any other DOJ component on Epstein-related civil matters.

(2) GROUP B - INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any intelligence interest in, surveillance of, or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to Epstein's foreign travel and contacts with foreign nationals; all records relating to any foreign intelligence service's relationship with or interest in Epstein or Maxwell; all SIGINT, HUMINT, or other intelligence collection records touching on any Epstein Network member.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.- This includes but is not limited to, all SIGINT records relating to communications of Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any foreign government or foreign intelligence service's electronic communications concerning Epstein or Maxwell; all metadata records pertaining to communications originating from or received at any Epstein-associated property.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any military intelligence interest in Epstein or Maxwell; all records relating to any foreign military or defense contractor connections to the Epstein Network.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.- This includes but is not limited to, all intelligence community coordination records relating to Epstein or Maxwell; all records relating to any interagency assessment of the Epstein Network's intelligence dimensions; all records transmitted between intelligence community elements concerning Epstein.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.- This includes but is not limited to, all imagery or geospatial intelligence records relating to Epstein-associated properties, including Little Saint James Island (acquired 1998, approximately 72 acres, USVI), Great Saint James Island (acquired 2016, approximately 165 acres, USVI), the Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico, the Palm Beach estate at 358 El Brillo Way (demolished 2021), the Manhattan townhouse at 9 East 71st Street, and the Paris apartment at 22 Avenue Foch, 16th arrondissement; all records relating to any NGA collection tasking on those properties or on Epstein-associated aircraft or vessels.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all satellite and imagery records relating to Epstein-associated properties, particularly Little Saint James Island and Great Saint James Island, during the period 1980 through 2019.

(G) ALL FILES FROM THE DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (DCSA).- This includes but is not limited to, all background investigation records, security clearance adjudication files, and personnel security records relating to any individual identified as a member of, participant in, or associate of the Epstein Network who held or applied for a federal security clearance at any tier; all records of any security clearance denial, revocation, suspension, or downgrade connected to association with Epstein, Maxwell, or the Epstein Network; all counterintelligence referrals made by DCSA to the FBI or any other agency arising from any background investigation in which Epstein Network associations were disclosed or discovered; all records of any foreign contact reports filed by cleared individuals disclosing contact with Epstein, Maxwell, or any foreign national associated with the Network; and all records from the Continuous Evaluation program relating to any cleared individual with documented Epstein Network connections.

(H) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS (I&A).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis - distinct from the ICE, HSI, CBP, Coast Guard Intelligence, and Border Patrol El Paso Sector records identified separately in this Section - relating to any I&A intelligence assessment, threat analysis, or information-sharing activity involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein Network member, or any Epstein-associated foreign national; all records relating to any I&A coordination with the FBI, CIA, NSA, ODNI, or other Intelligence Community elements on Epstein-related intelligence matters; all records relating to any I&A intelligence product, finished or unfinished, touching on the Epstein Network; and all I&A records relating to any state, local, tribal, or territorial information-sharing activity through the National Network of Fusion Centers that touched on Epstein-related matters.

(3) GROUP C - TRAVEL AND MOVEMENT. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.- This includes but is not limited to, all border crossing records, entry and exit records, customs declarations, passport scans, and secondary inspection records for Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and all individuals identified as Epstein Network members, from 1980 through 2019; all records from the TECS and ATS systems relating to Epstein-associated travel; and all Advance Passenger Information System (APIS/eAPIS) arrival and departure manifests for any Epstein-associated aircraft, operator, or passenger on any international flight, to the extent filed and retained; and all Air and Marine Operations records, including any Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) radar, sensor, or air-track data and any detection, tracking, or interdiction record concerning aircraft operating to or from Zorro Ranch, Little Saint James, Great Saint James, or any other Epstein-associated location, to the extent retained.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any ICE investigation of, or interest in, any foreign national identified as an Epstein Network participant or victim.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any Secure Flight or watchlist (Terrorist Screening Database) match, screening encounter, or security flag involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any individual traveling with them, and any Twelve-Five Standard Security Program records for any Epstein-associated aircraft operated in charter service, during the period November 19, 2001 through 2019.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.- This includes but is not limited to, all aircraft registration records, and all flight records, flight plan filings, and ADS-B tracking records to the extent retained, for all aircraft registered to or operated by Jeffrey Epstein, any Epstein-associated entity, or Ghislaine Maxwell during 1980 through 2019, including tail numbers N908JE, N212JE, N909JE, N331JE, and all aircraft registered to JEGE Inc., JEGE LLC, Hyperion Air Inc., Hyperion Air LLC, Plan D LLC, and Thomas World Air LLC; all records relating to any FAA investigation or inquiry touching on Epstein-associated aircraft.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to Epstein-associated vessels; all records of vessel movements in waters adjacent to Little Saint James Island and Great Saint James Island, U.S. Virgin Islands; all records relating to any USCG investigation or inquiry involving Epstein or Maxwell.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.- This includes but is not limited to, all United States passport and visa records relating to Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records of any Diplomatic Security Service investigation of passport or visa fraud connected to the Epstein Network, including the fraudulent foreign passport recovered from Epstein's residence; all diplomatic cable traffic relating to Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to foreign government inquiries about Epstein; all records relating to the Letters Rogatory process in the SDNY Maxwell prosecution; all records relating to any diplomatic communication concerning Epstein's foreign travel, including travel to France, the United Kingdom, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, and Morocco; any diplomatic or consular records, if any, concerning Epstein's attempted acquisition of the Bin Ennakhil palace in Marrakech's Palmeraie neighborhood and related property negotiations since 2011 (the approximately $14.95 million wire request itself being a financial-institution record addressed under the FinCEN entry of this subsection).

(G) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS (HSI).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from Homeland Security Investigations - distinct from the immigration enforcement records held by ICE - relating to any HSI investigation of or interest in the Epstein Network as a human trafficking or child exploitation enterprise; all HSI case files relating to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jean-Luc Brunel, or any Epstein Network recruiter or transporter; all records relating to HSI's coordination with the FBI, CBP, and Palm Beach authorities on the Epstein trafficking investigation; all records from any HSI child exploitation task force that assessed or investigated Epstein Network conduct; all records relating to any HSI investigation of Epstein-associated travel routes, aircraft movements, or use of international ports of entry in furtherance of trafficking; and all records relating to any HSI investigation of MC2 Model Management or any other modeling or recruitment agency connected to the Epstein Network.

(H) ALL FILES FROM THE COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE (CGIS).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from Coast Guard Intelligence - distinct from United States Coast Guard law enforcement records - relating to any intelligence collection, surveillance, or assessment of vessel traffic in waters adjacent to Little Saint James Island and Great Saint James Island, U.S. Virgin Islands during the period 1998 through 2019; all CGIS records relating to any intelligence interest in Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any CGIS assessment of the Epstein Network's use of maritime assets for the transport of victims, associates, or contraband; all records relating to any CGIS coordination with CBP, DEA, or the intelligence community on activities in USVI waters connected to Epstein; and all records relating to any CGIS assessment of foreign vessel or personnel activity associated with the Epstein Network in U.S. territorial waters.

(I) ALL FILES FROM THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION - BORDER PATROL, EL PASO SECTOR (NEW MEXICO).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the United States Border Patrol's El Paso Sector - which has jurisdiction over the New Mexico-Mexico border - relating to any surveillance, checkpoint encounter, intelligence collection, or cross-border movement monitoring in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Zorro Ranch, or any Epstein Network member; all El Paso Sector intelligence records relating to any monitored or suspected cross-border transport of individuals to or from Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated location in New Mexico; all checkpoint encounter records, to the extent any such encounter occurred, for any individual identified as an Epstein Network member at any checkpoint on U.S. Route 54, U.S. Route 70, or Interstate 25 in New Mexico during the period 1993 through 2019; and all records of any El Paso Sector coordination with HSI, DEA, or the FBI Albuquerque Field Office regarding Epstein-associated activity near the New Mexico-Mexico border.

(J) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION - ZORRO RANCH PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.- This includes but is not limited to, all Federal Aviation Administration records specific to the private airstrip located at or near Zorro Ranch, New Mexico - supplementing and distinct from the aircraft registration and tail number records in the existing FAA entry - including any FAA identifier, Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010), registration, or inspection record assigned to or filed for that airstrip, and any landing, departure, fuel, or ground-service records for that airstrip to the extent held by the Federal Aviation Administration or any other federal agency; all ADS-B, radar track, and ASDI flight data, to the extent retained, for all aircraft arrivals and departures at that specific airstrip during the period 1993 through 2019, regardless of the aircraft's registration or ownership; all FAA airspace authorization records for any aircraft operating to or from the ranch airstrip; all records of any FAA inspection, safety investigation, or enforcement action relating to that airstrip or to any aircraft operating thereto; and all records relating to any FAA coordination with CBP, DEA, or any other federal agency regarding aircraft movements to or from the ranch airstrip.

(4) GROUP D - FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE AND INTELLIGENCE. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (FinCEN).- This includes but is not limited to, all Suspicious Activity Reports filed by any financial institution relating to accounts held by Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network entity - including Financial Trust Company Inc., Southern Trust Company Inc., Southern Financial LLC, HBRK Associates Inc., Plan D LLC, JEGE Inc., JEGE LLC, Butterfly Trust, Coatue Enterprises LLC, C.O.U.Q. Foundation, NES LLC, Nautilus Inc., and Hyperion Air Inc.; all Bank Secrecy Act records; all records relating to any FinCEN investigation of Epstein-associated financial flows; all records relating to foreign financial transactions; and all Suspicious Activity Reports and Bank Secrecy Act filings concerning the approximately $14.95 million wire request signed on or about July 4-5, 2019 by or for Jeffrey Epstein or Southern Trust Company through Charles Schwab for the purchase of the Bin Ennakhil palace in Marrakech, Morocco, which request was canceled and never completed, the underlying wire-transfer instruction itself being a financial-institution record addressed under Section 7010A.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL (OFAC).- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any OFAC screening, designation review, or sanctions analysis touching on Epstein, any Epstein-associated entity, or any foreign national identified as an Epstein Network participant.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any IRS audit, investigation, or tax enforcement action involving Epstein, any Epstein-associated entity, or Maxwell; all records relating to Epstein's USVI tax benefit claims through Southern Trust Company - which reported aggregate income of approximately $656 million during 2013-2017 despite having no visible clients - and the IRS's review thereof.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any SEC investigation of Epstein's investment activities, any Epstein-associated fund or entity, or any financial relationship between Epstein and any registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or public company.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY.- This includes but is not limited to, all examination records, supervisory communications, and enforcement records relating to JPMorgan Chase's handling of Epstein-associated accounts from 1998 through 2013, during which period JPMorgan served as Epstein's primary bank; all records relating to OCC supervisory awareness of the SAR filings and suspicious transaction patterns identified in the USVI attorney general's civil litigation.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD.- This includes but is not limited to, all examination records of Deutsche Bank's U.S. holding company relating to Deutsche Bank's banking relationship with Epstein-associated entities from approximately 2013 through 2019, during which period Deutsche Bank served as Epstein's primary bank following his departure from JPMorgan; all records relating to the Federal Reserve's awareness of or response to the New York Department of Financial Services consent order against Deutsche Bank in 2020.

(G) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS.- This includes but is not limited to, all financial intelligence records relating to Epstein-associated financial flows, foreign financial connections, and any Treasury intelligence assessment of the Epstein Network's financial structure.

(H) ALL FILES FROM THE USDA FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the USDA Farm Service Agency relating to any conservation reserve program application, or agricultural subsidy claim made in connection with Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity holding or operating the ranch during the period 1993 through 2019; all FSA records reflecting the operational status, declared acreage, and claimed agricultural use of the ranch property; all records relating to any FSA loan, guarantee, or financial assistance touching on Zorro Ranch; and all FSA county office records for Santa Fe County, New Mexico, relating to Epstein-associated agricultural operations.

(I) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (FEC).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Federal Election Commission relating to any contribution, expenditure, in-kind support, independent expenditure, joint fundraising arrangement, conduit contribution, bundling activity, or other reportable political activity by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity (including Financial Trust Company Inc., Southern Trust Company Inc., Southern Financial LLC, HBRK Associates Inc., Plan D LLC, JEGE Inc., JEGE LLC, Butterfly Trust, Coatue Enterprises LLC, C.O.U.Q. Foundation, NES LLC, Nautilus Inc., and Hyperion Air Inc.), or any Epstein Network member, regardless of whether the contribution was made directly, through an intermediary, through a political action committee, through a super PAC, through a 501(c)(4) organization, or through any other vehicle; all records of any FEC enforcement action, investigation, complaint, conciliation agreement, or audit involving Epstein-associated political activity; all records relating to any FEC analysis of Epstein-associated contributions to Covered Individuals as defined in Section 7003(a); and all FEC records relating to any matter under review (MUR), administrative fine, or other proceeding involving Epstein-associated political activity. The Federal Election Commission shall, in addition to submission of underlying contribution records, prepare and submit a consolidated summary of all reported contributions by Epstein-associated persons and entities to any Covered Individual or to any committee supporting any Covered Individual, organized by recipient, by date, and by amount.

(5) GROUP E - EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND WHITE HOUSE. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE - OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT.- This includes but is not limited to, all visitor logs, correspondence records, and communications records relating to Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member and any White House official or the President during any administration from 1980 through 2019; all records relating to any presidential pardon inquiry or executive clemency consideration involving Epstein or any Epstein Network member.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE SECRET SERVICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all protective detail records, visitor logs, and travel records reflecting the presence of Epstein or Maxwell at any Secret Service-protected location or in proximity to any Secret Service protectee; all records relating to any Secret Service protective interest in or assessment of Epstein-associated properties.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.- This includes but is not limited to, all NSC records - held separately from the White House Office of Records Management's general correspondence files - relating to any NSC staff assessment of the foreign intelligence dimensions of the Epstein Network; all records of any NSC principals or deputies committee discussion of Epstein, Maxwell, or the Epstein Network; all records relating to any NSC coordination with the CIA, NSA, or ODNI on foreign intelligence aspects of the Epstein matter; all records relating to any NSC staff-level assessment of Israeli, UK, or other foreign government connections to the Epstein Network; and all NSC records relating to any foreign government inquiry about Epstein or Maxwell transmitted through national security channels rather than through the Department of State.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Labor relating to Secretary Alex Acosta's tenure from April 27, 2017 through July 19, 2019, including all records reflecting any communication, briefing, or inquiry concerning the 2007-2008 NPA during that tenure; all Department of Labor records relating to the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility review of Acosta's conduct in connection with the Epstein matter, that review (addressed at Section 7008(d)(1)(I)) being the operative investigation of that conduct; all records relating to Acosta's vetting for the Secretary of Labor position, including any DOL or White House personnel records reflecting what was known about the Epstein NPA at the time of his nomination and confirmation; all records of any DOL communication with DOJ, the White House, or congressional offices concerning the NPA during Acosta's tenure; and all records of any communication by or to Acosta in his capacity as Secretary of Labor concerning the Epstein investigation or Maxwell's prosecution.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (OPM) AND THE DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY (DCSA).- This includes but is not limited to, all background investigation records and security clearance adjudication files held by OPM or by DCSA (to which the federal background-investigation function and its records transferred from OPM effective October 1, 2019, and which is separately enumerated at Section 7008(d)(2)(G)) relating to any individual identified as a member of, participant in, or associate of the Epstein Network who was the subject of a federal background investigation; all records of any OPM National Background Investigations Bureau or successor DCSA investigation in which association with Epstein, Maxwell, or the Epstein Network was disclosed, discovered, or flagged; all records relating to any OPM-administered continuous evaluation records touching on any cleared individual with documented Epstein Network connections; and all records of any OPM communication with the FBI, DCSA, or any other agency regarding the suitability or clearance status of any Epstein-associated individual; and, to the extent any Epstein-associated individual held a security clearance investigated outside the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency background-investigation program, the corresponding background-investigation or clearance-adjudication records held by the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the Department of State, as separately enumerated in this subsection.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE SECRET SERVICE - ZORRO RANCH, NEW MEXICO (SITE-SPECIFIC RECORDS).- This includes but is not limited to, all Secret Service records specifically relating to Zorro Ranch, New Mexico as a location - supplementing and distinct from the general Secret Service protective detail and visitor log records in the existing Secret Service entry - including all site advance records, protective intelligence assessments, and facility security evaluations conducted at or in connection with the ranch; all records of any visit by any Secret Service protectee to Zorro Ranch or to any location in New Mexico in proximity to Epstein or Maxwell during the period 1993 through 2019; all records of any Secret Service coordination with New Mexico State Police, the Santa Fe County Sheriff, or other local law enforcement in connection with any protectee visit to the ranch; and all records of any Secret Service protective intelligence concern regarding Zorro Ranch, any individual associated with the ranch, or any threat assessment conducted in connection with a protectee's presence at or travel to the ranch.

(6) GROUP F - SCIENCE, RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL LABORATORIES.- This includes but is not limited to, all records of any DOE official's or national laboratory personnel's contact with Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; all records relating to any Epstein visit to or funding of any national laboratory or DOE-affiliated research institution; all records relating to Epstein's claimed scientific research activities.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to any NIH grant application, funding relationship, or official contact involving Epstein, any Epstein-associated entity including Southern Trust Company's claimed DNA research activities, or any researcher who received Epstein funding.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the National Science Foundation relating to any NSF grantee, fellowship recipient, or program officer who visited Zorro Ranch, received funding from Epstein or any Epstein-associated entity, or had any documented interaction with Epstein in connection with NSF-funded research; all records of any NSF conflict-of-interest disclosure, ethics review, or compliance investigation triggered by any grantee's association with Epstein or acceptance of Epstein funding; all records relating to any NSF assessment of Epstein's scientific philanthropy program and its relationship to federally-funded researchers; all records from the NSF Office of Inspector General relating to any investigation of grantee interactions with Epstein or Epstein-associated entities; and all records of any NSF coordination with NIH, DOE, or any other federal research funding agency regarding the integrity of federally-funded research conducted by individuals who received Epstein funding or participated in Epstein-hosted gatherings.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (OICI).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence - distinct from DOE's general records - relating to any OICI assessment of Jeffrey Epstein's contacts with, visits to, or funding of personnel at DOE national laboratories; all records relating to any OICI counterintelligence assessment of foreign intelligence risk arising from Epstein's access to sensitive scientific personnel; all records relating to any OICI referral to the FBI arising from laboratory personnel's association with Epstein; all records relating to any OICI assessment of Robert Maxwell's 1984 attempt to sell PROMIS software to Sandia National Laboratories, including any FBI coordination records from the counterintelligence investigation the Bureau opened into that transaction; and all records relating to any OICI assessment of the foreign intelligence implications of Epstein's scientific philanthropy and research funding activities.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY - LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY AND SANTA FE INSTITUTE.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from Los Alamos National Laboratory - located approximately fifty (50) miles from Zorro Ranch - relating to any LANL employee's, contractor's, or cleared visitor's contact with Jeffrey Epstein, attendance at any Epstein-hosted event at Zorro Ranch or elsewhere, or receipt of Epstein funding; all records from LANL's counterintelligence program relating to any assessment of Epstein's access to LANL personnel or sensitive research; all records concerning the Santa Fe Institute - which received Epstein funding and whose affiliated researchers attended Epstein-hosted gatherings - to the extent obtained or generated by a federal agency in the course of a counterintelligence inquiry, grant-fraud or oversight investigation, or law-enforcement matter, including by the National Science Foundation (separately enumerated in this subsection), the Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, or the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and all records relating to any DOE or LANL response to the FBI Albuquerque Field Office or any other law enforcement agency regarding Epstein's scientific activities in New Mexico.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Education relating to any Department review, investigation, or assessment of Jeffrey Epstein's donations, grants, sponsorships, or other financial relationships with any institution of higher education receiving federal student aid funds, federal research grants, or other federal funding, including but not limited to documented Epstein donations to or relationships with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and any other federally-funded institution; all records relating to the Department of Education's review of MIT's handling of Epstein donations following the 2019 disclosures; all records of any Department of Education compliance action under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 1070 et seq.), or other authorities relating to Epstein-associated funding; and all Department of Education records relating to any Office of Federal Student Aid program touching on Epstein-affiliated educational institutions or programs.

(G) ALL FILES FROM THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency relating to any DARPA-funded researcher, program manager, or program contractor who had documented contact with Jeffrey Epstein, attended any Epstein-hosted scientific gathering, received funding from Epstein or any Epstein-associated entity, or otherwise interacted with Epstein in connection with DARPA-funded research; all records of any DARPA conflict-of-interest disclosure, ethics review, or compliance investigation triggered by any DARPA-affiliated researcher's association with Epstein; all records relating to any DARPA assessment of Epstein's scientific philanthropy program and its relationship to federally-funded defense research; and all DARPA records relating to any coordination with the FBI, the DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, or any other federal agency regarding Epstein's access to DARPA-funded researchers or programs.

(7) GROUP G - JUDICIAL AND OVERSIGHT. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. COURTS.- This includes but is not limited to, all records relating to judicial administration of the Maxwell prosecution and the NPA CVRA proceedings.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all GAO audit, investigation, and oversight records relating to DOJ's compliance with Public Law 119-38, including the March 11, 2026 letter from a bipartisan group of United States Senators requesting a GAO review of those redactions, and GAO's resulting review and work product; all records relating to any prior GAO review of federal law enforcement's handling of the Epstein investigations.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL - DOJ, DHS, DOD, AND TREASURY.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General beyond what was published in Report 23-085, including all interview transcripts, investigative notes, forensic analysis records, and work product generated in the course of the MCC investigation; all records of any DOJ OIG inquiry into the NPA, the CVRA proceedings, or any other Epstein-related DOJ conduct; all records from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General relating to any DHS component's handling of Epstein-associated travel, border crossing, or trafficking investigations; all records from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General relating to any military or defense contractor connection to the Epstein Network; and all records from the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration relating to any review of IRS conduct with respect to Epstein's USVI tax claims or any Epstein-associated entity.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT (FISC) RECORDS - SEPARATE PROCEDURE. -This includes but is not limited to, Records held by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court relating to the Epstein Network are not subject to the agency submission procedures of this Section. Disclosure of FISC records relating to the Epstein Network is governed by Section 7008A of this title, which establishes a separate disclosure procedure respecting the constitutional and statutory framework governing FISC records.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT PANEL - ADMINISTRATIVE AND NON-PRIVILEGED RECORDS.- This includes but is not limited to, all non-privileged administrative records from the Office of the Federal Public Defender, the Criminal Justice Act Panel, or any other federally-funded indigent-defense provider relating to representation of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member, to the extent any such records are not subject to attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or other applicable privilege. The records subject to disclosure under this paragraph include: court-filed CJA vouchers and payment records; non-privileged scheduling, transportation, and visitation records; non-privileged records of communication with the court, the prosecution, or third parties whose communications are not subject to a privilege; and any records of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts relating to CJA Panel administration in any Epstein-related case. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require, authorize, or permit the disclosure of any communication between any Epstein Network member and that person's counsel of record, or any work product of any such counsel.

(8) GROUP H - PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION - INCLUDING PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS.- This includes but is not limited to, all presidential records held by the National Archives and Records Administration pursuant to the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. sections 2201-2209, from the administrations of William J. Clinton (January 20, 1993 through January 20, 2001), George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 through January 20, 2009), Barack H. Obama (January 20, 2009 through January 20, 2017), and Donald J. Trump (January 20, 2017 through January 20, 2021), relating to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member, including all White House visitor logs, correspondence, memoranda, briefing materials, and communications records from those administrations; all presidential records from any administration relating to any consideration of executive clemency, pardon, or commutation for Epstein or Maxwell; all presidential records from the Clinton administration relating to any contact between White House officials and Epstein or Maxwell during the period 1993 through 2001; all presidential records from the Trump administration relating to any White House awareness of or communication concerning the SDNY prosecution of Epstein or the Maxwell prosecution; and all NARA records relating to any presidential records request, review, or access determination made in connection with any Epstein-related congressional, journalistic, or civil litigation inquiry. Additionally, all files relating to the Epstein Network currently held by the National Archives, any of its units, departments, sub agencies throughout the agency.

(9) GROUP I - ZORRO RANCH: LAND, CONSTRUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENT. -

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Army Corps of Engineers' Albuquerque District - which has jurisdiction over federal water and construction permitting in New Mexico - relating to any permit application, permit issuance, permit denial, inspection, or enforcement action in connection with Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity during the period 1993 through 2019; all records relating to any Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application for construction activity on or adjacent to any wetland, waterway, or water of the United States on or near the ranch property; all records relating to any permit application or review for the construction of the private airstrip on the ranch property; all records relating to any permit application, review, or enforcement action in connection with any underground construction, excavation, or tunneling activity at the ranch; and all records of any Army Corps coordination with EPA, BLM, the New Mexico State Engineer's Office, or any other federal or state agency regarding construction or land-use activity at the ranch.

(B) ALL FILES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - REGION 6.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from EPA Region 6 - which has environmental regulatory jurisdiction over New Mexico - relating to any environmental permit application, permit issuance, inspection, or enforcement action in connection with Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity during the period 1993 through 2019; all records relating to any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, stormwater discharge permit, or Clean Water Act compliance record for the ranch property; all records relating to any EPA assessment of underground storage tanks, hazardous waste generation, or solid waste management at the ranch; all records from EPA's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) screening program relating to the ranch property or any adjacent parcels; all records of any EPA coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, BLM, or New Mexico Environment Department regarding environmental compliance at the ranch; and all records of any EPA complaint, tip, or referral received in connection with activities at the ranch.

(C) ALL FILES FROM THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT - NEW MEXICO STATE OFFICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Bureau of Land Management's New Mexico State Office - which administers federal public lands adjacent to private ranches throughout New Mexico - relating to any easement, right-of-way grant, grazing permit, access agreement, land patent, or other authorization granted in connection with Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity; all records of any BLM inspection, trespass investigation, or enforcement action on federal lands adjacent to the ranch; all records relating to any BLM assessment of or response to any activity on the ranch that affected adjacent federal lands, including any airstrip approaches over federal land or any construction activity near the federal boundary; all records of any BLM coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, the U.S. Forest Service, or New Mexico state agencies regarding land use at or adjacent to the ranch; and all records of any BLM oil, gas, or mineral lease affecting the ranch property or adjacent parcels.

(D) ALL FILES FROM THE USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS).- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service relating to any conservation program enrollment, technical assistance, conservation easement, or wetland reserve program participation in connection with Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity during the period 1993 through 2019; all NRCS soil survey, wetland determination, and farm records for the ranch parcel; all records of any NRCS coordination with BLM, the Army Corps of Engineers, or EPA regarding wetland or waterway resources on or adjacent to the ranch; and all records of any NRCS field office visit, inspection, or assessment of the ranch property.

(E) ALL FILES FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE - NEW MEXICO ECOLOGICAL SERVICES. -This includes but is not limited to, all records from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's New Mexico Ecological Services field office relating to any Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation (16 U.S.C. § 1536), Section 10 incidental take permit (16 U.S.C. § 1539), or biological opinion prepared in connection with any construction or land-use activity at Zorro Ranch; all records of any USFWS survey, inspection, or assessment of the ranch property or adjacent lands for threatened or endangered species habitat; all records of any USFWS coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, BLM, or New Mexico Game and Fish Department regarding wildlife resources on or adjacent to the ranch; and all records of any USFWS law enforcement investigation of any wildlife violation at or connected to the ranch.

(F) ALL FILES FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS - SOUTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE.- This includes but is not limited to, all records from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Southwest Regional Office relating to any tribal land adjacency, treaty right, cultural resource concern, or right-of-way involving Zorro Ranch and any federally recognized tribe in New Mexico, including any pueblo or tribal nation whose traditional territory includes or is adjacent to the area in which the ranch is located; all records of any BIA consultation with any tribe regarding activities at the ranch or on adjacent federal or tribal lands; and all records of any BIA coordination with BLM, the Army Corps of Engineers, or the National Park Service regarding cultural resource protection in the area of the ranch.

(10) GROUP J - NATIONAL ARCHIVES SELF-SEARCH OF ALL HOLDINGS AND CUSTODIAL RECORDS.-

(A) ALL FILES FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION HELD IN ITS CAPACITY AS A RECORDS HOLDER AND CUSTODIAN.- The National Archives and Records Administration is itself a major holder and custodian of Records of the Epstein Network, distinct from and in addition to its role in housing the Unit under Section 7005, and is subject to every submission obligation this title imposes on an originating agency, including the inventory, rolling submission, and quarterly look-again obligations under subsections (c), (f), and (g) and the publication tranche schedule under subsections (i) through (l). Its role in housing the Unit does not reduce, qualify, or substitute for its obligations as a searching and submitting agency. The Archivist of the United States shall cause a comprehensive search to be conducted across all holdings of the National Archives for Records of the Epstein Network. This includes but is not limited to:

(i) all accessioned permanent records in the legal custody of the National Archives;

(ii) all records physically held in any Federal Records Center, subject to the custody rule in subparagraph (B);

(iii) all Vice-Presidential records held under the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2209, and all donated historical materials held under deed of gift, across every Presidential library and archival depository administered by the National Archives;

(iv) all holdings of every regional archives and regional facility;

(v) all holdings of every component of the National Archives, including the National Declassification Center, the Information Security Oversight Office, the Office of Research Services, the Federal Records Centers Program, and the Office of the Chief Records Officer;

(vi) all special-media records, including photographic, cartographic, electronic, audiovisual, and microform holdings; and

(vii) all operational, administrative, and internal records of the National Archives itself relating to the Epstein Network, including any record reflecting prior receipt, transfer, restriction, or disposition of any Record of the Epstein Network.

(B) FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER CUSTODY RULE.- Records physically held in a Federal Records Center remain in the legal custody of the originating agency that deposited them. The National Archives shall identify every Record of the Epstein Network in its physical custody in any Federal Records Center and shall, within five (5) business days of identification, notify the originating agency of the existence and location of each such record. The originating agency retains its submission obligation under this Section. Where the originating agency fails to retrieve and submit such a record within the rolling five-business-day window under subsection (f) after notification, or no longer exists, the National Archives shall submit the record directly to the Unit and report the originating agency's failure to both Judiciary Committees. No Record of the Epstein Network shall escape submission by reason of its physical location in a Federal Records Center.

(C) INDEPENDENCE FIREWALL AND APPLICATION OF SUBMISSION OBLIGATIONS.- The self-search required by this paragraph shall be conducted by components and personnel of the National Archives other than the Unit, under the direction of the Office of the Chief Records Officer or a designee of the Archivist who is not assigned to the Unit. The Unit shall receive, review, redact, and publish the National Archives' own submissions on the same terms, and under the same procedures, as the submissions of any other originating agency, and no officer or employee of the National Archives may use, direct, or influence the Unit to treat the National Archives' own records on terms different from those applied to any other agency. The receipt-log and reconciliation procedures of Section 7005A apply without exception. Each inventory, affidavit, and certification required of the National Archives under this paragraph shall be signed personally by the Archivist of the United States and certified by the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records Administration; a materially false, incomplete, or evasive filing constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y).

(11) GROUP K - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPREHENSIVE SELF-SEARCH OF ALL HOLDINGS. -

(A) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COMPREHENSIVE SELF-SEARCH.- The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in addition to producing the categories of records enumerated in paragraph (1) of this subsection for the FBI and its named components, shall conduct a comprehensive search across all FBI holdings for Records of the Epstein Network. This includes but is not limited to:

(i) all records held by every FBI Branch and Division not separately named in paragraph (1), including the Intelligence Branch, the National Security Branch, and the Critical Incident Response Group;

(ii) all records held by every FBI field office not separately named in paragraph (1) that has at any time held records relating to the Epstein Network, including the New York Field Office, the Washington Field Office, and the Miami Field Office;

(iii) all records held by every FBI resident agency, task force, joint operation, or interagency working group with relevant subject-matter jurisdiction, including any Crimes Against Children task force, the Innocence Lost National Initiative, any Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the Public Corruption Unit;

(iv) all records held by every FBI legal attaché office (Legat) abroad in jurisdictions where Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member traveled, resided, held property, or maintained associates, including the Legat offices in London, Paris, and Tel Aviv;

(v) all FBI records of any form, including paper, electronic, photographic, audiovisual, biometric, forensic, and intelligence formats, and all records held in any FBI-controlled records system including Sentinel, the Automated Case Support system, FBINet, and any classified, compartmented, or special-access system;

(vi) all operational, administrative, and internal records of the FBI itself relating to the Epstein Network, including any record reflecting prior receipt, transfer, restriction, withholding, declination, or disposition of any Record of the Epstein Network;

(vii) all records held by any FBI component or facility not specifically named in this subparagraph or paragraph (1) that may contain Records of the Epstein Network; and

(viii) a count of total hard drive and storage devices obtained from Epstein Network properties and the volume of content stored therein.

(B) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPREHENSIVE SELF-SEARCH.- The Department of Justice, in addition to producing the categories of records enumerated in paragraph (1) of this subsection for DOJ and its named component agencies, divisions, sections, and offices, shall conduct a comprehensive search across all Department of Justice holdings for Records of the Epstein Network. This includes but is not limited to:

(i) all records held by the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of the Associate Attorney General, and the Office of the Solicitor General relating to the Epstein Network or to any Department response to the matters within this title, including emails, memos, meeting notes, concerning decisions to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates;

(ii) all records held by the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and all records held by any Section of the Criminal Division not separately named in paragraph (1), including the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, the Organized Crime and Gang Section, and the Appellate Section;

(iii) all records held by every United States Attorney's Office not separately named in paragraph (1) that has at any time held records relating to the Epstein Network, including the District of New Mexico, the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of New York, and the District of the Virgin Islands;

(iv) all records held by INTERPOL Washington and by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys;

(v) all records held by the Office of the Pardon Attorney relating to any executive clemency, pardon, or commutation inquiry involving Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member;

(vi) all records of any form, including paper, electronic, photographic, audiovisual, biometric, forensic, and intelligence formats, and all records held in any Department of Justice records system, whether unclassified, Secret, Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information, or Special Access Program tier, including the Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON) and any Department of Justice classified network or enterprise architecture;

(vii) all operational, administrative, and internal records of the Department of Justice itself relating to the Epstein Network, including any record reflecting prior receipt, transfer, restriction, withholding, declination, or disposition of any Record of the Epstein Network, and including any record reflecting the Department's compliance or non-compliance with Public Law 119-38; and

(viii) all records held by any Department of Justice component, office, or facility not specifically named in this subparagraph or paragraph (1) that may contain Records of the Epstein Network.

(ix) a count of total hard drive and storage devices obtained from Epstein Network properties and the volume of content stored therein.

(C) RELATIONSHIP TO ENUMERATED CATEGORIES.- The enumerated record categories elsewhere in this subsection establish the floor of expected production from the FBI and DOJ; the comprehensive self-search under subparagraphs (A) and (B) establishes the obligation to identify all Records of the Epstein Network within FBI and DOJ holdings, whether or not falling within any enumerated category. Affidavits, IG certifications, and falsity penalties are governed by subsections (c)(3), (e), and (g).

(e) THE NON-EXISTENCE AND DISPOSITION AFFIDAVIT - REQUIRED CONTENTS.- Any affidavit required under subsection (d) shall be signed by the agency head personally, under penalty of perjury, and shall affirmatively address each of the following, separately and with specificity:

(1) NON-EXISTENCE.- Whether the agency ever created, received, or held any Records of the Epstein Network, identifying the specific systems, files, and archives searched, the personnel who conducted the search, the dates of the search, and the basis for the conclusion that no such records exist, including naming the specific minimum types of records searched for which have been identified in Groups A-K for each agency or department respectively.

(2) TRANSFER TO ANOTHER AGENCY OR ENTITY.- Whether any Records of the Epstein Network ever in the agency's possession were transferred, routed, referred, or otherwise relinquished, in whole or in part, to any other federal agency, state or local authority, foreign government, contractor, subcontractor, private entity, or any other person, identifying the receiving party, the date of transfer, the specific records transferred, the legal or administrative authority for the transfer, and whether the agency retained any copy.

(3) LOSS OF COPY OR ACCESS.- Whether the agency, having previously possessed any Records of the Epstein Network, no longer holds a copy of any such record in any form (including but not limited to original, duplicate, working copy, backup, archived, or electronically retrievable form), identifying each such record by description, the date the agency ceased to hold a copy, the cause, and the identity of any party that may now hold the only remaining copy.

(4) DESTRUCTION, DISPOSAL, OR DIRECTED DESTRUCTION.- Whether any Records of the Epstein Network were destroyed, shredded, deleted, overwritten, degaussed, incinerated, or otherwise disposed of, and whether any officer, employee, contractor, detailee, or external party (including any official of another federal agency, the Executive Office of the President, or any foreign government) requested, instructed, directed, suggested, or pressured any person to destroy, shred, delete, or otherwise dispose of any such record. The affidavit shall identify each request, instruction, or direction by date, the person making it, the person receiving it, the records affected, whether the request was complied with, and the records-management authority (if any) cited as the basis for the destruction.

(5) DILIGENT INQUIRY.- That the affiant conducted a diligent inquiry of current and former agency personnel reasonably likely to have direct knowledge of any matter described in paragraphs (1) through (4), and identified the personnel interviewed. A materially false, incomplete, or evasive affidavit under this subsection constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y). Where the agency head position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the affidavit is presumptively less reliable. Any affidavit disclosing a transfer, loss, destruction, or directed destruction under paragraphs (2) through (4) shall be transmitted simultaneously to the Inspector General of the affiant's agency, the Inspector General of any receiving agency identified, and both Judiciary Committees, and shall trigger an automatic Inspector General investigation under the standards of Section 7007(d)(5)(E).

(f) ROLLING RECORDS SUBMISSION - FIVE BUSINESS DAYS FROM IDENTIFICATION. -

(1) IN GENERAL.- Following the inventory submission required under subsection (c), each Record of the Epstein Network identified by an agency shall be transmitted to the Unit within five (5) business days of identification. The five-business-day clock begins at the moment a record is identified as a Record of the Epstein Network by the agency's designated Records Officer or by any other officer, employee, contractor, or detailee whose responsibilities include records identification under the Federal Records Act, 44 U.S.C. § 3102. Where an agency lacks a designated Records Officer, or the position is vacant, the agency head shall designate an acting Records Officer within fifteen (15) calendar days of enactment for purposes of this title, and the agency head shall personally bear the responsibilities of the Records Officer until such designation is made. The five-business-day clock begins upon the Records Officer's decision that a record is a Record of the Epstein Network, regardless of whether the record was newly discovered, located through targeted search, surfaced through external prompt (including but not limited to FOIA litigation, congressional inquiry, public release of related material, or whistleblower disclosure), or previously known but newly characterized as responsive.

(2) MANNER OF SUBMISSION.- Records submitted under this subsection shall be transmitted to the Unit fully unredacted except for the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1), accompanied by SHA-256 hash values if within agency capacity to provide, the universal evidence log required under Section 7005(t), and the agency's identification of the publication tranche under subsections (i) through (l) into which the record falls based on the type of Unit review required. The agency's tranche identification is preliminary; the Unit retains sole authority to reassign records to a different tranche based on its own review.

(3) NO PRE-REDACTION OR WITHHOLDING.- Agencies shall not pre-redact, over-redact, withhold pages, crop, or modify records before submission, except for the limited traumatic material pre-redaction authorized under Section 7007(d)(1). Where any responsive record has previously been disclosed, in any forum, only in redacted, excerpted, or otherwise altered form, the agency shall locate and submit the complete, original, unredacted record to the extent it remains within the agency's possession, custody, or control. The agency shall also locate and submit every other copy of that record in its possession, custody, or control, including any duplicate, working copy, annotated copy, or previously redacted version.

(4) AGENCY HEAD CONTEMPT FOR PATTERN OF LATE SUBMISSION.- An agency that fails to submit records within the rolling five-business-day window on more than three (3) separate occasions, or on any single occasion involving more than ten (10) records, shall be presumed to have engaged in a pattern of late submission. Such a pattern shall constitute contempt of Congress on the same terms as Section 7008(p)(3), with personal liability attaching to the agency head, unless the agency head can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that each instance of late submission was caused by circumstances entirely outside the agency's control.

(5) ANTI-GAMING CERTIFICATION.- Each rolling submission shall be accompanied by the agency's certification that its preliminary tranche assignment was made in good faith based on the type of Unit review the record genuinely requires. Any agency that systematically misassigns records to later tranches than their review type warrants shall be presumed to be engaged in deliberate delay, with the consequences specified in paragraph (4).

(g) QUARTERLY LOOK-AGAIN AFFIDAVIT AND SUPPLEMENTARY INVENTORY. -

(1) IN GENERAL.- Following the inventory submission under subsection (c), each agency shall, on a quarterly basis until the agency has filed a final discharge affidavit under paragraph (5), conduct a re-search of all systems, files, and archives identified in the original inventory affidavit, or the systems, files, and archives identified in the non-existence and disposition affidavit filed under subsection (e) where applicable, together with any additional systems or repositories identified in the interval, and shall file a sworn look-again affidavit with the Unit and both Judiciary Committees. The re-search shall include, but is not limited to, a targeted search for records relating to any individual, entity, property, account, aircraft, vessel, or other identifier newly identified as a member of, participant in, associate of, victim of, or otherwise connected to the Epstein Network since the agency's prior affidavit, whether the new identification arose from records published by the Unit under Section 7008, from records voluntarily produced under Sections 7010 or 7010A, from Maxwell's congressional deposition under Section 7021, from the FBI report under Section 7025, from any other federal proceeding, from journalism, from public disclosure by a Qualified Disclosant under Chapter VI, or from any other source. An agency's prior failure to identify records relating to a newly-identified person or entity does not excuse the agency from identifying and submitting such records upon their identification through the re-search required under this paragraph.

(2) AFFIDAVIT CONTENTS.- Each look-again affidavit shall be signed by the agency head personally, under penalty of perjury, and shall affirmatively address each of the following, separately and with specificity -

(A) RE-SEARCH METHODOLOGY.- The systems, files, and archives re-searched; the personnel who conducted the re-search; the dates of the re-search; and any new search terms (including new identities revealed to be a part of the Epstein Network), methodologies, or repositories included beyond those identified in the prior affidavit;

(B) NEW RECORDS IDENTIFIED.- Whether any Records of the Epstein Network were identified in the period since the prior affidavit, identifying each such record by description, the date of identification, the system or file in which it was located, the date the record was created, and the basis for not identifying it in the prior inventory;

(C) RE-AFFIRMATION OF DISPOSITION CATEGORIES.- That none of the categories described in subsection (e)(2) through (4) - transfer to another agency or entity, loss of copy or access, or destruction, disposal, or directed destruction - has occurred in the interval since the prior affidavit; or, if any such category has occurred, identifying each instance with the same specificity required under subsection (e);

(D) ROLLING SUBMISSION COMPLIANCE.- Whether all records identified in the period since the prior affidavit were transmitted to the Unit within the five-business-day window required under subsection (f), identifying any record submitted late and the cause; and

(E) SUPPLEMENTARY INVENTORY.- An updated supplementary inventory of all Records of the Epstein Network identified by the agency since the prior affidavit, in the same form and with the same SHA-256 hash manifest required under subsection (c)(1).

(3) INSPECTOR GENERAL CERTIFICATION.- Each look-again affidavit shall be accompanied by a written certification from the agency's Inspector General attesting that the re-search was conducted with the diligence required under this subsection and that the supplementary inventory is complete to the best of the Inspector General's knowledge. Where an Inspector General position is vacant or held by an acting official appointed within the preceding twelve (12) months, the agency head certifies personally in lieu of the Inspector General, and that certification is presumptively less reliable.

(4) FALSITY PENALTIES.- A materially false, incomplete, or evasive look-again affidavit constitutes the accountability offenses defined in Section 7003(y). Each false affidavit constitutes a separate offense.

(5) FINAL DISCHARGE AFFIDAVIT.- An agency's quarterly affidavit obligation under this subsection shall continue until the agency has filed a sworn final discharge affidavit, signed by the agency head and certified by the Inspector General, attesting that the agency has fully discharged its submission obligations under this Section, that no further Records of the Epstein Network are reasonably believed to remain in the agency's possession, and that the agency has put in place a continuing-discovery protocol for any record subsequently identified. Following the final discharge affidavit, the agency's quarterly affidavit obligation under this subsection ceases, but the rolling five-business-day submission obligation under subsection (f) continues in force for any record subsequently identified. A final discharge affidavit later proven to be materially false carries the same penalties as a false look-again affidavit under paragraph (4), with each subsequently identified record constituting evidence of falsity.

(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - ROLLING SUBMISSION AND TRANCHED PUBLICATION.- The rolling agency submission requirement under subsection (f) and the Unit's tranched publication schedule under subsections (i) through (l) shall together be construed as addressing two documented practices that overwhelmed prior disclosure regimes: the practice of mass last-day production by agencies, and the practice of agency submission patterns exceeding any review entity's processing capacity. The rolling five-business-day submission obligation eliminates the structural incentive for mass last-day production by removing the existence of any single submission deadline against which to mass-produce. The tranched publication schedule ensures the Unit has structured time to perform substantive review - including mosaic analysis under Section 7013, category carve-out evaluation under Section 7012, and CSAM and traumatic materials handling under Section 7007 - rather than being forced into a per-record processing cycle that would render meaningful review impossible. Together these mechanisms are rationally adapted to the legitimate legislative ends of ensuring timely public disclosure and substantive review integrity, and are constitutionally adequate under the Necessary and Proper Clause as means directly connected to specific documented abuses of prior law.

(i) FIRST PUBLICATION TRANCHE - DAY 300 OR UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE.- Not later than three hundred (300) calendar days after enactment, or the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028, whichever is earlier, the Unit shall complete review of and publish to the Government Publishing Office all Records of the Epstein Network requiring no review beyond victim PII redaction (the "First Publication Tranche"). These records require the least Unit review time and shall be published first to ensure they reach the public earliest. Within the First Publication Tranche, the Unit shall publish each cleared record to GPO on a rolling basis within five (5) business days of the Unit's completion of clearance, as further provided in Section 7005(r). The Unit shall not delay publication of First Tranche records because records assigned to subsequent tranches remain under review. Presidential Postponement Certifications for records in this tranche must be filed before September 1, 2028; Certifications filed after September 1, 2028 are void ab initio for any record, regardless of tranche. Records identified by an agency and submitted to the Unit after the First Publication Tranche has published, but which fall within the First Tranche's review category (PII-only review), shall be published by the Unit on a rolling supplementary basis within five (5) business days of clearance, regardless of the First Tranche's original publication date.

(j) SECOND PUBLICATION TRANCHE - DAY 600 OR UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE.- Not later than six hundred (600) calendar days after enactment, or the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028, whichever is earlier, the Unit shall complete review of and publish to the Government Publishing Office all Records of the Epstein Network requiring declassification review or more complex redaction analysis. Within the Second Publication Tranche, the Unit shall publish each cleared record on a rolling basis within five (5) business days of clearance. Records identified by an agency and submitted to the Unit after the Second Publication Tranche has been published, but which fall within the Second Tranche's review category, shall be published by the Unit on a rolling supplementary basis within five (5) business days of clearance.

(k) THIRD PUBLICATION TRANCHE - DAY 850 OR UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE.- Not later than eight hundred and fifty (850) calendar days after enactment, or the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028, whichever is earlier, the Unit shall complete review of and publish to the Government Publishing Office all Records of the Epstein Network requiring mosaic analysis or combination protection review under Section 7013. Within the Third Publication Tranche, the Unit shall publish the cleared records in batches of whatever size before the deadline. Records identified by an agency and submitted to the Unit after the Third Publication Tranche has been published, but which fall within the Third Tranche's review category, shall be published by the Unit on a rolling supplementary basis within five (5) business days of clearance.

(l) FINAL PUBLICATION TRANCHE - DAY 851 OR UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE.- Not later than eight hundred and fifty-one (851) calendar days after enactment, or the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028, whichever is earlier, the Unit shall complete review of and publish to the Government Publishing Office all remaining Records of the Epstein Network not subject to a valid Presidential Postponement Certification filed before September 1, 2028 (the "Final Publication Tranche"). Within the Final Publication Tranche, the Unit shall publish each cleared record on a rolling basis within five (5) business days of clearance. Records submitted to the Unit by any agency after the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028 - whether through late identification, failure to submit within the rolling five-business-day window under subsection (f), or any other cause attributable to the agency - shall be processed under the Degraded Review Regime in subsection (n), regardless of which tranche they would have otherwise belonged to. Whichever publication deadline falls first controls.

(m) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - UNIT REVIEW COMPLETION DATE AND DEFAULT RELEASE.- The Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028 operates as a backstop ceiling, not as a primary deadline. The "whichever is earlier" language in each publication tranche subsection means that the calendar-day deadline governs each tranche unless the calendar-day deadline would fall after July 16, 2028, in which case the Unit Review Completion Date controls. If three hundred days after enactment falls before July 16, 2028, the three-hundred-day deadline governs the First Publication Tranche; the Unit Review Completion Date becomes operative only for later tranches whose calendar-day deadline would otherwise fall after July 16, 2028 - a scenario that arises if this title is enacted late in a calendar year. Records submitted to the Unit after July 16, 2028 enter the Degraded Review Regime under subsection (n) and forfeit the protective mechanisms otherwise available under this title. Together with the rolling submission obligation under subsection (f), which gives agencies no single submission deadline against which to engage in mass last-day production, these mechanisms ensure that all records receive full review before the October 15, 2028 publication deadline.

(n) DEGRADED REVIEW REGIME - CONSEQUENCE OF LATE SUBMISSION.- Any Records of the Epstein Network submitted by an agency to the Unit after the Unit Review Completion Date of July 16, 2028, whether through late identification, failure to submit within the rolling five-business-day window under subsection (f), or any other cause attributable to the agency, shall be processed under this degraded review regime rather than the full review procedures of Sections 7012, 7005, and 7013. The agency's late submission caused the degraded review - that is the agency's consequence, not the public's -

(1) EXPEDITED REVIEW ONLY.- Records submitted after July 16, 2028 shall receive expedited review for victim PII redaction under Section 7008(v)(1), explicit-content redaction under Section 7008(v)(4), graphic-depiction redaction under Section 7008(v)(5), and routine-personnel redaction under Section 7008(v)(6) only. No mosaic analysis under Section 7013, no combination protection, and no category carve-out evaluation under Section 7012 shall be performed for records submitted after this date;

(2) NO POSTPONEMENT CERTIFICATIONS ACCEPTED.- Presidential Postponement Certifications for records submitted after July 16, 2028 are void ab initio. September 1, 2028 is the absolute hard cutoff for all Presidential Postponement Certifications. Any Certification filed after September 1, 2028 is void ab initio for any record regardless of when it was submitted to the Unit or which tranche it belongs to; and

(3) MANDATORY PUBLICATION ON OCTOBER 15, 2028.- All records submitted after July 16, 2028 shall be published on October 15, 2028 with only victim PII redacted. If the Unit has not completed expedited review of any late-submitted record by October 14, 2028, that record shall be published on October 15, 2028 with no redaction other than victim PII under Section 7008(v)(1), explicit content under Section 7008(v)(4), graphic depictions under Section 7008(v)(5), and routine government personnel under Section 7008(v)(6). Congress finds that an agency's deliberate delay in submission forfeits all protective mechanisms the bill otherwise provides, and that unredacted publication is the appropriate and proportionate consequence of that forfeiture.

(o) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - DEGRADED REVIEW REGIME.- The degraded review regime established by this section shall be construed as addressing the documented practice of agencies treating statutory disclosure deadlines as aspirational rather than mandatory. By forfeiting the protective mechanisms available under the standard review process, the degraded review regime creates a constitutionally proportionate structural incentive for timely submission. The consequence - expedited review with no category carve-out protections - falls directly on the agency whose delay caused it, not on the public whose right to disclosure is being vindicated.

(p) OCTOBER 15, 2028 - HARD PUBLICATION CEILING AND DEFAULT RELEASE.- October 15, 2028 is the absolute hard publication ceiling for all Records of the Epstein Network. On October 15, 2028 -

(1) ALL CLEARED RECORDS PUBLISH.- Every record the Unit has cleared for publication and transmitted to GPO that has not yet been published shall publish on October 15, 2028 regardless of any administrative delay in GPO's publication queue;

(2) ALL LATE-SUBMITTED RECORDS PUBLISH.- Every record submitted after July 16, 2028 publishes with only victim PII, explicit content, graphic depictions, and routine government personnel redacted under Section 7008(v)(1), (v)(4), (v)(5), and (v)(6), as provided in subsection (n)(3);

(3) CONTEMPT NOTICE FOR NON-SUBMITTING AGENCIES.- For any agency that has not filed its day-60 inventory under subsection (c) by October 15, 2028, or that is not in compliance with the rolling submission obligation under subsection (f) and the quarterly look-again affidavit obligation under subsection (g) as of October 15, 2028, the Unit shall publish a public notice on GovInfo.gov on October 15, 2028 identifying the agency by name, the nature of the non-compliance, the estimated volume of unsubmitted records where ascertainable, and a statement that the agency head is in contempt of Congress and that any unsubmitted records will be compelled by congressional subpoena and published without redaction upon receipt; and

(4) NO EXTENSION.- October 15, 2028 cannot be extended by executive action, agency directive, Presidential Postponement Certification, or any mechanism other than an Act of Congress. If October 15, 2028 falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the deadline is the next business day. Congress finds this date essential to democratic accountability in the November 2028 presidential election.

(q) PURPOSE OF THE OCTOBER 15, 2028 DEADLINE.- The October 15, 2028 disclosure deadline established by this section serves the constitutional principle of informed consent of the governed - not any partisan political interest. The subject matter of this title concerns actions by federal officials and private actors across multiple administrations spanning more than thirty years. Records responsive to this title may implicate individuals associated with administrations of both major political parties and with no political party affiliation. No partisan interest is systematically advantaged by disclosure. Congress further determines that tying mandatory disclosure deadlines to electoral events is an established legislative practice: the Presidential Records Act conditions public access to presidential records on electoral cycles; the Ethics in Government Act requires financial disclosures timed to electoral terms; the Federal Election Campaign Act's disclosure requirements are structured around electoral calendars. The use of an electoral timing anchor for a disclosure obligation concerning the fitness of government institutions is not novel - it is a recognized tool for connecting transparency obligations to the democratic process they are designed to serve. Congress determines that October 15, 2028 - four weeks before the November 2028 presidential election - is the last practicable date at which full disclosure can occur with sufficient time for meaningful public deliberation before voters exercise their franchise. Congress further determines that any accusation of partisan motivation is refuted by the Act's identical application to records implicating individuals of every political affiliation.

(r) MANNER OF DISCLOSURE.- All records produced under this Section shall be published via the Unit's transmission to the GPO as provided in Section 7005, and shall be publicly accessible through -

(1) GovInfo.gov, administered by the Government Publishing Office as the primary legislative branch public repository, receiving records exclusively from the Unit;

(2) the National Archives website; and

(3) the Department of Justice's official public website.

Disclosure to Congress shall be simultaneous but is not a prerequisite to public disclosure and does not substitute for it. Each record published under this Section shall be accompanied by a publicly posted SHA-256 cryptographic hash of the published file, generated at the moment of publication using the SHA-256 algorithm as specified in NIST FIPS 180-4. The SHA-256 hash value shall be published as a hexadecimal string alongside each record. Any member of the public may verify that a downloaded record has not been altered since publication by computing the SHA-256 hash of the downloaded file and comparing the result to the published hexadecimal string. Any alteration causing the hash to no longer match the published value constitutes falsification of government records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519, regardless of whether the alteration is detectable by visual inspection.

(4) NO REMOVAL WITHOUT COURT ORDER.- The Superintendent of Documents shall not remove, alter, or restrict access to any record published under this Section without a court order from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This restriction overrides any standard GPO authority to withdraw, modify, or restrict published documents at agency request, for errata, or for any other administrative reason. Notwithstanding this restriction, the Superintendent of Documents shall give effect to any victim-PII redaction or correction directed by the Unit under Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7007(d)(4), and to any victim election under Section 7007(d)(4)(C), (D), or (G), without a court order.

(s) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION - HASH MANIFEST REQUIREMENT.- The SHA-256 hash manifest publication requirement established by this section shall be construed as addressing the documented alteration and selective removal of records after release under Public Law 119-38 - a specific failure in which the integrity of released documents was compromised after publication in ways not detectable by ordinary public inspection. The cryptographic hash requirement is rationally adapted to that specific documented failure by creating a publicly verifiable chain of custody that enables any member of the public to detect post-publication alteration without reliance on any government certification.

(t) MACHINE-READABLE AND SEARCHABLE FORMAT REQUIREMENT. -

(1) DUAL VERSION PUBLICATION.- Each Record of the Epstein Network published under this Section shall be made publicly available in two versions through the publication channels identified in subsection (r): an original version preserving the source record, redacted for publication, without text-recognition processing; and a searchable version produced by application of optical character recognition to the original published version. Both versions shall be downloadable, and the GovInfo.gov record page for each published record shall identify each version, the date each was made available, and the canonical status of each.

(2) CANONICAL RECORD.- The original version published under paragraph (1) is the canonical record. The searchable version is a convenience layer and shall not be treated as the canonical record for any purpose, including any judicial, congressional, or administrative determination as to the content of the record. Where the searchable version differs in any respect from the original - including any character recognition error, missing text, mistranscription, or formatting variation - the original controls.

(3) HASH VERIFICATION.- The SHA-256 hash verification requirement under subsection (r) applies to the original version. The searchable version shall be accompanied by a SHA-256 hash sufficient to detect post-publication alteration of the searchable file itself, but that hash shall not be construed as certifying the accuracy of the optical character recognition processing or the equivalence of the searchable version to the original. The GovInfo.gov record page shall display a notice to that effect alongside the searchable version's hash.

(4) STATE-OF-THE-ART OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION.- The optical character recognition processing required under paragraph (1) shall use state-of-the-art technology and methodology. For purposes of this paragraph, "state-of-the-art" means the optical character recognition technology and processing methodology that, at the time of procurement or in-house deployment, represents the highest practical standard of accuracy and capability then available through federal procurement channels or interagency service agreements. The Unit Head shall determine what technology and methodology meet this standard.

(5) PERFORMANCE BY NARA.- All optical character recognition processing required under this subsection shall be performed by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Unit Head shall determine, in the Unit Head's sole discretion, whether processing of any record or set of records shall be performed in-house using cleared NARA personnel and facilities, or shall be performed through procurement contracts with cleared contractors operating in cleared facilities under NARA specification, or any combination thereof. Records subject to handling by the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit under Section 7007 shall in all cases be processed in-house within the Sub-Unit's secured environment.

(6) METADATA AND INDEXING.- Each published record shall be accompanied by metadata sufficient to enable identification, retrieval, and contextualization of the record on GovInfo.gov. At minimum, document-level metadata shall include the originating agency, the date of the record, the date of publication, the publication tranche, the unique document identifier, and the classification level of the record at the time of submission. The Unit Head may, in the Unit Head's discretion, supplement the document-level metadata with additional fields as the Unit Head determines will assist public access. Content-level metadata, including extraction of named persons, places, organizations, dates, and other entities appearing in the records, shall be made available in bulk to the public collection through the bulk-download mechanisms established under paragraph (7), at the Unit Head's discretion as to scope and form.

(7) BULK DOWNLOAD AND APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE.- The Government Publishing Office shall make all published records available for bulk download through both -

(A) per-tranche compressed archive files, downloadable from GovInfo.gov, containing all records published within each publication tranche under subsections (i) through (l), the corresponding metadata, and any content-level metadata produced under paragraph (6); and

(B) a public application programming interface (API) enabling programmatic access to all published records, metadata, and content-level extracted data.

The bulk-download archives and the application programming interface shall be made available not later than the date each publication tranche publishes, and shall be updated on the same rolling basis as record publication under Section 7005(r).

(8) ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE.- All published records, metadata, bulk-download archives, and the application programming interface required under this subsection shall comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794d.

(9) SEARCHABLE VERSION TIMING.- The searchable version required under paragraph (1) need not be available on the date the original version published under the publication tranche schedule of subsections (i) through (l). The searchable version shall be made available on GovInfo.gov as expeditiously as practicable following publication of the original version. The original version's publication shall not be delayed by reason of any pendency of optical character recognition processing.

(u) NO WITHHOLDING.-

(1) IN GENERAL.- No agency may withhold any Records of the Epstein Network on the basis of -

(A) the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a), with respect to any Covered Individual, perpetrator, or enabler;

(B) any executive order governing classification;

(C) the deliberative process privilege;

(D) the law enforcement privilege, except as to the identity of a confidential human source currently active in an unrelated ongoing criminal investigation; or

(E) any other common law or statutory privilege, including the state secrets privilege recognized in United States v. Reynolds, 345 U.S. 1 (1953), except as provided in Section 7012.

(2) CONFIDENTIALITY STATUTES.- Notwithstanding 26 U.S.C. § 6103, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5318(g) and 5319, 8 U.S.C. § 1202(f), and the bank-examination privilege and confidential supervisory information under 12 C.F.R. Parts 4 and 261, a Record of the Epstein Network shall be submitted, reviewed, redacted, and published under this title to the extent it concerns a Covered Individual or any perpetrator, enabler, or participant in the Epstein Network. No penalty under 31 U.S.C. § 5322 or 26 U.S.C. §§ 7213, 7213A, or 7431 applies to a disclosure made in compliance with this title. The confidentiality of any other person, and all victim-identifying information under Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), 7007(d)(4), and 7008(v) and routine-personnel information under Section 7008(v)(6), remain protected.

(v) REDACTION.- Records released pursuant to this Title shall be released in otherwise unredacted form, with the sole exception of the following categories, which shall be redacted by the Unit, except that the imagery described in paragraphs (4) and (5) may be pre-redacted by the originating agency where authorized under Section 7007(d)(1) -

(1) VICTIM PII.- the names and personally identifying information of victims, comprising Minor-Victim PII as defined in Section 7003(u) and Adult-Victim PII as defined in Section 7003(v), except that the identifying information of a victim who has made an affirmative written election to reveal it - a now-adult former minor under Section 7007(d)(4)(C) or an adult victim under Section 7007(d)(4)(D) - shall be disclosed to the extent of that election, while any explicit depiction of that victim remains redacted under paragraph (4) notwithstanding the election;

(2) PRESIDENTIAL POSTPONEMENT.- information subject to a valid Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011;

(3) CARVE-OUTS.- information subject to a valid category carve-out under Section 7012, limited strictly to the specific elements enumerated in that Section; and

(4) EXPLICIT MATERIALS.- any visual depiction of the genitalia, anus, or female breast of any person, and any other visual depiction of a person's nudity or sexually explicit conduct, appearing in any photographic, video, or other visual Record of the Epstein Network, limited strictly to the explicit anatomical or sexual content itself, subject to the following -

(A) SCOPE OF REDACTION.- This redaction applies regardless of whether the depicted person is a victim, a perpetrator, an enabler, or an incidental third party, and applies to a victim's own explicit depiction notwithstanding any election by that victim under Section 7007(d)(4) to reveal their identifying information. This paragraph reaches the explicit content only; it shall not be applied to obscure the face or identity of any person except a victim, the identity of any perpetrator or enabler, the fact, date, location, or substance of any depicted conduct, or any portion of the image other than the explicit anatomical or sexual content itself. The redaction of the face or identifying features of a victim is governed by the victim-PII provisions of Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7007(d)(4), and the protection or revelation of a victim's identity under those provisions is unaffected by this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph reduces the redaction or handling of child sexual abuse material under Section 7007, which governs such material in full.

(B) NO WITHHOLDING OR SUBSTITUTION OF THE RECORD.- This paragraph authorizes redaction of the explicit content only and shall not be used to withhold any record in whole, nor to substitute any description for the record itself. The record shall in all cases be published in the same manner as any other Record of the Epstein Network, with only the explicit content obscured within the published file and all other content of the file left intact and visible.

(C) CHALLENGE.- A redaction under this paragraph is subject to challenge under Section 7012(g) and Section 7015 on the same terms as any other Unit redaction determination, with the burden on the Unit to demonstrate that only genuinely explicit anatomical or sexual content, and no accountability content, has been obscured.

(D) CONTINUITY WHERE THE UNIT IS UNAVAILABLE.- In any circumstance in which the Unit is unavailable, including any degraded review under Section 7008(n), any direct agency publication under Section 7005(p) or Section 7028(c), or any publication on the October 15, 2028 deadline under Section 7008(p), the explicit content shall nonetheless be obscured within the published file as soon as the Unit resumes the function or, where the Unit does not exist, by the publishing agency to the extent practicable.

(5) GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF DEATH, TORTURE, OR SERIOUS ABUSE.- The graphic visual depiction of the death, torture, or serious physical abuse or injury of any person, appearing in any photographic, video, or other visual Record of the Epstein Network, limited strictly to the graphic depiction itself, subject to the following -

(A) SCOPE OF REDACTION.- This redaction applies regardless of whose body is depicted, but it shall not be applied to obscure the fact that a death, injury, or act of abuse occurred, the identity of any perpetrator, enabler, or person responsible, the identity of the depicted person except as governed by the victim-PII provisions of Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7007(d)(4), the date, location, factual or forensic description of the event, or any non-graphic content of the record.

(B) NO WITHHOLDING OR SUBSTITUTION OF THE RECORD.- This paragraph authorizes redaction of the graphic depiction only and shall not be used to withhold any record in whole, nor to substitute any description for the record itself. The record shall in all cases be published in the same manner as any other Record of the Epstein Network, with only the graphic depiction obscured within the published file and all non-graphic content of the file left intact and visible.

(C) ACCOMPANYING FACTUAL DESCRIPTION.- The Unit shall accompany the published, redacted record with a factual description of what the obscured depiction shows, sufficient to convey its evidentiary and accountability significance without reproducing the graphic depiction. The factual description supplements the published record and does not replace it.

(D) LOGGING AND TRANSPARENCY.- Each redaction under this paragraph shall be logged by unique document identifier, with the factual description, in the manner provided for postponed records under Section 7011(g), and the aggregate number of records redacted under this paragraph shall be published in the transparency report under Section 7011(h).

(E) CHALLENGE.- A redaction under this paragraph is subject to challenge under Section 7012(g) and Section 7015 on the same terms as any other Unit redaction determination, with the burden on the Unit to demonstrate that only genuinely graphic depiction, and no accountability content, has been obscured.

(F) CONTINUITY WHERE THE UNIT IS UNAVAILABLE.- In any circumstance in which the Unit is unavailable to produce the factual description or logging required by this paragraph - including any degraded review under Section 7008(n), any direct agency publication under Section 7005(p) or Section 7028(c), or any publication on the October 15, 2028 deadline under Section 7008(p) - the graphic depiction shall nonetheless be obscured within the published file, and the factual description and logging shall be produced as soon as the Unit resumes the function or, where the Unit does not exist, by the publishing agency to the extent practicable.

(G) DEATH IN FEDERAL CUSTODY.- Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, this redaction shall not apply to, and shall not be invoked to withhold or obscure, any record bearing on the cause or circumstances of any death in federal custody - including the death of Jeffrey Edward Epstein on August 10, 2019 and any surveillance footage, autopsy, incident report, or investigative record relating to any such death - beyond the minimum obscuring of genuinely gratuitous graphic content, and the full factual and forensic substance of every such record shall be disclosed.

(6) ROUTINE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL.- the personal name and direct identifying information, but not the official title, action, or any other content, of any government officer or employee - other than a Covered Individual - whose information appears in a Record of the Epstein Network solely by reason of performing a routine administrative, clerical, or ministerial duty, and whose sole connection to the Epstein Network or to any criminal conduct the record concerns is the performance of that duty.

SEC. 7008A. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT RECORDS - SEPARATE DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE.

(a) PURPOSE.- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is composed of federal district judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United States and operates under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 50 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. Its records are among the most sensitive in the federal government, and their declassification ordinarily proceeds through executive-branch review by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence under the Court's established practice. Congress finds that records held by the Court relating to the Epstein Network warrant a disclosure procedure distinct from the agency-submission framework of Section 7008, one that reaches those records while operating within the constitutional role of the Court and the statutory framework of FISA. This Section establishes that procedure: it directs the Presiding Judge to review the Court's Epstein-related records and report to the public on them, preserves the established declassification process for the records themselves, and gives victims a direct channel to seek their release. Congress intends this Section to secure meaningful public accountability for the Court's intersection with the Epstein Network without displacing the safeguards that govern foreign-intelligence information.

(b) FISC RECORDS NOT SUBJECT TO AGENCY SUBMISSION.- Records held by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court relating to the Epstein Network are not subject to the agency submission procedures of Section 7008, the rolling submission obligation of Section 7008(f), the quarterly look-again affidavit obligation of Section 7008(g), or the publication tranche schedule of Sections 7008(i) through (l). FISC records are governed exclusively by this Section.

(c) FISC INTERNAL REVIEW AND PUBLIC REPORT.- The Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court shall conduct a review of all FISC records meeting the Records of the Epstein Network definition under Section 7003(c), and shall produce a public report under the following provisions. The Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide such classification and declassification support as the Presiding Judge requests, and a failure to provide timely support shall not excuse or delay the review or report.

(1) SCOPE OF REVIEW.- The review shall cover all FISC applications, orders, amendments, renewals, denials, amicus curiae opinions, and related court records that touch on Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein Network member, any property or facility associated with the Epstein Network, or any foreign intelligence service identified in connection with the Network.

(2) PUBLIC REPORT CONTENTS.- The public report shall, to the maximum extent permitted by FISA and the declassification and postponement procedures of subsection (d), identify -

(A) the aggregate number of FISA applications, orders, and renewals touching on the Epstein Network;

(B) the broad subject matter of each (without disclosing operationally sensitive specifics);

(C) the agencies that submitted the applications;

(D) the disposition of each application;

(E) any FISC amicus curiae opinions relating to the Epstein Network; and

(F) any pattern the Presiding Judge identifies as material to public understanding of the Epstein Network.

(3) TIMELINE.- The Presiding Judge shall produce the public report under this subsection not later than three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days after enactment, with a supplementary report not later than seven hundred thirty (730) calendar days after enactment covering any additional FISC records identified in the interval or any change in disclosability.

(4) PUBLICATION.- The public report shall be made available on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's official public website and shall be transmitted to both Judiciary Committees. The Unit shall additionally publish the report on GovInfo.gov as part of the Records of the Epstein Network collection, with cross-references to the FISC website.

(d) DECLASSIFICATION AND MANDATORY REVIEW.- FISC records relating to the Epstein Network are subject to the congressional declassification determination of this title on the same terms as other Records of the Epstein Network, except as provided in this subsection for the protection of signals intelligence collection methods and for the channeling of any continued-classification interest through the Presidential Postponement Certification procedure of Section 7011.

(1) RECORD-BY-RECORD REVIEW.- In the course of the review under subsection (c), the Presiding Judge shall determine, as to each FISC record relating to the Epstein Network, what portion of the record may be released as a judicial record consistent with this title, and shall release each record or releasable portion for which no protection under paragraph (2) or (3) applies.

(2) PROTECTION OF SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE METHODS.- Where a FISC record contains both substantive content and the technical description of a signals intelligence collection method, the two elements are severable and shall be treated separately, on the same terms as Section 7012(e). The substantive content - including the identity of any person surveilled, the foreign power or agent alleged, the agency that submitted the application, the disposition of the application, and the factual findings of the Court - shall be released. The technical description of the collection method may remain classified where continued classification is necessary to protect an operational collection capability that remains in active use. The classification of a method does not authorize the withholding of content; any invocation of this paragraph to withhold content rather than method is void.

(3) PRESIDENTIAL POSTPONEMENT.- Any interest in continued classification of a FISC record beyond the method protection of paragraph (2) shall be asserted exclusively through a Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011, signed personally by the President, on one of the grounds enumerated in Section 7003(j), and transmitted to the Presiding Judge rather than to the Unit. The Presiding Judge shall give effect to a valid Certification and shall release the record upon expiration of the postponement period without further action. A Certification resting solely on embarrassment to any person, political sensitivity, or reputational harm to any Covered Individual is void ab initio under Section 7011(d).

(4) STATEMENT OF REASON FOR WITHHOLDING.- Where any record or portion is withheld, the Presiding Judge shall record, in a classified annex transmitted to both Judiciary Committees, the specific basis under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) for continued withholding.

(5) PUBLIC ACCOUNTING.- The public report under subsection (c) shall state the number of Epstein-related FISC records reviewed, the number released in whole, the number released in part, and the number withheld in full, together with the stated basis category for each withholding, to the maximum extent that doing so does not itself reveal classified information.

(e) VICTIM CHALLENGE.- A victim may challenge the withholding of a FISC record relating to the Epstein Network under the private right of action in Section 7015, which for FISC records lies in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as provided in Section 7015(f).

(f) RELATION TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS TITLE.- Except for the signals intelligence method protection of Section 7012(e), which applies to FISC records as provided in subsection (d)(2), the category carve-outs in Section 7012 and the combination protection in Section 7013 do not apply to FISC records, which are governed instead by the declassification and postponement procedures of subsection (d). The whistleblower protections of Chapter VI of this title apply to disclosures of FISC records to the same extent and on the same terms as they apply to other Records of the Epstein Network, except that a Qualified Disclosant in possession of FISC records is encouraged to first present those records to the Presiding Judge of the FISC for declassification review under subsection (d) before any direct public disclosure.

(g) COORDINATION WITH UNIT.- Where the Presiding Judge releases any FISC record relating to the Epstein Network under subsection (d), the Court shall transmit the released record to the Unit for publication on GovInfo.gov under the same procedures applicable to other Records of the Epstein Network. The Unit shall not perform substantive review or redaction of records transmitted under this subsection; the Presiding Judge's release determination under subsection (d) controls.

(h) NO IMPLIED DISCLOSURE.- Nothing in this Section requires disclosure of any record where disclosure would violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the signals intelligence method protection of subsection (d)(2), a valid Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011, or any constitutional constraint. The procedures of this Section operate within those constraints, not in derogation of them.

SEC. 7008B. MANDATORY PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF THE EPSTEIN NETWORK.

(a) PRESERVATION DUTY.- Each federal agency, and each officer, employee, contractor, and detailee thereof, shall preserve intact each Record of the Epstein Network, as defined in Section 7003(c), within its possession, custody, or control, in whatever form maintained, and shall take affirmative measures to prevent the destruction, deletion, overwriting, degaussing, shredding, alteration, or other disposition of any such record. This duty applies from the date of enactment of this title until the latest of (1) the Unit's certification of completion under Section 7005(y); (2) the expiration of the last postponement period applicable to the record under Section 7011 or Section 7012(d); or (3) the resolution of any obligation pending as to the record under Section 7005(y)(7). In no event may a Record of the Epstein Network be destroyed, disposed of, or transferred out of federal custody while any obligation of the Unit as to that record remains pending.

(b) SUSPENSION OF DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.- Notwithstanding any records-retention or disposition schedule, including any General Records Schedule or agency-specific schedule approved under chapter 33 of title 44, United States Code, and notwithstanding any other disposal authority that would otherwise permit destruction, no Record of the Epstein Network may be destroyed, disposed of, or transferred out of federal custody during the preservation period established under subsection (a), whether or not the record has been identified, inventoried, or submitted to the Unit. Any disposition authority otherwise applicable to such a record is suspended for the duration of that period.

(c) ATTACHMENT OF THE PRESERVATION OBLIGATION.- The preservation obligation under this Section attaches to each Record of the Epstein Network by operation of law upon the creation or identification of the record, whichever occurs first, and is not contingent on any inventory, designation, notice, or other agency action.

(d) PROHIBITION ON DIRECTED DESTRUCTION.- No officer, employee, contractor, detailee, or other person - including any official of another federal agency, of the Executive Office of the President, or of any foreign government - shall request, instruct, direct, or pressure any person to destroy, delete, alter, or dispose of any Record of the Epstein Network. Compliance with any such direction does not relieve any person of the preservation obligation imposed by this Section.

(e) PENALTIES.- The destruction, disposal, alteration, or unauthorized transfer of any Record of the Epstein Network in violation of this Section constitutes falsification or destruction of records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519 and obstruction of congressional proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505. Personal liability attaches to each person who performed, ordered, or knowingly permitted the violation, and each record so destroyed, disposed of, altered, or transferred constitutes a separate offense.

(f) RELATION TO THE NON-EXISTENCE AND DISPOSITION AFFIDAVIT.- This Section operates in addition to, and not in derogation of, the non-existence and disposition affidavit required under Section 7008(e). That affidavit accounts for records disposed of before the date of enactment; this Section prohibits the disposition of records on or after that date.

(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION.- A person who discloses, in good faith, evidence of a violation or attempted violation of this Section is a Qualified Disclosant within the meaning of Section 7003(f), and the disclosure is a Protected Disclosure within the meaning of Section 7003(d), to which the protections of Chapter VI apply.

SEC. 7008C. GRAND JURY AND SEALED JUDICIAL RECORDS - JUDICIAL UNSEALING.

(a) RECORDS GOVERNED.- This Section governs the following Records of the Epstein Network, which are under the control of the courts, are not subject to the agency-submission obligations of Section 7008, and may be released only by judicial order -

(1) grand jury materials protected by Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, including those of the grand juries of the Southern District of Florida (2005-2007) and the Southern District of New York (United States v. Epstein and United States v. Maxwell);

(2) judicial records under seal in United States v. Epstein (S.D. Fla.), the 2007 non-prosecution-agreement proceedings (including any sealed attachment to, or co-conspirator immunity provision of, the NPA as defined in Section 7003(h)), Doe v. United States (the Crime Victims' Rights Act proceedings), United States v. Maxwell (S.D.N.Y.), and related civil proceedings; and

(3) any other grand jury material or sealed judicial record that constitutes a Record of the Epstein Network.

An agency that holds or can identify such a record shall identify it to the Attorney General for inclusion in the motions required by subsection (b) and shall not submit it under Section 7008.

(b) MANDATORY MOTIONS.- Not later than ninety (90) calendar days after enactment, the Attorney General shall file, in each district holding records under subsection (a), a motion under Rule 6(e)(3)(E) to disclose grand jury materials and a motion to unseal sealed records, for public release under this title, with prior victim notice under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (18 U.S.C. § 3771) and subject to the redactions of Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7008(v). The duty is to file and diligently prosecute each motion under the standard applicable in the district of filing; it does not require any court to grant relief, and no penalty attaches where the controlling court of appeals holds the relief unavailable.

(c) DEPOSIT.- Records a court authorizes for disclosure or unseals shall be transmitted to the Unit for publication under this title with only the redactions the court's order permits; the court's order controls.

(d) JUDICIAL AUTHORITY PRESERVED.- Congress finds a compelling public interest in disclosure of these records, which a court may weigh under Rule 6(e) and the access framework governing sealed records; these findings inform but do not displace the court's determination, and nothing in this Section directs any court to grant a motion or alters the standard it applies.

(e) NON-COMPLIANCE.- Failure to file a motion required by this Section within the time specified, without written justification filed with both Judiciary Committees, constitutes obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1503 and 1505.

SEC. 7009. RELATION TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND PENDING FOIA PROCEEDINGS.

(a) SUPERSESSION OF FOIA WITHHOLDING.- With respect to any record that falls within the definition of Records of the Epstein Network under Section 7003 of this title, the disclosure obligations of Section 7008 supersede any determination, made under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, to withhold the record from public disclosure, including any exemption claim under section 552(b) and any protective order, seal, or other judicial or administrative determination enforcing such a withholding, whether issued in connection with a pending or completed FOIA request or litigation. No such withholding determination shall delay or defeat the submission obligations of Section 7008 or the publication obligations of the Unit under Section 7005. This subsection reaches only determinations that withhold records from the public; it does not displace the victim-PII redaction required under Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), and 7007(d)(4), or any protective order or seal to the extent it protects victim identifying information, all of which continue to apply to records published under this title.

(b) CONSOLIDATION OF PENDING FOIA LITIGATION.- Any pending action in any federal court arising from a FOIA request for Records of the Epstein Network shall, upon motion of any party or on the court's own motion, be transferred to - or, if already pending in that court, coordinated within - the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for coordination with proceedings arising under this title. The transferee court shall have jurisdiction over all claims in the transferred action, including any claim for attorney fees or costs under section 552(a)(4)(E) of title 5, United States Code. The transfer does not affect any protective order covering the identities of victims, which shall remain in effect.

(c) FOIA REQUESTERS - NO DUPLICATION REQUIRED.- Any person who previously filed a FOIA request for Records of the Epstein Network that has not been fully satisfied as of the date of enactment shall not be required to re-request those records under this title. Upon publication of responsive records under Section 7008, the agency shall notify each such identified requester in writing that records responsive to their request have been published pursuant to this title and shall identify the GovInfo.gov URL at which the records are accessible.

(d) FOIA FEES AND COSTS.- No agency may charge any FOIA fee or cost with respect to any Records of the Epstein Network published pursuant to this title.

SEC. 7010. STATE, TERRITORIAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS - VOLUNTARY PRODUCTION MECHANISM.

(a) CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST.- Congress requests that the following state, territorial, and local government authorities voluntarily produce to the Unit all records in their possession relating to the Epstein Network, including records of any investigation, arrest, prosecution, or non-prosecution of Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any member of the Epstein Network:

(1) the Palm Beach Police Department, Palm Beach, Florida;

(2) the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Florida;

(3) the Florida Department of Law Enforcement;

(4) the Attorney General of the State of Florida;

(5) the Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands, including all records from the civil litigation brought by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands against the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein and associated entities, and all records of any USVI investigation of Epstein's activities, properties, or entities in the Territory;

(6) the New Mexico Attorney General, including all records from any state investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's activities at Zorro Ranch, any investigation of the trafficking of minors in connection with the ranch, and any records relating to any communication between the New Mexico Attorney General's office and federal law enforcement agencies regarding Epstein's New Mexico activities;

(7) the New Mexico State Police, including all records from any State Police investigation of or incident response to Epstein, Maxwell, or the Zorro Ranch property, all records of any State Police communication with the FBI Albuquerque Field Office or other federal agencies regarding Epstein's New Mexico activities, and all records of any State Police coordination with the Santa Fe County Sheriff or other local law enforcement in connection with the ranch;

(8) the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, including all incident reports, call logs, trespass complaints, and investigative records relating to Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated activity in Santa Fe County, New Mexico during the period 1993 through 2019, and all records of any coordination with the New Mexico State Police, the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, or any other law enforcement agency regarding the ranch;

(9) the New Mexico Environment Department, including all environmental permit records, inspection records, and enforcement records relating to Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity during the period 1993 through 2019, and all records of any coordination with EPA Region 6 or the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the ranch;

(10) the New Mexico State Engineer's Office, including all water rights records, well permit records, and surface water diversion records relating to Zorro Ranch or any Epstein-associated entity, and all records of any State Engineer coordination with BLM, the Army Corps of Engineers, or EPA regarding water use at the ranch;

(11) the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, including all records relating to the autopsy, cause-of-death determination, and examination of Jeffrey Edward Epstein following his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, including any dissenting or independent forensic findings;

(12) the New York City Police Department, including all records of any NYPD response to, investigation of, or assistance rendered in connection with Epstein's death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, and any records relating to Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member or associated property in the City of New York;

(13) the New York State Attorney General and the New York County District Attorney, including all records relating to any state investigation, prosecution, or non-prosecution of Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member, and any records concerning Epstein-associated properties or entities in the State of New York;

(14) the Office of the State Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Palm Beach County), including all records of the 2005 through 2008 state investigation, charging decisions, and resolution of the Jeffrey Epstein matter, and the 2006 state grand jury presentation;

(15) the New York State Department of Financial Services, including all examination records and all records relating to its 2020 consent order against Deutsche Bank AG concerning Epstein-associated accounts and related compliance failures;

(16) the United States Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, including all environmental, coastal-zone-management, and construction-permit records, applications, citations, stop-work orders, and enforcement actions relating to Little Saint James, Great Saint James, or any Epstein-associated property in the Territory, in each case for any period during which the property was owned or controlled by Jeffrey Epstein, any Epstein Network entity, or the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein;

(17) the United States Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (including the Economic Development Commission) and the United States Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, including all records relating to any tax-benefit certification, eligibility determination, audit, or clawback concerning Jeffrey Epstein, Southern Trust Company, Financial Trust Company, or any Epstein Network entity, and all territorial tax filings of those entities;

(18) the Office of the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, including all communications between the Office of the Governor and Jeffrey Epstein or any Epstein Network member, and all records relating to any intervention in, or direction concerning, the Department of Planning and Natural Resources enforcement or permit matter regarding Little Saint James or Great Saint James; and

(19) any other state, territorial, or local government authority that holds records responsive to this title's disclosure objectives.

(b) VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION MECHANISM.- Any state, territorial, or local government authority that elects to produce records pursuant to the congressional request in subsection (a) may submit those records directly to the Unit using the same submission procedures established for federal agencies under Section 7008. The Unit shall process voluntarily submitted state and territorial records under the same rolling submission and tranched publication framework as federal agency records, including the rolling submission obligation under Section 7008(f) (as adapted to the voluntary nature of state submission) and the publication tranche schedule under Sections 7008(i) through (l), and shall publish them through the same GPO publication mechanism under Section 7005.

(c) TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED RECORDS.- Voluntarily submitted state and territorial records shall be subject to the same redaction standards as federal records under Sections 7008(v), 7012, 7005, and 7013, including mandatory protection of victim PII. The Unit's processing of voluntarily submitted state records does not create any federal preemption of state law or any federal obligation on the submitting authority beyond what the authority voluntarily accepts by submission.

(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.- The Unit Head shall report to both Judiciary Committees, within one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of enactment, which authorities identified in subsection (a)(1) through (19) have responded to the congressional request, and the estimated volume of records each has agreed to submit. If any identified authority declines to produce records, the Unit Head shall report, and either Judiciary Committee may issue a formal congressional request for the specific records that declined authorities identified as potentially responsive.

SEC. 7010A. THIRD-PARTY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND PLATFORM PROVIDERS - VOLUNTARY PRODUCTION MECHANISM.

(a) PURPOSE AND CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.- Congress finds that material records concerning the Epstein Network are likely held by private third-party electronic communications providers, technology platforms, telecommunications carriers, financial institutions, hospitality and travel platforms, payment processors, and other commercial entities. The disclosure obligations of Section 7008 of this title apply to records of those private entities once they have come into the possession, custody, or control of a federal agency, as clarified in Section 7003(c). This Section establishes a parallel voluntary production mechanism through which such private entities may, where consistent with applicable law, directly produce Epstein-related records to the Unit for inclusion in the public disclosure framework established by this title. Nothing in this Section compels any private entity to produce records; this Section operates exclusively through voluntary cooperation.

(b) CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST.- Congress requests that the following private entities, and any other private entity holding records relating to Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, any Epstein Network member, or any account, transaction, communication, transportation, or activity associated with the Epstein Network, voluntarily produce to the Unit all such records to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

(1) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS.- Google LLC and its parent Alphabet Inc., including records relating to Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, YouTube, Google Pay, Google Voice, and any other Google service account associated with Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; Microsoft Corporation, including records relating to Outlook, Hotmail, Live, Xbox Live, OneDrive, Skype, LinkedIn, and any other Microsoft service account associated with Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; Apple Inc., including records relating to iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, Apple ID, App Store, and any other Apple service account; Meta Platforms Inc., including records relating to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and any other Meta service account; X Corp. (formerly Twitter, Inc.); Discord Inc.; Snap Inc.; Telegram FZ-LLC; Signal Technology Foundation; and any other electronic communications, social media, or messaging service provider holding records relating to the Epstein Network.

(2) GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORMS.- Epic Games Inc., including records relating to Fortnite, Rocket League, Unreal Engine, the Epic Games Store, and any account associated with Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, including records relating to PlayStation Network accounts; Nintendo of America Inc.; Valve Corporation, including records relating to Steam accounts; Activision Blizzard Inc.; Electronic Arts Inc.; Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.; and any other gaming platform, publisher, or entertainment service provider holding records relating to the Epstein Network.

(3) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.- Verizon Communications Inc.; AT&T Inc.; T-Mobile US Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Charter Communications Inc.; and any other cellular carrier, broadband internet service provider, or telecommunications service provider holding subscriber records, call detail records, billing records, location data, or other records relating to Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member.

(4) PAYMENT, FINANCIAL, AND COMMERCE PLATFORMS.- PayPal Holdings Inc., including records relating to PayPal and Venmo accounts; Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.), including records relating to Cash App accounts; Stripe Inc.; The Western Union Company; MoneyGram International Inc.; Wise plc; American Express Company; Visa Inc.; Mastercard Incorporated; Discover Financial Services; any card-issuing bank or acquirer holding individual cardholder transaction records, which the card networks do not retain; The Charles Schwab Corporation and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., including records relating to the 2019 accounts of Southern Trust Company and any other Epstein Network entity and the attempted June and July 2019 wire transfers for the Bin Ennakhil palace; and any other payment processor, card network, money transmission service, or financial institution holding records relating to the Epstein Network.

(5) HOSPITALITY, TRAVEL, AND TRANSPORTATION PLATFORMS.- Airbnb Inc.; Booking Holdings Inc., including records relating to Booking.com, Priceline, Kayak, and Agoda; Expedia Group Inc., including records relating to Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, and Travelocity; Marriott International Inc.; Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.; Hyatt Hotels Corporation; InterContinental Hotels Group plc; Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.; Choice Hotels International Inc.; Accor S.A.; Uber Technologies Inc.; Lyft Inc.; any black-car, limousine, or ground transportation service holding records relating to the Epstein Network; NetJets Inc., Flexjet LLC, VistaJet Limited, Wheels Up Experience Inc., and any other private aviation charter or fractional-ownership company; any yacht, vessel, or maritime charter or brokerage company holding records relating to Epstein-associated vessels or to vessel movements in connection with Little Saint James Island, Great Saint James Island, or any other Epstein-associated location; FedEx Corporation, United Parcel Service, Inc., DHL Express (USA), Inc., and any other courier, parcel-delivery, or freight-shipping company holding shipping, waybill, delivery, tracking, or chain-of-custody records relating to the Epstein Network or to any shipment to or from any Epstein-associated property or location; and any other hospitality, travel, lodging, or ground or air transportation service provider holding records relating to the Epstein Network.

(6) CLOUD STORAGE AND HOSTING PROVIDERS.- Any cloud storage, file-hosting, web-hosting, domain-registration, or content delivery service holding records relating to any Epstein-associated account, website, domain, device backup, or stored data, including any such service to which data was backed up or synchronized from any device or account associated with Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member.

(7) ANY OTHER PRIVATE ENTITY.- Any other private entity not specifically named in paragraphs (1) through (6) that holds records relating to the Epstein Network, including but not limited to private investigators, security service providers, public relations firms, law firms (to the extent of non-privileged administrative and billing records), real estate brokerages, art dealers, auction houses, jewelry merchants, and luxury goods retailers with documented commercial dealings with Epstein, Maxwell, any Epstein-associated entity, or any Epstein Network member.

(c) VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION MECHANISM.- Any private entity that elects to produce records pursuant to the congressional request in subsection (b) may submit those records directly to the Unit using submission procedures parallel to those established for federal agencies under Section 7008, as adapted to the voluntary nature of private-entity submission. The Unit shall process voluntarily submitted private-entity records under the same publication tranche schedule under Sections 7008(i) through (l), and shall publish them through the same GPO publication mechanism under Section 7005.

(d) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPLICABLE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS.- Congress acknowledges that the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2713), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act, section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 222) as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, applicable contractual obligations, and other federal and state law may limit the extent to which a private entity may voluntarily disclose certain categories of records. This Section does not modify, override, or preempt those legal constraints. Private entities are requested to produce records only to the extent doing so is consistent with applicable law. Where applicable law permits voluntary disclosure of subscriber information, non-content transactional records, or other categories of records but not content, this Section requests production of the categories that applicable law permits.

(e) GOOD-FAITH PRODUCTION SAFE HARBOR FROM FEDERAL CLAIMS.- A private entity that produces records pursuant to subsection (b) in good-faith reliance on the congressional request in this Section shall not be subject to any federal civil claim for damages arising solely from such production, where the production was within the scope of applicable law as determined under subsection (d). This safe harbor extends only to federal-law claims and does not affect any state-law claim or contractual claim that may arise from production. This safe harbor does not apply to any production made in bad faith or to any production exceeding the scope of applicable law.

(f) TREATMENT OF VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED RECORDS.- Voluntarily submitted private-entity records shall be subject to the same redaction standards as federal records under Sections 7008(v), 7012, 7005, and 7013, including mandatory protection of victim PII. The Unit's processing of voluntarily submitted private-entity records does not create any federal preemption of state law or any federal obligation on the submitting entity beyond what the entity voluntarily accepts by submission. Voluntarily submitted records shall be subject to publication under Section 7008 on the same terms as federal agency records, except that the inventory, rolling submission, look-again affidavit, and Inspector General certification requirements of Section 7008 do not apply to private-entity submissions.

(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.- The Unit Head shall report to both Judiciary Committees, within ninety (90) calendar days of enactment and quarterly thereafter, on which entities identified in subsection (b) have responded to the congressional request, the estimated volume of records each has agreed to submit, and the estimated volume each has indicated it cannot lawfully produce under subsection (d). Where any identified entity declines to produce records that the Unit Head determines could lawfully be produced under subsection (d), the Unit Head shall so report, and either Judiciary Committee may issue a formal congressional request for the specific records the declining entity identified as potentially responsive, may refer the matter to the appropriate committee for issuance of a subpoena, or may request that the Department of Justice pursue any available legal process consistent with the Stored Communications Act and other applicable law.

CHAPTER IV - POSTPONEMENT, CARVE-OUTS, AND CIPA REFORM

SEC. 7011. PRESIDENTIAL POSTPONEMENT CERTIFICATION - THE SOLE EXECUTIVE-INVOKED POSTPONEMENT.

(a) POSTPONEMENT AUTHORITY UNDER THIS SECTION.- Public disclosure of Records of the Epstein Network under this title is mandatory and is not subject to postponement except as provided in this Section. As the sole exception, and solely as a limited mechanism created by, and existing only for the purposes of, this title, the President may postpone the public disclosure of a Record of the Epstein Network by issuing a Presidential Postponement Certification on the grounds, by the procedures, and within the deadlines this title prescribes. This Section confers no authority beyond that limited postponement and recognizes no independent, inherent, or pre-existing authority of the President or the executive branch over the disclosure of Records of the Epstein Network. No other official, agency, or instrumentality may authorize postponement. For the avoidance of doubt, the redaction of records by the Unit under Sections 7008(v), 7012, and 7013 is not a postponement within the meaning of this Section, and nothing in this subsection limits the Unit's redaction authority under those Sections.

(b) REQUIREMENTS.- Each Presidential Postponement Certification shall -

(1) identify with specificity the record or records to which it applies, by satisfying either subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) -

(A) PER-RECORD IDENTIFICATION.- A Certification may identify each specific record subject to postponement by a unique document identifier assigned at submission to the Unit.

(B) NARROWLY-DEFINED CATEGORY IDENTIFICATION.- A Certification may identify a defined category of records, provided the category is described with sufficient specificity to satisfy all four of the following elements:

(i) ORIGINATING AGENCY.- The category shall identify a single originating agency. A Certification covering records from more than one originating agency shall be filed as separate Certifications, one per originating agency.

(ii) DATE RANGE.- The category shall identify a date range of the underlying records that is no broader than one hundred (100) calendar days.

(iii) SUBJECT-MATTER DESCRIPTION.- The category shall identify a subject-matter description with sufficient specificity to distinguish the postponed records from other Records of the Epstein Network held by the same originating agency in the same date range. A subject-matter description that does no more than restate a category of records (such as "investigative files" or "intelligence reports") is insufficient.

(iv) OPERATIVE GROUND.- The category shall identify the specific operative ground under the Presidential Postponement Certification definition in Section 7003(j), and the Certification shall state how that ground applies to every record within the category. A category Certification whose stated ground does not apply to every record within the category is void as to records to which the ground does not apply.

A Certification that describes a category so broadly as to effectively postpone all Records of the Epstein Network shall be void ab initio. The plural coverage of a batch Certification does not relieve the President of the obligation to state particular grounds that apply to the entire defined category, not merely to isolated records within it. No Presidential Postponement Certification may be issued before the Unit has completed its inventory of the relevant agency's records under Section 7008(c). For purposes of this paragraph, the Unit's receipt of an agency's day-60 inventory under subsection (c) of Section 7008 shall constitute inventory completion. Subsequent supplementary inventories filed under subsection (g) of Section 7008, and records subsequently transmitted under the rolling submission obligation of Section 7008(f), shall not reset or restart this trigger but shall expand the universe of records covered as new records are added. A Certification issued before inventory completion is premature and void as to any records not specifically identified in the inventory at the time of issuance;

(2) state with particularity the sole permissible ground for postponement as defined in the Presidential Postponement Certification definition, which ground must apply to every record within the defined category covered by the Certification;

(3) be signed by the President personally. The signature so required shall be made in the President's own hand; this requirement is nondelegable and may not be satisfied, in whole or in part, by autopen, signature stamp, or any other mechanical, electronic, or digital device or process that affixes or reproduces a signature, nor by any other person signing on the President's behalf; and the Certification shall recite that the President has personally so signed it;

(4) be transmitted to Congress within forty-eight (48) hours of signing;

(5) be released immediately to the public upon transmission to Congress, without redaction; and

(6) be accompanied by simultaneous publication on GovInfo.gov of an itemized public log entry under subsection (g).

(c) DURATION.- A Presidential Postponement Certification shall not authorize postponement for more than one hundred and eighty (180) additional calendar days. The President may renew a Certification once, for a further one hundred and eighty (180) days, upon making a new written finding that the grounds for postponement continue to apply to every record in the defined category. A renewal shall satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(3) through (b)(6) - including personal signature, transmission to Congress within forty-eight (48) hours, immediate public release, and simultaneous publication of an itemized log entry - on the same terms as an original Certification. No further renewal is permitted. All postponed records shall be released upon expiration of the final postponement period without further presidential action required. In no event shall any postponement or renewal under this subsection extend disclosure of any record beyond the October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling established in Section 7008(p). A postponement under this Section governs only the temporary withholding of a record in full; it does not govern, limit, or expire any redaction authorized under Section 7012, including the permanent redaction of the identity of a living confidential human source under Section 7012(b). Upon expiration of a postponement, or upon the arrival of the October 15, 2028 ceiling, the record shall be published with all redactions authorized under Sections 7008(v), 7012, and 7013 applied, including any Section 7012(b) identity redaction, which survives the ceiling notwithstanding the expiration of the postponement. Where a redaction authorized under Section 7012 must be applied to a record published at or after the ceiling, or after the Unit has otherwise completed its work, that redaction shall be applied by the Unit in its residual capacity under Section 7005(y)(4) and (y)(7) or, following the Unit's final dissolution, by the National Archives and Records Administration under Section 7005(y)(7), which is vested with authority to apply the redactions this title authorizes and to publish the redacted record on GovInfo.gov or, where publication through the Government Publishing Office is enjoined or otherwise unavailable, through the tiered fallback channels of Section 7005(x)(4).

(d) VOID AB INITIO.- Any Presidential Postponement Certification shall be void ab initio and of no legal effect if it -

(1) fails to identify a specific record or a defined category of records with sufficient specificity as required by subsection (b)(1);

(2) relies on a ground not enumerated in the definition of Presidential Postponement Certification in this title;

(3) is issued by any official other than the President;

(4) covers any record for which embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity to any person - including any Covered Individual, any foreign government official, or any foreign dignitary - is a substantial basis for postponement, whether or not an enumerated ground is also asserted; or

(5) is filed after September 1, 2028.

September 1, 2028 is the absolute hard cutoff for all Presidential Postponement Certifications. Any Certification filed after that date is void ab initio for any record regardless of when the record was submitted to the Unit or which tranche it belongs to. The President has from the date of enactment until September 1, 2028 - a period designed to be adequate for identifying genuine national security concerns - to file Certifications. Records not covered by a valid Certification filed on or before September 1, 2028 release on October 15, 2028. Congress finds that the September 1, 2028 cutoff eliminates the possibility of a last-minute wave of Certifications filed days before the election to block disclosure, and that the period from enactment to September 1, 2028 is more than sufficient for any President acting in good faith to identify genuinely sensitive records.

(e) PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION ITSELF.- The President's obligation to sign a public Presidential Postponement Certification with stated reasons is the primary accountability mechanism of this Section. The Certification is public, named, specific as to category, and states the operative legal ground. No congressional vote is required and none is mandated by this Section. Public and political accountability flow from the Certification's public nature - the President's stated reasons are visible to the public, the press, and Congress regardless of whether any formal proceeding is brought.

(f) JUDICIAL OVERRIDE - AUTOMATIC RELEASE TRIGGER AND IN CAMERA REVIEW.- Any person whose ability to obtain, study, use, or publish Records of the Epstein Network is adversely affected by a postponement - including any victim with standing under Section 7015 and any requester under Section 7009 - may bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge a Presidential Postponement Certification as void ab initio under subsection (d) or as exceeding the permissible grounds of this title, or to challenge a Certification or a group of Certifications as a de facto wholesale postponement under subsection (h). The court shall conduct an in camera review of the withheld records to evaluate whether the stated ground in the Certification is genuine and applies to the records in the defined category, except that in an action challenging a group of Certifications as a de facto wholesale postponement under subsection (h), the court shall review a representative sample of the withheld records as provided in subsection (h)(3) rather than every withheld record. The court may appoint a magistrate judge or a special master holding the security clearance necessary for access to the records reviewed to assist in conducting any in camera review under this Section, including review of records in volume. In camera review is a well-established judicial mechanism used in national security FOIA proceedings and CIPA cases; the court reviews withheld records privately in chambers and evaluates the government's sealed explanation of its basis without requiring public disclosure of the records. Where the court finds that only the identity of a living human source, and not the substance of a record, supports postponement, the court may order release of the record with that identity redacted, or with a summary or substitution provided for the identifying material under the standards of Section 7012(b), rather than ordering or denying release of the record in full; any such substitution shall reveal as much of the record's substance as can be disclosed consistent with protecting the identity. If the court issues a judgment holding the Certification void, invalid, or beyond the permissible grounds, the records subject to that Certification shall be released automatically, by operation of law, within five (5) business days after the judgment becomes final, without any further presidential action, agency determination, or congressional vote required. For purposes of this Section, a judgment becomes final upon the expiration of the time to file a notice of appeal or, if a timely appeal is taken, upon disposition of the appeal and of any further review. The court's judgment is self-executing upon becoming final. Apart from a stay granted under paragraph (2), no stay of the automatic release shall be available except upon a showing of specific, articulable, imminent physical danger to a named individual that would result from immediate release.

(1) EXPEDITED REVIEW.- Any appeal from a judgment under this subsection shall be expedited, and the court of appeals shall, to the greatest extent practicable, hear and decide the appeal within sixty (60) calendar days of the filing of the notice of appeal.

(2) STAY PENDING APPEAL - LIMITED.- A stay of release pending appeal shall issue only where the government demonstrates, by a sealed filing reviewed in camera, a substantial likelihood that immediate release would cause identifiable harm to an active intelligence collection operation that remains in operational use, or to a living human source whose physical safety or operational status would be directly endangered. A stay under this paragraph shall be limited to the specific records as to which that showing is made, shall be of the minimum duration necessary, shall not exceed sixty (60) calendar days, and shall not be renewed. No stay under this paragraph, and no stay on the imminent-physical-danger ground stated in this subsection, shall extend disclosure of any record beyond the October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling established in Section 7008(p), which no stay may cross.

(g) ITEMIZED PUBLIC LOG OF POSTPONED RECORDS.- Within forty-eight (48) hours of any Presidential Postponement Certification taking effect, the Executive Office of the President shall notify the Unit and provide the itemized postponement list. The Unit shall publish on GovInfo.gov, in collaboration with the GPO, an itemized public log entry for each postponed record or sub-category covered by the Certification. Where the Executive Office of the President fails to provide the itemized list within forty-eight (48) hours, the Unit shall generate and publish the log from the Certification itself and from the Unit's own inventory of the originating agency's records, and the failure to provide the list shall constitute obstruction of congressional proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505 and a violation of this Section. The substance of postponed records remains withheld; the fact and basic metadata of the withholding does not.

(1) PER-ENTRY CONTENT.- Each log entry provided by the Executive Office of the President and published on GovInfo.gov shall identify -

(A) the unique document identifier for a per-record postponement, or the narrow category descriptor satisfying the four elements of subsection (b)(1)(B) for a category postponement;

(B) the originating agency;

(C) the date of the underlying record, or the date range for a category postponement;

(D) the stated operative ground under the Presidential Postponement Certification definition in Section 7003(j); and

(E) the expiration date of the postponement, including any renewal under subsection (c).

(2) UPDATES.- The log shall be updated within forty-eight (48) hours of any renewal under subsection (c), any expiration, any judicial determination of invalidity, and any release of a previously postponed record. Historical entries shall not be removed from the log when their postponement expires; they shall be marked as expired or released, with the date of release.

(3) MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT.- The log shall be made available in both human-readable form and machine-readable bulk download through the application programming interface established under Section 7008(t)(7).

(4) HASH VERIFICATION.- Each log entry shall be accompanied by a SHA-256 hash of the entry sufficient to detect post-publication alteration, consistent with the hash verification requirements of Section 7008(r).

(h) AGGREGATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND AGGREGATE-PATTERN JUDICIAL REVIEW. -

(1) AGGREGATE TRANSPARENCY REPORT.- The Unit shall publish on GovInfo.gov, and update not less than weekly, a public aggregate transparency report showing, for each originating agency -

(A) the agency's total submitted inventory of Records of the Epstein Network as recorded by the Unit;

(B) the cumulative count of records postponed under all Presidential Postponement Certifications then in effect, expressed both as a raw count and as a percentage of the agency's total submitted inventory;

(C) a breakdown of postponed records by stated operative ground; and

(D) a list of the categories under subsection (b)(1)(B) that account for the postponements, with the subject-matter description of each category.

(2) AGGREGATE-PATTERN JUDICIAL REVIEW.- Any person whose ability to obtain, use, or publish Records of the Epstein Network is adversely affected by a postponement - including any victim with standing under Section 7015 and any requester under Section 7009 - may bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging a Presidential Postponement Certification or a group of such Certifications as a de facto wholesale postponement. In such an action, the court shall apply, in addition to the void ab initio standards of subsection (d), the following two qualitative tests:

(A) SPECIFICITY TEST.- Whether the category descriptions under subsection (b)(1)(B) are genuinely narrow as to subject matter, or whether they are described at a level of generality that effectively covers all or substantially all of an agency's Records of the Epstein Network within the relevant date range. A category description that does no more than restate a routine record-type category is presumptively insufficient.

(B) GROUND TEST.- Whether the stated operative ground under Section 7003(j) genuinely applies to every record within the postponed category, or whether the stated ground is invoked as boilerplate to cover records to which the ground does not in fact apply.

(3) BURDEN OF PROOF.- In any action under paragraph (2), the burden is on the executive branch to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the category descriptions are genuinely narrow under subparagraph (A) and that the stated ground genuinely applies to every record within the postponed category under subparagraph (B). The court shall conduct in camera review of a representative sample of the postponed records under the procedures established in subsection (f).

(4) AUTOMATIC RELEASE ON ADVERSE JUDGMENT.- If the court finds that a Certification or group of Certifications fails the specificity test or the ground test, the affected Certifications are void ab initio and the records subject to those Certifications shall be released automatically within five (5) business days of the court's judgment becoming final, on the same terms as subsection (f). No stay of automatic release shall be available except upon a showing meeting the standard in subsection (f).

(5) RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE.- The aggregate-pattern judicial review in this subsection is in addition to, and not in derogation of, the per-Certification challenge available under subsection (f). A person may bring either or both challenges.

(i) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.- Congress finds and declares the following with respect to this Section:

(1) The public interest in disclosure of Records of the Epstein Network is compelling, and the ordinary processes of the Freedom of Information Act and executive declassification review have proven inadequate to vindicate it, as documented in Section 7002.

(2) This Section is modeled on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U.S.C. § 2107 note), under which Congress conditioned continued withholding of records on a personal presidential certification subject to a clear-and-convincing-evidence standard, and which the executive branch implemented without successful constitutional challenge.

(3) The narrowed postponement grounds, the burden allocations, and the judicial-review and automatic-release mechanisms of this Section are remedies rationally adapted to the documented executive non-compliance found in Section 7002, and are not directed at any person. A court reviewing this Section should treat this subsection, together with the findings in Section 7002, as the legislative record supporting the design of this Section.

(4) Nothing in this Section directs the classification or declassification of any record for any purpose other than determining whether the record is subject to publication under this title.

(j) SEVERABILITY OF SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS.- The requirement of subsection (b)(3) that a Presidential Postponement Certification be signed by the President personally is severable from, and stands independently of, the further requirements of that paragraph that the signature be made in the President's own hand, that it not be made by autopen or any other device or process or by any other person, and that the Certification recite personal signature. If any of those further requirements, or their application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, only the specific requirement or application held invalid shall be treated as inoperative, and the requirement that the Certification be signed by the President personally, together with every other provision and application of this section, shall remain in full force.

SEC. 7012. ENUMERATED CATEGORY CARVE-OUTS - GENUINE NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTIONS.

(a) OVERRIDING EMBARRASSMENT PROHIBITION.- No carve-out in this Section shall be construed to authorize the continued classification of any Records of the Epstein Network solely on the grounds that the record is embarrassing to any Covered Individual, politically sensitive, or reputationally damaging to any person who holds or has held public office, made significant political contributions, or holds a position of power. Embarrassment, reputational harm, and political sensitivity are expressly and absolutely excluded as grounds for any carve-out under this Section. A carve-out invoked for a record whose sole operational basis for continued classification is the protection of a Covered Individual from embarrassment is void ab initio. No carve-out may be invoked to protect any person, including any Covered Individual, from disclosure of that person's own conduct, knowledge, or association with the Epstein Network, as distinct from a genuine operation, capability, or method.

(b) CATEGORY ONE - ACTIVE CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE IDENTITIES.- The personal identifying information - name, address, physical description, and any other information that could identify a specific living individual - of a confidential human source who was actively reporting to a United States intelligence or law enforcement agency regarding the Epstein Network, and whose continued operational status or physical safety would be directly endangered by identification, may be permanently redacted from released records. All other information in the record - including what the source reported, when, regarding whom, and the substance of any intelligence derived from the source relationship - shall be released on the standard mandatory disclosure schedule in Section 7008 with only the identifying information redacted. This carve-out protects identity only, not information, except where the Unit determines that specific details within the reported substance - including details of the source's location at a specific time, the individuals in whose company they were present, or other contextual particulars - would, even after redaction of the source's name and direct identifying information, make the source's identity reasonably inferable to a living person with knowledge of the relevant environment. In such cases, only the specific detail or details that create that identification risk may be additionally redacted; all remaining substance of what the source reported shall be disclosed. It applies exclusively to currently living individuals whose relationship to the record is as an intelligence informant reporting on the Epstein Network. It does not apply to any person who appears in Records of the Epstein Network as a participant in, subject of, or associate of Epstein's criminal conduct. A Covered Individual does not become a protected source solely because their name appears in a classified intelligence file.

(c) CATEGORY TWO - ACTIVE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.- Materials that are part of an active federal grand jury investigation or undercover operation targeting a specific living individual for Epstein Network-related criminal conduct may remain classified until the earlier of -

(1) ninety (90) calendar days following the conclusion of the relevant proceeding by prosecution, declination, or dismissal; or

(2) three (3) years from the date of enactment of this title, whichever is sooner, after which the materials shall be released without further action required. This carve-out is intended to protect the integrity of active investigations, not the subjects of those investigations. When the investigation concludes, the materials are released regardless of who the subject is. A Covered Individual who is the subject of an active investigation is temporarily protected by this carve-out only to the extent necessary to preserve the investigation's integrity, and receives no permanent protection under this carve-out except pursuant to a Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011. In no event shall any postponement under this Category extend disclosure of any record beyond the October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling established in Section 7008(p).

(d) CATEGORY THREE - FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS.- Records whose disclosure would reveal an active United States intelligence collection operation directed at a foreign government or foreign national in connection with the Epstein Network, and whose disclosure would cause specific, articulable, imminent harm to that operation - not merely diplomatic embarrassment, reputational harm to a foreign government, or political sensitivity - may remain classified for a period not to exceed five (5) years from the date of enactment, after which the records shall be released without further action required, subject to the renewal and intersection provisions below.

(1) ACTIVE-AT-REVIEW REQUIREMENT.- The asserted operation must be active as of the date of Unit review, not merely active when the record was created. The Unit Head shall require affirmative documentation from the originating agency that the operation remains in active operational use as of the review date. An operation that has concluded, been suspended, or been discontinued does not qualify under this Category regardless of the operation's status at any earlier time.

(2) SEVERABILITY OF OPERATIONAL DETAIL FROM SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT.- Where a record subject to this Category contains both substantive content bearing on the Epstein Network and the operational details of the intelligence collection, the two elements are severable and shall be treated separately. The substantive content - including the identity of any foreign government or foreign national whose conduct is documented in the record, the nature of that conduct, the dates, the financial flows, and any other accountability content - shall be released on the standard mandatory disclosure schedule under Section 7008. The operational details of the collection - including the methods, sources, and tradecraft by which the United States acquired the information - may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect the active operation identified under paragraph (1). This Category authorizes redaction of operational detail only; whole-record withholding under this Category is available only where the Unit determines that the substantive content cannot be meaningfully severed from the operational detail, and that determination is subject to challenge under Section 7012(g) on the same terms as any other Unit redaction determination.

(3) LIVING CLANDESTINE SOURCE IDENTITY PROTECTION.- The personal identifying information of living clandestine human sources embedded in foreign governments or foreign intelligence services in connection with the Epstein Network - meaning individuals whose identity as a United States intelligence asset would be revealed by disclosure - may be permanently redacted from released records on the same terms as Category One. This identity protection survives the five-year sunset under this Category and is not subject to renewal limitations, because it protects identity rather than substance. All other information in the record - including the substance of what the source reported and the nature of the foreign government relationship - shall be released on the standard schedule with only the clandestine source's identifying information redacted. Where the Unit determines that specific details within the reported substance would, even after redaction of the source's name and direct identifying information, make the source's identity reasonably inferable to a person with knowledge of the relevant environment, only the specific detail or details that create that identification risk may be additionally redacted; all remaining substance shall be disclosed.

(4) RENEWAL.- The originating agency may seek one renewal of the five-year postponement under this Category, for a further period not to exceed five (5) years, upon affirmative re-showing to the Unit Head that the operation remains active under paragraph (1) and that the severability rule under paragraph (2) does not permit release of the operational detail. The renewal request shall be in writing, signed by the agency head personally, and shall be transmitted to both Judiciary Committees and published on GovInfo.gov in the same form as a Presidential Postponement Certification log entry under Section 7011(g). No further renewal is permitted. Renewal under this paragraph is not available for intersection records as defined in paragraph (5). In no event shall any postponement or renewal under this Category extend disclosure beyond the October 15, 2028 hard publication ceiling established in Section 7008(p).

(5) HEIGHTENED STANDARD FOR INTERSECTION RECORDS.- For any record bearing on the participation, facilitation, or coverup of Epstein Network activities by foreign-government-connected persons, foreign nationals acting on behalf of or in coordination with a foreign government, or persons whose conduct is the subject of a foreign-intelligence sensitivity claim, in connection with -

(A) sex trafficking, child sexual exploitation, or the recruitment, transportation, or coercion of victims;

(B) money laundering, illicit financial flows, or other financial infrastructure supporting Network activities;

(C) arms trafficking or arms-transaction intermediation connected to the Network;

(D) intelligence-service personnel or assets who participated in, facilitated, or benefited from any conduct described in subparagraphs (A) through (C);

(E) extrajudicial killing, as defined in section 3(a) of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (28 U.S.C. § 1350 note), of any person in connection with Network activities or any investigation thereof;

(F) obstruction, witness intimidation, evidence destruction, or other interference with any investigation of Network activities; or

(G) the use of, or participation in, Network activities for the intelligence collection, recruitment, compromise, or blackmail of any person on behalf of, for the benefit of, or in coordination with a foreign government or foreign intelligence service -

the Unit shall apply the following heightened standard:

(i) PRESUMPTION OF PRETEXT.- The Unit shall presume that any foreign-intelligence sensitivity claim invoked under this Category against an intersection record is pretextual unless the originating agency demonstrates, by clear and convincing evidence in a sealed review under paragraph (vi), that the operation is active as of the date of Unit review under paragraph (1), that disclosure would cause specific, articulable, imminent harm to that active operation rather than diplomatic embarrassment or reputational harm to a foreign government, and that the operational detail cannot be severed from the accountability content under paragraph (2).

(ii) NO RENEWAL.- Renewal under paragraph (4) is not available for intersection records under this paragraph. The five-year sunset under this Category applies, and the records shall be released without further action required upon its expiration.

(iii) MANDATORY DISCLOSURE OF INTERSECTION NATURE.- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Category, the nature of the intersection - including the existence of the conduct described in subparagraphs (A) through (G), the parties involved, the dates, and the substance of the conduct - shall be disclosed. Only operational detail meeting the severability rule under paragraph (2) may be redacted.

(iv) RELATION TO IDENTITY PROTECTION.- Nothing in this paragraph affects the identity protection available under paragraph (3) for living clandestine sources. That protection applies on its own terms regardless of whether the underlying record is an intersection record under this paragraph; the mandatory disclosure obligation under clause (iii) reaches the substance of the conduct, not the identity of any living clandestine source whose identification would otherwise be protected under paragraph (3).

(v) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISIONS.- Conduct described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph is also subject to the affirmative obligations and protections established under Sections 7008(e)(4), 7008B, and Chapter VI of this title. Nothing in this paragraph limits, modifies, or substitutes for those provisions; this paragraph addresses only the standard applicable to foreign-intelligence sensitivity claims invoked against records bearing on such conduct.

(vi) REVIEW PROCEDURE.- A foreign-intelligence sensitivity claim against an intersection record shall be filed with the Unit accompanied by the active-at-review documentation under paragraph (1), the identification of operational detail and substantive content under paragraph (2), and the agency head's personal certification under penalty of perjury that the claim is not pretextual. The Unit Head shall verify the completeness of these procedural elements only, and shall not assess the substantive merits of the claim. A submission failing to meet the procedural requirements is returned; one resubmission is permitted, after which the record releases on the standard schedule. A procedurally complete submission proceeds to substantive review by a designated judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the sealed in camera procedures of Section 7011(f), who shall apply the heightened standard of clause (i) in lieu of any deference doctrine that would otherwise apply. The Unit shall publish a public log entry identifying each record reviewed, the originating agency, and the outcome, without disclosing sealed content or the specific conduct category implicated. Determinations are appealable to the D.C. Circuit on the expedited terms of Section 7011(f)(1) and challengeable under Section 7012(g). Records under review publish on the applicable tranche deadline with only the operational-detail redaction the agency proposed; the judge's determination, if later, compels restoration of unjustified withholding.

(e) CATEGORY FOUR - SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE METHODS.- Where Records of the Epstein Network contain both substantive content and technical description of signals intelligence collection methods, the two elements are severable and shall be treated separately. The substantive content - what was communicated, by whom, and when - shall be released on the standard mandatory disclosure schedule in Section 7008. The technical description of the collection method - how the communication was intercepted - may remain classified indefinitely where continued classification is necessary to protect an operational collection capability that remains in active use. There is no automatic sunset on signals intelligence methods under this carve-out. The classification of method does not authorize the classification of content. Any invocation of this carve-out to withhold content rather than method is void ab initio.

(f) CATEGORY FIVE - COOPERATING WITNESS IDENTITIES.- The personal identifying information - name, address, and any other information that would identify a specific living individual - of an adult cooperating witness who provided substantive testimony or substantive evidence, not commentary or general remarks, to federal investigators in connection with the Epstein Network under a formal witness protection arrangement shall be redacted from any released record. The protection is indefinite and does not expire. All other information in the record - including the substance of what the witness reported, when, and regarding whom - shall be released on the standard mandatory disclosure schedule with only the witness's identifying information redacted. This carve-out protects identity only, not information. Voluntary cooperation with investigators without a formal protection arrangement does not create a protected identity under this carve-out. This carve-out does not apply to any individual who used cooperation to avoid prosecution for Epstein Network crimes - such individuals may be identified as having cooperated but their Epstein Network connections are not protected on that basis.

(g) ENFORCEMENT - JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CARVE-OUT INVOCATIONS.- Any person may bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the invocation of any carve-out under this Section, or any combination protection determination under Section 7013, on the grounds that -

(1) the real basis for withholding is embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity prohibited by subsection (a);

(2) the record does not fall within the stated category;

(3) the carve-out has expired by operation of its sunset provision; or

(4) a combination protection determination was made without a genuine combination risk as defined in Section 7013(b).

The burden shifts to the Unit to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the stated ground - not embarrassment or political protection - is the operative reason for withholding, and that the carve-out's or combination protection's requirements are met. If the court finds the carve-out or combination protection was improperly invoked, the record shall be released automatically within five (5) business days of the court's final judgment.

SEC. 7013. CATEGORY SIX - COMBINATION RELEASE PROTECTION AND MOSAIC ANALYSIS.

(a) PURPOSE - RECOGNIZING THE MOSAIC EFFECT.- Congress finds that the simultaneous release of a complete or substantially complete set of records relating to the Epstein Network may, by virtue of pattern, cross-reference, and aggregation across multiple records, reveal information that no individual record discloses on its face. This phenomenon is known as the mosaic effect. The mosaic effect can endanger ongoing operational interests, the safety of specific named living individuals, and the integrity of unrelated active investigations. This Section authorizes a narrow combination protection that may be invoked to address genuine, articulable, mosaic-based dangers, while preventing the abuse of mosaic theory as a pretext for systematic concealment of records that present no individual-record carve-out basis under Section 7012.

(b) SCOPE OF PROTECTION. -

(1) NO STANDALONE WITHHOLDING.- A combination protection determination does not authorize the withholding of any record. It authorizes only the staggering of publication within a tranche and potential, limited redaction of information which may, if combined across records, identify a living individual in the service of the United States whose continued operational status or physical safety would be directly endangered by identification. All other information in the record - including what the source reported, when, regarding whom, and the substance of any intelligence derived from the source relationship - shall be released.

(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR INVOCATION.- A combination protection determination shall identify the specific records subject to protection by unique document identifier, the specific combination effect that creates the risk, and the specific operational interest, named individual, or unrelated active investigation that the staggered publication and limited redaction is designed to protect.

(d) STANDARD FOR INVOCATION.- A combination protection determination may be made only where the Unit Head certifies, based on the specific record set being analyzed, that -

(1) the simultaneous publication of the identified records would create a specific, articulable, imminent operational danger that no individual record creates;

(2) the danger is to a specific operational interest, a specific named individual's physical safety, or a specific unrelated active investigation;

(3) the staggered publication schedule is the minimum delay necessary to address the danger; and

(4) no individual carve-out under Section 7012 would address the danger.

Diplomatic embarrassment, political sensitivity, reputational harm, and protection of any Covered Individual from public scrutiny are expressly excluded as bases for combination protection.

(e) WRITTEN DETERMINATION.- Each combination protection determination shall be in writing, signed by the Unit Head, identify the specific records and combination effect, state the specific articulable mosaic risk, identify the operational interest being protected, state the specific staggered publication schedule (which shall be the minimum delay necessary), and shall be transmitted to both Judiciary Committees.

(f) REVIEW AND REVERSAL OF DETERMINATIONS.- Any combination protection determination remains subject to challenge under Section 7012(g) on the same terms as any other Unit redaction determination. A determination may be challenged by any person with standing under Section 7015. The court reviewing the challenge shall apply the standards of subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. If the court finds the determination was improperly invoked or fails the standard of subsection (d), the records shall be released automatically within five (5) business days of final judgment, with no further protection available. A successor Unit Head, including any acting Unit Head succeeding under Section 7005(j), shall not have authority to reverse a combination protection determination made by a predecessor Unit Head except through the same challenge procedure under Section 7012(g), with the burden on the successor to demonstrate that the original determination failed the standards of subsections (c) and (d).

(g) DURATION.- Combination protection shall not extend any record's publication beyond October 15, 2028, regardless of when the protection was invoked. The combination protection mechanism does not create or extend any postponement period - it only allows staggered publication within the existing publication schedule.

(h) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.- The Unit Head shall report to both Judiciary Committees, in each tranche report under Section 7005(w)(1), the number and basis of combination protection determinations made in connection with that tranche.

SEC. 7014. CIPA REFORM - APPLICATION IN EPSTEIN-RELATED CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.

(a) PURPOSE.- This Section reforms the application of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 96-456), in any criminal prosecution arising from or relating to the Epstein Network, to address documented patterns by which CIPA invocations have been used to suppress non-classified information embarrassing to government officials rather than to protect genuinely classified national security information.

(b) NARROW APPLICATION.- In any Epstein-related criminal proceeding, CIPA section 4 protective measures shall be available only with respect to information that is currently and properly classified at a level of Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret pursuant to a valid Executive Order, and the disclosure of which would create a specific, articulable risk to a clearly identified national security interest. Where the information would also constitute a Record of the Epstein Network under Section 7003(c), it shall additionally satisfy one of the carve-out categories of Section 7012.

(c) NO USE FOR EMBARRASSMENT.- CIPA section 4 protective measures may not be invoked to protect information whose continued classification is sought solely to prevent embarrassment to any Covered Individual, to any current or former government official, or to any institution. An invocation made for such a purpose is void ab initio.

(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.- The presiding court shall conduct in camera review of the asserted classified material and the asserted basis for protective measures. The government shall bear the burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) are met. If the requirements are not met, CIPA protective measures shall be denied.

(e) PUBLIC RECORD OF INVOCATION.- Each invocation of CIPA section 4 and each judicial determination on such an invocation shall be a matter of public record. The fact of invocation, the moving agency, the date, the docket number, and the court's determination shall be public. The substance of the classified material, the identity of any source, the identification of any foreign government or foreign intelligence service, and any other information whose disclosure would itself reveal the substance of the asserted classified material shall not be disclosed.

(f) TEMPORAL APPLICATION.- Subsections (b), (c), and (d) apply to any CIPA section 4 motion not finally resolved as of the date of enactment, including motions in pending criminal and post-conviction proceedings. A motion finally resolved before enactment is not reopened; subsection (g) is the exclusive mechanism for relief from final determinations.

(g) SPECIAL MOTION FOR FRESH DETERMINATION.- Any party to an Epstein-related criminal case in which a CIPA section 4 determination became final before enactment, any victim with standing under Section 7015, and the Department of Justice may file a motion seeking a fresh judicial determination applying subsections (b) and (c) to the previously protected information. The court shall conduct in camera review under subsection (d) and issue a written determination within ninety (90) calendar days. Where the court determines the information would not satisfy subsections (b) and (c), it shall order the information's release from CIPA protective measures going forward; the determination does not vacate the original judgment but constitutes newly discovered evidence for purposes of any subsequent post-conviction motion. Motions may be filed during the Unit's operation under Section 7005(y) and for three years thereafter. Determinations are appealable to the court of appeals for the circuit in which the original court sits.

CHAPTER V - VICTIM PROVISIONS

SEC. 7015. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR EPSTEIN NETWORK VICTIMS.

(a) STANDING.- Any individual who was a victim of the Epstein Network shall have standing to bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the disclosure obligations of this title. A victim is identified for purposes of this subsection by appearing in any record released pursuant to this title, by previous identification in any federal criminal proceeding, or by asserting a concrete, particularized basis to believe the victim was harmed by Epstein Network conduct to which the records sought relate.

(b) COGNIZABLE CLAIMS.- A victim with standing under subsection (a) may seek relief for -

(1) any agency's failure to submit records within the rolling five-business-day window required by Section 7008(f), or to file a complete and timely look-again affidavit required by Section 7008(g), or any Unit failure to publish records within the publication tranche deadlines required by Sections 7008(i) through (l);

(2) any redaction applied to records in which the victim is identified, where the victim contends the redaction is not authorized by Sections 7005, 7008(v), 7012, or 7013;

(3) any Presidential Postponement Certification that the victim contends is void ab initio under Section 7011(d); and

(4) any carve-out invocation under Section 7012, any intersection-record determination under Section 7012(d)(5), or any combination protection determination under Section 7013, that the victim contends fails the standards established for that determination, including but not limited to the Section 7012(a) prohibition on invocation to protect any Covered Individual, government official, or institution from embarrassment.

(c) FORMS OF RELIEF.- The court may grant -

(1) a writ of mandamus compelling agency submission;

(2) a declaratory judgment that a redaction, Certification, or carve-out is invalid;

(3) injunctive relief requiring publication of specific records; and

(4) reasonable attorney fees and litigation costs.

(d) BURDEN OF PROOF.- In any action under this Section, the burden is on the agency, the Unit, or the executive branch to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that any withholding, redaction, or postponement is authorized by the specific enumerated criteria of this title.

(e) CONSTRUCTIVE DISCLOSURE.- A victim's identity and status need not be publicly established to bring an action under this Section. A victim may proceed under a pseudonym, and the court shall issue appropriate protective orders to prevent the public disclosure of the victim's identity without the victim's consent.

(f) FISC RECORDS.- Where the record a victim seeks to reach under this Section is a FISC record relating to the Epstein Network governed by Section 7008A, the action lies in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rather than the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the following modifications apply -

(1) JURISDICTION CONFERRED.- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is vested with original jurisdiction, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review with appellate jurisdiction, over an action under this subsection. This grant is in addition to the jurisdiction conferred by 50 U.S.C. § 1803 and applies notwithstanding any prior construction of that section limiting the Court's jurisdiction to government applications, including In re Opinions & Orders by the FISC Addressing Bulk Collection of Data, 957 F.3d 1344 (FISA Ct. Rev. 2020).

(2) STANDING NEXUS.- Standing under subsection (a) is satisfied for an action under this subsection where the victim asserts a concrete, particularized interest in the specific FISC record sought, including that the record identifies, concerns, or bears on the investigation of harm to that victim. Standing under this subsection does not require that the victim have been identified in a record released under this title, given that FISC records are not ordinarily released; a victim's reason to believe that such a record exists and concerns the victim is sufficient. A generalized interest held in common with the public does not suffice.

(3) IN CAMERA, EX PARTE REVIEW.- The designated judge shall review the record in camera and, as necessary, ex parte under procedures consistent with 50 U.S.C. § 1806(f), and shall order disclosure of the record or any reasonably segregable portion except to the extent the Government demonstrates, under the burden established in subsection (d), that - (A) a signals intelligence collection method protected under Section 7008A(d)(2) would be revealed and remains in active operational use; or (B) a valid Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011, resting on a ground enumerated in Section 7003(j), is in effect as to the record. A withholding resting solely on embarrassment to any person, political sensitivity, or reputational harm to any Covered Individual shall be set aside and is void ab initio under Section 7011(d).

(4) MANDATORY AMICUS.- The Presiding Judge shall designate an individual from the amici curiae maintained under 50 U.S.C. § 1803(i)(1) to participate in the action, with access to the unredacted record, and to argue in favor of disclosure where consistent with the amicus's independent judgment. The designation is not subject to the "novel or significant interpretation" predicate of 50 U.S.C. § 1803(i)(2)(A)(i).

(5) APPEAL.- The determination of the designated judge is subject to review by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, and thereafter by the Supreme Court of the United States upon petition for a writ of certiorari, as provided in 50 U.S.C. § 1803(b).

(6) RELATION TO FOIA AND ABSENCE OF PRECONDITIONS.- The freestanding-action and FOIA-supplementation rules of subsection (g) apply to an action under this subsection.

(g) FREESTANDING ACTION; NO PRECONDITIONS.- An action under this section - whether in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under subsections (a) through (e), or in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under subsection (f) - is a freestanding cause of action. It does not require any pre-existing or ongoing criminal or other proceeding, does not require that the Government have filed any complaint, information, or indictment, and is not subject to the limitation recognized in In re Wild, 994 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2021) (en banc), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1188 (2022). This section supplements and does not displace any right a victim may have under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.

(h) DESIGNATION; FINDING.- (1) DESIGNATION.- This section may be cited as the "Courtney Wild Victim Enforcement Right". (2) FINDING.- Congress finds that Courtney Wild, a survivor of the Epstein Network, sought for more than a decade to enforce her rights as a crime victim against the secret 2007 non-prosecution agreement defined in Section 7003(h); that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida found, in Doe v. United States, that the Government violated the conferral right of the Crime Victims' Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(5), by failing to confer with victims before executing that agreement; that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, en banc, nonetheless held in In re Wild, 994 F.3d 1244 (2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1188 (2022), that the Act afforded no judicial remedy because no charges had been filed; and that the freestanding private right of action in this section, together with Subtitle B of this title, secures the enforceable remedy she was denied.

SEC. 7016. VICTIM NOTIFICATION OF REDACTION AND POSTPONEMENT DECISIONS.

(a) NOTIFICATION OBLIGATION.- Where the Unit applies any redaction to a Record of the Epstein Network, or where a Presidential Postponement Certification or category carve-out under Section 7012 withholds any such record in whole or in part, in which a victim is identified or identifiable from the unredacted version, the Unit shall transmit a notification request to the Department of Justice's Victim Notification System, established to implement the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990, 34 U.S.C. § 20141, and operated as an interagency program coordinated by the Criminal Division with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the United States Attorneys' Offices, and the Bureau of Prisons, within forty-five (45) calendar days of the redaction or withholding.

(b) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION REQUEST.- The notification request shall identify the unique document identifier of the affected record, the nature of the redaction or withholding applied, and the federal case or investigation to which the record relates. The Department of Justice shall, through the Victim Notification System, deliver notification to victims associated with the identified case using the contact preferences and methods already established for those victims in that system. Victims who have previously elected to remove themselves from the Victim Notification System shall not be contacted under this Section.

(c) NOTIFICATION TO COUNSEL OF RECORD.- Where any victim is represented by counsel of record in any prior federal proceeding relating to the Epstein Network, the Department of Justice shall additionally transmit notification to counsel of record through court-sealed channels.

(d) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION TO VICTIMS.- Each notification shall state that a record relating to the individual's victimization has been reviewed, the nature of the redaction or withholding applied, and the individual's right to challenge the redaction or withholding pursuant to Section 7012(g) or Section 7015.

(e) GOOD-FAITH COMPLIANCE.- The Unit's obligation under this Section is satisfied by transmitting the notification request to the Victim Notification System. The Unit is not required to verify delivery, identify victims independently, or conduct any further outreach.

CHAPTER VI - WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS AND IMMUNITY

SEC. 7017. SELF-EXECUTING ESPIONAGE ACT IMMUNITY.

(a) PURPOSE.- The purpose of this Chapter is to enable any Qualified Disclosant who possesses Records of the Epstein Network, or who possesses direct knowledge of the destruction, concealment, alteration, redaction, or unauthorized removal of such Records, to disclose such records or such knowledge directly to the American public, to Congress, or to any Inspector General, free from any criminal prosecution, civil liability, administrative penalty, or financial retaliation that would otherwise arise under the Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 793 through 798, the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 31 and 33), any classification-based non-disclosure obligation, any nondisclosure agreement signed as a condition of access to classified information, any sectoral non-disclosure agreement, any other provision of federal law, or any state law to the extent it would impose criminal, civil, or administrative liability for the same Protected Disclosure. Congress finds, for the reasons documented in Section 7002, that the Records of the Epstein Network most relevant to public accountability are precisely those most likely to be suppressed through the official channels this Chapter is designed to circumvent. Direct disclosure to the American public by a Qualified Disclosant, made in good faith, is therefore not merely permitted under this Chapter - it is the protected and intended endpoint, and the official disclosure regime established under Chapter III is not a precondition to, nor a substitute for, such direct public disclosure. Disclosures to Congress or to any Inspector General are equally protected under this Chapter, and are likewise not a precondition to direct public disclosure.

(b) IMMUNITY GRANT.- No Qualified Disclosant shall be subject to prosecution, civil liability, or any administrative penalty under the Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 793 through 798, the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 31 and 33), or any other federal statute or regulation, for any Protected Disclosure made in good faith and relating to Records of the Epstein Network. The immunity granted by this Section is self-executing and applies as a matter of law upon a Qualified Disclosant's good-faith disclosure, subject to the limitations of Section 7019. No certification by any agency, official, or court is required to invoke the immunity. The immunity may be raised at any stage of any prosecution, civil action, or administrative proceeding as a complete defense.

(c) BURDEN OF PROOF.- In any criminal prosecution, civil action, or administrative proceeding in which a Qualified Disclosant invokes immunity under this Section, the burden of proof is on the prosecuting or charging party to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that -

(1) the disclosure was not made in good faith as defined in Section 7003(e);

(2) the disclosed information was intended to be provided to a foreign government for the primary purpose of providing intelligence to that government, as described in subsection (e); or

(3) the Qualified Disclosant knowingly fabricated, materially falsified, or altered the disclosed material.

(d) RELATION TO OTHER WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.- The immunity granted by this Section is in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other whistleblower protection available under federal law, including the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8) and (b)(9); the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998 and subsequent Intelligence Authorization Act protections, 50 U.S.C. §§ 3033 and 3234; 5 U.S.C. Chapter 4 (Inspectors General); and any sectoral whistleblower protections.

(e) IMPROPER DISCLOSURE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.- Nothing in this Section provides immunity for disclosure of any record - whether or not a Record of the Epstein Network - to any foreign government, or to any officer, employee, or asset of any foreign government's intelligence or security service, for the primary purpose of providing intelligence to that government or service. Disclosure to the public is encouraged. Disclosure to any foreign government, or to any foreign intelligence or security service, for intelligence purposes is excluded from immunity protection. For purposes of this subsection, "foreign government" includes any government, agency, or instrumentality of any nation other than the United States, without distinction between adversarial, allied, and non-aligned governments.

(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.- Any provision of this Chapter conferring immunity, protection, or remedy upon a discloser shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purpose stated in subsection (a). Any provision limiting, narrowing, or carving out from such immunity, protection, or remedy shall be construed narrowly. Any ambiguity in the application or scope of this Chapter shall be resolved in favor of the disclosing party.

SEC. 7018. WHISTLEBLOWER FINANCIAL PROTECTIONS AND CIVIL REMEDIES.

(a) FINANCIAL DAMAGES PROTECTION; CAUSATION; SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. -

(1) CAUSE OF ACTION.- Any Qualified Disclosant who suffers any adverse financial action where a Protected Disclosure was a contributing factor - including but not limited to termination, demotion, denial of promotion, denial of pension benefits, denial of clearance maintenance, denial of post-employment private-sector employment opportunities resulting from agency communications with prospective employers, or any other financial harm - shall be entitled to bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for full make-whole financial relief, subject to the limitations of Section 7019.

(2) BURDEN OF PROOF.- The Qualified Disclosant must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the Protected Disclosure was a contributing factor in the adverse financial action. Upon such showing, no relief shall be denied unless the agency or other party against whom relief is sought demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that it would have taken the same adverse action in the absence of the Protected Disclosure. This burden-shifting framework is modeled on the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. § 1221(e).

(3) SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WAIVER.- The United States hereby waives sovereign immunity for purposes of any civil action authorized by this Section.

(b) MEASURE OF DAMAGES.- Damages under this Section shall include -

(1) full back pay and benefits from the date of the adverse action;

(2) reinstatement to the position held immediately before the adverse action, or to a position of substantially equivalent rank, responsibility, and compensation, at the Qualified Disclosant's election;

(3) compensatory damages for emotional distress and reputational harm;

(4) punitive damages where the adverse action was taken in bad faith, notwithstanding 28 U.S.C. § 2674 or any other limitation on punitive damages against the United States;

(5) the present value of all lost retirement benefits, including the value of any pension contributions denied, any loss of pension vesting credit, and any reduction in retirement annuity calculation resulting from the adverse action;

(6) the value of any health insurance, life insurance, or other employment benefits lost as a result of the adverse action; and

(7) reasonable attorney fees and litigation costs.

(c) EXTENDED LIMITATIONS PERIOD.- A civil action under this Section may be brought at any time within ten (10) years of the adverse action giving rise to the claim. The extended limitations period reflects Congress's recognition that the financial consequences of retaliation against Epstein Network whistleblowers may not become fully apparent for many years, particularly with respect to retirement benefits and post-employment opportunities.

(d) SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS.- Any final judgment entered under this Section against a federal agency shall be paid from the Judgment Fund established under 31 U.S.C. § 1304. The agency against which the judgment is entered shall reimburse the Judgment Fund from agency operating funds within one fiscal year of payment.

(e) PROHIBITION ON SETTLEMENT NON-DISCLOSURE.- No settlement of a claim under this Section may include any provision restricting the Qualified Disclosant's ability to publicly discuss the substance of the underlying Protected Disclosure or the adverse action that gave rise to the claim. Any non-disclosure provision in any such settlement is void as against public policy. Settlements may include reasonable provisions protecting personally identifying information of third parties, but may not protect any government action or omission relating to the Epstein Network.

(f) SECURITY CLEARANCE CASES.

(1) PRIMARY RULE.- Notwithstanding any contrary construction of Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518 (1988), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction to review both the motive and the substantive merits of any security clearance denial, suspension, revocation, or non-renewal that constitutes or contributed to an adverse action subject to this Section. The burden-shifting framework of subsection (a) applies. Where the agency fails to meet its burden, the court shall order all monetary remedies under subsection (b), and shall additionally order, at the Qualified Disclosant's election, either restoration of the clearance and reinstatement to the prior position, or alternative relief consistent with subsection (b)(2). Congress invokes its Article I powers as the necessary and proper means of enforcing this title against retaliatory executive action.

(2) FALLBACK RULE.- If paragraph (1) is held unenforceable in whole or in part, the court shall not review the substantive merits of the clearance determination but shall review whether the clearance action was retaliatory under subsection (a) on motion of the Qualified Disclosant. The court may award all monetary remedies under subsection (b) and order reinstatement to any position not requiring the revoked clearance at the same grade, pay, and benefits. No agency may be compelled to restore a clearance against its substantive judgment.

(3) PROCEDURE.- Proceedings under this subsection may be conducted in camera where necessary to protect classified information. Counsel for the Qualified Disclosant holding necessary clearances may participate on the same terms as government counsel; where counsel lacks clearance, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency shall process clearance applications within ninety (90) days of court order. Classified records are preserved for appellate review under procedures analogous to the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 96-456).

(g) RELATION TO OTHER REMEDIES; ACCRUAL; DEFENDANTS.

(1) The remedy under this Section is in addition to, not in derogation of, any other federal remedy available to the Qualified Disclosant. Concurrent remedies are permitted; double recovery for the same element of damages is not.

(2) Each discrete adverse action carries its own ten-year limitations period under subsection (c).

(3) Suits may be brought against the federal agency that took or authorized the adverse action and against any federal contractor or grantee acting under federal direction. Nothing in this Section creates individual-capacity liability for federal employees, and nothing forecloses Bivens claims to the extent that doctrine remains available.

SEC. 7019. INTENT LIMITATION - ANTI-REPUTATIONAL WEAPONIZATION CLAUSE.

(a) PURPOSE.- This Section ensures that the protections of this title are not used as a vehicle for reputational attack against individuals on the basis of fabricated documents or knowingly false claims of association with the Epstein Network.

(b) NO PROTECTION FOR FABRICATED OR FALSIFIED CLAIMS.- The whistleblower protections of Sections 7017 and 7018 do not extend to any disclosure that includes fabricated documents, materially falsified records, or false claims, where the discloser knew of the fabrication, falsification, or falsity at the time of disclosure. A disclosure that includes some authentic records and some fabricated records loses immunity protection only with respect to the fabricated records; the authentic records remain protected to the extent they otherwise qualify under this title.

(c) GOOD-FAITH ERRORS PROTECTED.- Errors of fact or judgment made in good faith do not constitute fabrication or falsification under this Section. The standard for loss of protection is the discloser's subjective knowledge of falsity at the time of disclosure, not the subsequent determination that any specific factual claim was incorrect.

(d) BURDEN OF PROOF.- Any party asserting that a discloser's disclosure was made with knowledge of falsity bears the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence. Good faith is presumed.

(e) NO LIABILITY FOR INTERPRETIVE COMMENTARY.- A discloser's interpretive commentary on disclosed records, including the discloser's stated belief about what the records mean or who they implicate, does not constitute a falsified claim under this Section, even if the interpretation later proves to be incorrect, provided the underlying records themselves are authentic and the interpretation was offered in good faith.

(f) RELATION TO STATE LAW.- Nothing in this Section displaces, preempts, or modifies any cause of action available under state law to any person harmed by a disclosure, including any defamation, false light, or other reputational tort claim. The federal immunity granted by Sections 7017 and 7018 applies only to federal criminal prosecution, civil liability, and administrative penalty as specified in those Sections, and does not extend to state-law claims by third parties.

CHAPTER VII - CONGRESSIONAL DEPOSITION AND IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF MAXWELL

SEC. 7020. MAXWELL IDENTITY VERIFICATION - CROSS-REGIONAL SPECIAL MASTER POOL AND QUARTERLY BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION.

(a) PURPOSE.- Congress finds that the Bureau of Prisons protocol failures documented in connection with Jeffrey Epstein's death, the recent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell between facilities, and the documented and widespread public concern about whether Maxwell remains in continuous custody and whether she remains the same person convicted in United States v. Maxwell, together create a compelling public interest in independent biometric verification of Maxwell's continued incarceration and identity. This Section establishes such a verification regime. Congress further finds that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York retains continuing jurisdiction over the criminal judgment in United States v. Maxwell and over the conditions of Maxwell's federal custody and supervised release, and that the verification regime established by this Section is ancillary to, and an exercise of, that continuing jurisdiction. Each Summary Order issued under this Section is a judicial finding entered in connection with that continuing jurisdiction, subject to review by the presiding judge on the motion of Maxwell, the Department of Justice, or either Judiciary Committee, and is not an advisory determination. Congress further finds that this verification regime is non-punitive in purpose and effect, that it addresses Maxwell as the uniquely situated individual who is the sole living person convicted of Epstein Network conspiracy offenses in continuing federal custody, and that it is therefore a permissible measure directed at a legitimate class of one within the meaning of Nixon v. Administrator of General Services, 433 U.S. 425 (1977).

(b) BASELINE BIOMETRIC RECORD. -

(1) COMPILATION.- Within ninety (90) calendar days of enactment, the United States Marshals Service shall compile, and transmit under seal to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a Baseline Biometric Record of Ghislaine Maxwell, consisting of -

(A) Maxwell's federal booking fingerprint card on FBI Form FD-258, on file with the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division;

(B) Maxwell's federal booking photograph and any subsequent BOP intake photographs;

(C) Maxwell's recorded physical descriptors from federal intake processing, including height, weight, eye color, scars, marks, tattoos, and dental impressions where available;

(D) Maxwell's DNA profile, if on file with any federal law enforcement database under federal authority; and

(E) To the extent obtainable through Letters Rogatory issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and transmitted through the Department of State, Maxwell's biometric records held by -

(i) the United Kingdom National Crime Agency; and

(ii) the French Direction Générale de la Police Nationale.

(2) JUDICIAL CUSTODY.- The Baseline Biometric Record shall be held under permanent seal by the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Access to the Baseline Biometric Record is restricted to the Special Masters appointed under subsection (c) for the purpose of conducting verifications under subsection (d), and to the presiding judge of any proceeding under this Section. The agencies from which the Baseline Biometric Records were retrieved may keep a copy, but not the original of such records.

(3) FOREIGN BIOMETRICS UNAVAILABILITY.- If foreign biometric records under paragraph (1)(E) are not obtainable, the Baseline Biometric Record shall be compiled from federal records alone. Unavailability of foreign records does not stay or condition any verification under this Section.

(c) CROSS-REGIONAL SPECIAL MASTER POOL. -

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.- The presiding judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York shall, within sixty (60) calendar days of enactment, establish a Cross-Regional Special Master Pool of not fewer than five (5) Special Masters drawn from senior status federal judges, federal magistrate judges, or retired federal judges, in each case serving in or having served in federal judicial districts other than the district in which Maxwell is then incarcerated. The cross-regional requirement is intended to insulate verifications from any local institutional pressure on Special Master selection.

(2) QUALIFICATIONS.- Each Special Master shall have demonstrated experience in evidentiary proceedings involving forensic identification, sufficient procedural authority to compel BOP cooperation, and no material financial, personal, or institutional connection to the BOP, the DOJ, or any party with an interest in the outcome of any verification.

(3) ROTATION.- Special Master assignments to specific quarterly verifications shall rotate through the Pool on a schedule established by the presiding judge to prevent capture by any specific facility or institutional pattern. No Special Master may conduct more than two consecutive quarterly verifications.

(4) STAFFING SUPPORT.- Each Special Master shall be supported by -

(A) one board-certified forensic anthropologist for skeletal identification;

(B) one fingerprint examiner certified by the International Association for Identification; and

(C) one independent court reporter not employed by the BOP, the DOJ, or any law enforcement agency.

(d) QUARTERLY VERIFICATION VISITS. -

(1) FREQUENCY.- Beginning ninety (90) calendar days after enactment and continuing on a quarterly basis throughout the duration of Maxwell's federal sentence, an assigned Special Master shall conduct an in-person verification visit at the facility where Maxwell is then incarcerated.

(2) NOTICE.- The BOP shall be given no advance notice of the verification visit. Notice shall not include the identity of the assigned Special Master.

(3) VERIFICATION PROCEDURE.- Each verification shall consist of -

(A) FINGERPRINT COMPARISON.- The Special Master shall personally observe the taking of Maxwell's fingerprints by the supporting fingerprint examiner, on a fresh FBI Form FD-258 sealed before the visit. The card shall be placed in a tamper-evident evidence envelope, sealed by the Special Master, and transported to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for comparison against the Baseline Biometric Record by the supporting fingerprint examiner.

(B) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION VERIFICATION.- The supporting forensic anthropologist shall verify Maxwell's recorded physical descriptors against the Baseline Biometric Record, with particular attention to scars, marks, tattoos, dental impressions, and skeletal landmarks not subject to material change with age.

(C) PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD.- The Special Master shall personally cause to be taken not fewer than two (2) photographs of Maxwell meeting the Verification Photograph Standard defined in Section 7003(q). The photographs shall be sealed in a tamper-evident envelope alongside the FD-258 fingerprint card and transported to the Clerk under the same protocol.

(D) IDENTITY ATTESTATION.- The Special Master shall, in the presence of the supporting court reporter, ask Maxwell to attest to her identity. Maxwell's response shall be transcribed verbatim. Refusal to attest shall be noted in the Special Master's report but shall not, alone, constitute a failure of identity verification.

(4) DETERMINATION.- Following each visit, the Special Master shall, within ten (10) calendar days, file with the presiding judge a Summary Order stating either -

(A) IDENTITY VERIFIED - that based on fingerprint comparison, physical descriptor verification, and photographic comparison, the person presented during the visit is the same person as identified in the Baseline Biometric Record; or

(B) IDENTITY UNVERIFIED - that one or more of the verification elements failed to confirm the identity, identifying the specific element that failed and the basis for the failure.

(e) PUBLIC RELEASE OF SUMMARY ORDERS.- Each Summary Order shall be released publicly on the website of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York within five (5) business days of filing with the presiding judge. The Summary Order shall not include the underlying biometric data, the verification photographs, or any information that would compromise facility security.

(f) IDENTITY UNVERIFIED - CONSEQUENCES.- An IDENTITY UNVERIFIED Summary Order shall trigger -

(1) Within twenty-four (24) hours of filing, automatic notification to both Judiciary Committees, the Director of the FBI, and the Attorney General;

(2) Within seventy-two (72) hours of filing, a second verification visit by a different Special Master from the Pool, with the same procedures under subsection (d); and

(3) If the second verification visit also returns IDENTITY UNVERIFIED, an immediate criminal investigation by the FBI into the circumstances and the personal accountability of the Director of the BOP, the Warden of the facility, and any other person responsible for Maxwell's custody.

(g) BOP COOPERATION REQUIREMENT.- The Bureau of Prisons shall cooperate fully with each verification visit. Any obstruction, delay, denial of access, or material interference shall constitute obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1503 and 1505, with personal liability attaching to the Director of the BOP and the Warden of the facility.

(h) FUNDING.- The Cross-Regional Special Master Pool, the supporting forensic professionals, and all verification costs shall be funded from a direct appropriation under Section 7027, separate from the BOP's operating budget. The BOP shall not bear any verification cost.

(i) DURATION.- Quarterly verifications shall continue throughout the duration of Maxwell's federal sentence and any period of federal supervised release. Upon Maxwell's lawful release from federal custody, the verification regime shall terminate, with a final verification visit and Summary Order within thirty (30) calendar days of release.

(j) DEATH VERIFICATION.- In the event of Maxwell's death in custody, the verification protocols of this Section shall apply to verification of the decedent's identity. The autopsy, the cause of death determination, and the photographic and biometric record of the decedent shall be subject to in-person observation by an assigned Special Master from the Pool, with the supporting forensic professionals, and a Summary Order shall be filed and released publicly within ten (10) calendar days.

SEC. 7021. CONGRESSIONAL DEPOSITION OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL.

(a) AUTHORITY.- Both Judiciary Committees, acting jointly, are authorized to take the deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, Bureau of Prisons Register Number 02879-509, regarding any matter relating to the Epstein Network within the scope of this title. Joint action under this Section requires affirmative concurrence by both Committees applying their respective chamber rules. Where the Committees cannot reach concurrence on a procedural question, the procedural rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee govern proceedings conducted in the Senate, and the procedural rules of the House Judiciary Committee govern proceedings conducted in the House. The chairs of the two Committees shall jointly preside over the deposition itself, with the order of questioning and the resolution of in-deposition objections governed by procedures established in advance by mutual written agreement of the chairs.

(b) PROCEDURE.- The deposition shall be conducted as follows:

(1) NOTICE.- Notice of the deposition shall be served on Maxwell and her counsel of record not later than thirty (30) calendar days before the scheduled date.

(2) LOCATION.- The deposition shall be conducted at a federal facility designated by the Judiciary Committees, with appropriate security arrangements coordinated with the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons.

(3) TRANSPORT.- The Bureau of Prisons shall transport Maxwell to and from the deposition location pursuant to a federal writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

(4) RECORDING.- The deposition shall be transcribed by a certified court reporter and audio-video recorded. The transcript and recording shall be sealed by the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate, with public release governed by subsection (g).

(5) COUNSEL.- Maxwell shall have the right to counsel of her choosing during the deposition. Counsel may not instruct Maxwell to refuse to answer questions on any ground except as provided in subsection (e).

(c) MANDATORY APPEARANCE.- Maxwell shall appear and answer questions truthfully, fully, and to the best of her knowledge and recollection. Refusal to appear, refusal to answer questions other than on grounds permitted under subsection (e), or providing materially false testimony shall constitute contempt of Congress under 2 U.S.C. §§ 192 and 194, perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, false statements under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(d) USE AND DERIVATIVE USE IMMUNITY.- Maxwell's testimony in the congressional deposition shall be subject to the use and derivative use immunity established under Section 7023. The scope and limits of that immunity are addressed in detail in Section 7023.

(e) PERMITTED REFUSALS.- Maxwell may refuse to answer questions only on the basis of -

(1) attorney-client privilege, properly invoked with respect to a specific communication;

(2) a specific, credible, and articulable threat of physical harm to a specific named individual that would directly result from her testimony, where Maxwell bears the burden of presenting evidence of the threat by a preponderance of the evidence, and where the Judiciary Committees may consider in camera evidence on the threat and the alternative protections available to mitigate it; or

(3) the privilege against self-incrimination, with respect to testimony for which use and derivative use immunity has not been granted under Section 7023.

(f) EVIDENCE FROM PRE-DEPOSITION CERTIFICATION.- The Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification filed pursuant to Section 7022 establishes the universe of Pre-Existing Government Knowledge for purposes of distinguishing Novel Testimony eligible for the protections of Section 7024 from testimony covered by the immunity scope of Section 7023.

(g) PUBLIC RELEASE.- Not later than thirty (30) calendar days after the conclusion of the deposition, the Judiciary Committees shall publicly release the deposition transcript and audio-video recording, with redactions limited strictly to -

(1) victim PII as identified in Section 7007;

(2) information subject to a valid Presidential Postponement Certification under Section 7011 in effect on the date of release; and

(3) information subject to a valid carve-out under Section 7012.

(h) NO ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFERENCE.- The Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and any other federal agency are prohibited from taking any action that would interfere with Maxwell's appearance, testimony, or the public release of the deposition. Any such interference shall constitute obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

(i) DEFERRAL OF RELEASE.- Notwithstanding the thirty (30) day requirement of subsection (g), and subject to this subsection, the Judiciary Committees may defer public release of a specifically identified portion of the transcript or recording.

(1) INITIATION.- The Committees may defer a portion on their own initiative, or on the motion of a person with standing under Section 7015, where public release of that portion would foreseeably impair a then-pending or imminent prosecution of an identifiable person other than Maxwell. The Attorney General may submit information relevant to that determination but is not required to, and the absence of any such submission does not preclude a deferral. No executive official may compel, condition, or prevent a deferral.

(2) RELEASE OF NON-DEFERRED PORTIONS.- The Committees shall release every portion not deferred under this subsection on the schedule in subsection (g), and shall defer only the passages necessary to protect the identified prosecution.

(3) PROHIBITED GROUNDS.- A deferral may not rest on embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity to any person, be made to protect any Covered Individual, or be made to preserve any prosecution of Maxwell. The Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification filed under Section 7022 shall be used by the Committees and any reviewing court to determine whether the asserted prosecution interest is genuine.

(4) DURATION AND RENEWAL.- A deferral may not exceed one (1) year. The Committees may renew a deferral once, for not more than one (1) additional year, only by a public re-certification, entered before the prior period expires, that the standard of paragraph (1) continues to be met. A deferred portion is released without further action upon the expiration of its term.

(5) OUTER LIMIT.- No portion may be withheld under this subsection beyond two (2) years after the conclusion of the deposition. This outer limit is fixed and is not extended by any tolling under Section 7024.

(6) JUDICIAL RELEASE.- Any person with standing under Section 7015 may move the presiding judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel release of any deferred portion. The court shall order release unless the deferral is shown, by clear and convincing evidence, to satisfy paragraphs (1) through (5). The court may compel release but may not order or extend a deferral.

(7) PUBLIC LOG.- The Committees shall publish on their websites, when each deferral or renewal takes effect and upon each release, the fact of the deferral, the number of passages deferred, and the scheduled expiration date, without disclosing the deferred content.

SEC. 7022. PRE-DEPOSITION EVIDENCE CERTIFICATION.

(a) MANDATE.- Not later than thirty (30) calendar days before the date of Maxwell's congressional deposition under Section 7021, the Department of Justice shall file with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, under seal, a sworn, time-stamped Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification consisting of a complete inventory of all evidence and information in the government's possession relating to Maxwell's personal criminal conduct, the conduct of any Epstein Network member with respect to whom Maxwell may have material knowledge, and the conduct of any government official with respect to the Epstein Network.

(b) REQUIRED CONTENTS.- The Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification shall include -

(1) a complete inventory of all documents, recordings, communications, financial records, travel records, and other evidence in the government's possession relating to Maxwell's personal criminal conduct, identified by document description and date;

(2) a complete inventory of all witness statements, debriefing notes, plea proffers, and other testimonial evidence in the government's possession relating to Maxwell's personal criminal conduct or to any Epstein Network member's conduct as to which Maxwell may have material knowledge;

(3) a summary of the substance of the government's existing knowledge of Maxwell's personal criminal conduct, sufficient to establish what testimony from Maxwell would, and would not, qualify as Novel Testimony under Section 7003(l); and

(4) a certification by the Attorney General, under penalty of perjury, that the inventory is complete to the best of the Attorney General's knowledge after diligent inquiry, and that no responsive evidence has been omitted, withheld, or characterized in a manner designed to expand the universe of testimony eligible for Section 7024 tolling protection.

(c) JUDICIAL CUSTODY.- The Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification shall be filed under seal with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and shall be available only to -

(1) the presiding judge of any post-deposition proceeding to determine whether specific testimony qualifies as Novel Testimony;

(2) the Judiciary Committees and their professional staff, under sealed access protocols.

(d) CONSEQUENCES OF FALSE OR INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATION.- A materially false or incomplete Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification, including a certification that omits responsive evidence to expand the universe of Novel Testimony, constitutes a false statement to Congress under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, obstruction of proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1503 and 1505, perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, and falsification of records under 18 U.S.C. § 1519, with personal liability attaching to the Attorney General.

(e) AMENDMENT.- The Attorney General shall file an amended Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification within seven (7) calendar days of discovering any responsive evidence not previously inventoried. Amendments are subject to the same certification, sealing, and consequence provisions of subsections (a) through (d). The deposition under Section 7021 shall not commence less than seven (7) calendar days after the filing of any amendment, except by agreement of the Judiciary Committees and Maxwell.

SEC. 7023. USE AND DERIVATIVE USE IMMUNITY - SCOPE, LIMITS, AND CARVE-OUTS.

(a) GRANT OF IMMUNITY.- Maxwell's testimony in the congressional deposition under Section 7021, and any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony, may not be used against her in any criminal case, except as provided in this Section. The immunity conferred by this Section is conferred directly by operation of this title, is coextensive with the use and derivative use immunity provided under 18 U.S.C. § 6002, and does not require a separate court order under, or satisfaction of the procedural prerequisites of, 18 U.S.C. § 6005. Congress finds that this grant is coextensive with the privilege against self-incrimination and therefore supplies a constitutionally sufficient basis for compelling Maxwell's testimony under Section 7021(c), consistent with Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972).

(b) SCOPE.- The use and derivative use immunity granted under subsection (a) covers -

(1) Maxwell's verbatim testimony in the deposition;

(2) any document or other evidence the government obtains as a direct or indirect result of leads developed from Maxwell's testimony; and

(3) any prosecution of Maxwell for offenses for which the testimony or derived evidence is the operative basis of the prosecution.

(c) LIMITS - PRE-EXISTING GOVERNMENT KNOWLEDGE NOT IMMUNIZED.- The immunity granted under subsection (a) does not extend to -

(1) any prosecution of Maxwell for an offense established by Pre-Existing Government Knowledge as defined in Section 7003(m), where the prosecution can be supported entirely by evidence obtained independent of Maxwell's testimony; or

(2) any prosecution of any person other than Maxwell, except where derivative use of Maxwell's testimony is the operative basis of the prosecution and the prosecuted offense is not established by Pre-Existing Government Knowledge.

(d) CARVE-OUTS - PERJURY AND FALSE STATEMENTS.- The immunity granted under subsection (a) does not extend to any prosecution of Maxwell for perjury under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, false statements under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, or obstruction of congressional proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 1505 arising from the testimony itself.

(e) JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF PRE-EXISTING KNOWLEDGE; TAINT.- In any prosecution of Maxwell following the deposition, the presiding court shall, on motion by Maxwell, conduct a hearing under Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972), to determine whether the offense charged is established by Pre-Existing Government Knowledge as reflected in the Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification, or whether the prosecution depends on testimony or derivative evidence covered by the immunity. The government bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that each item of evidence and the anticipated testimony of each witness it intends to use derives from a legitimate source wholly independent of Maxwell's compelled testimony, notwithstanding the public release of that testimony under Section 7021(g). The filter-team requirement of Section 7024(h)(1) applies to any such prosecution.

(f) RELATION TO STATE PROSECUTIONS.- Because the immunity granted under this Section is coextensive with the privilege against self-incrimination, Maxwell's compelled testimony, and any evidence directly or indirectly derived from it, may not be used against her in any criminal case, including a prosecution by a State, consistent with Murphy v. Waterfront Commission, 378 U.S. 52 (1964). Nothing in this Section bars a State from prosecuting Maxwell on the basis of evidence derived from a legitimate source wholly independent of the compelled testimony, consistent with Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972). The federal government shall not provide assistance, evidence, or witnesses to any State prosecution that would be barred under this Section if the prosecution were federal.

SEC. 7024. TOLLING OF FEDERAL STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR OFFENSES REVEALED BY NOVEL TESTIMONY.

(a) TOLLING - OFFENSES OF PERSONS OTHER THAN MAXWELL.- The federal statute of limitations for any criminal offense committed by a person other than Maxwell, where the offense is first revealed by Novel Testimony given by Maxwell in her congressional deposition under Section 7021, shall be tolled from the date of the offense through the date that is one (1) year after the public release of the deposition transcript under Section 7021(g) or, for any portion deferred under Section 7021(i), one (1) year after the date that portion is released.

(b) NO TOLLING FOR MAXWELL'S OWN OFFENSES.- The federal statute of limitations shall not be tolled under this Section with respect to any criminal offense committed by Maxwell that is first revealed by her own Novel Testimony. Congress finds that the value of complete and candid testimony from Maxwell - including testimony that reveals her own previously-unknown conduct against other Network participants - substantially exceeds the value of preserving federal prosecutorial reach over offenses the government would never have learned of absent her testimony. The use and derivative use immunity established under Section 7023 is the operative protection for Maxwell's own conduct; this subsection eliminates the residual tolling exposure that would otherwise create a counter-incentive to candor.

(c) IDENTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING OFFENSES.- An offense qualifies for tolling under subsection (a) only if it is -

(1) committed by a person other than Maxwell;

(2) first revealed by testimony that is determined by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on application by the Department of Justice, to constitute Novel Testimony under Section 7003(l);

(3) not an offense for which Maxwell was a co-conspirator, co-principal, aider, or abettor, where prosecution of the other person would necessarily implicate Maxwell's own conduct in a manner that would have qualified that conduct for tolling absent subsection (b); and

(4) not barred from tolling by any other operative limitation.

(d) ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION.- The Department of Justice shall not structure any prosecution under subsection (a) in a manner designed to use the other-person tolling as an indirect vehicle for prosecuting Maxwell's own conduct that subsection (b) places beyond tolling reach. Any such prosecution is subject to challenge by Maxwell under the procedures of Section 7023(e), with the burden on the government to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the prosecution of the other person does not depend on extending limitations over Maxwell's conduct.

(e) NO REVIVAL OF EXPIRED LIMITATIONS.- This Section does not revive the statute of limitations for any offense for which the limitations period had expired before the date Maxwell gave the operative Novel Testimony.

(f) RELATION TO IMMUNITY.- Nothing in this Section limits, modifies, or affects the use and derivative use immunity established under Section 7023. Maxwell's protection from prosecution based on her own testimony arises under Section 7023; this Section addresses only the separate question of whether the limitations clock is tolled.

(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.- The Attorney General shall report to both Judiciary Committees, on a quarterly basis following the public release of Maxwell's deposition, on the use of Section 7024 tolling in any federal investigation or prosecution, including -

(1) the number of tolling determinations sought and granted;

(2) the persons against whom tolled prosecutions have been pursued;

(3) any challenge under subsection (d) and its disposition; and

(4) any pattern of tolling invocation that the Attorney General has identified as warranting congressional attention.

(h) INVESTIGATIVE FILTER AND MANDATORY INDEPENDENT-SOURCE HEARING.- Because Maxwell's deposition is compelled under immunity and publicly released under Section 7021(g), the following safeguards apply to any prosecution of a person other than Maxwell brought in reliance on tolling under this Section:

(1) FILTER TEAM.- The investigation and prosecution shall be conducted by attorneys and agents who certify, under penalty of perjury, that they have not been exposed to the content of Maxwell's compelled testimony or to any information derived from it. Any material that originates with or derives from that testimony shall be handled only by a separate filter team walled off from the prosecution team.

(2) MANDATORY HEARING.- Before trial, on the defendant's motion or the court's own motion, the court shall hold a hearing under Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972), at which the government bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that each item of evidence it intends to use and the anticipated testimony of each witness it intends to call derives from a legitimate source wholly independent of Maxwell's compelled testimony, notwithstanding the public release of that testimony.

(3) PRE-EXISTING RECORD.- The sealed Pre-Deposition Evidence Certification filed under Section 7022 is admissible in the hearing as presumptive proof of the information the government possessed independent of Maxwell's testimony as of the date of its filing.

(4) CONSEQUENCE.- Any evidence or witness testimony the government cannot show to be independently derived shall be suppressed; the prosecution may proceed on the remaining independently-derived evidence.

CHAPTER VIII - INVESTIGATIVE MANDATES

SEC. 7025. MANDATE FOR FBI EXPLANATORY REPORT.

(a) MANDATE.- Not later than one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after enactment of this title, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to both Judiciary Committees a comprehensive written report addressing each of the matters identified in subsection (b). The report shall be unclassified to the maximum extent possible, with a classified annex if necessary. Any classified annex shall be submitted to both Judiciary Committees and, with respect to intelligence sources and methods or counterintelligence information, to the congressional intelligence committees (as defined in 50 U.S.C. § 3003(7)).

(b) REQUIRED CONTENTS.- The report shall address each of the following:

(1) THE 2008 NPA.- A complete factual account of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's knowledge of and role in the 2007-2008 non-prosecution agreement entered between the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jeffrey Epstein, including: any FBI evidence collected during the Miami Field Office (West Palm Beach Resident Agency) investigation; any FBI position on prosecution conveyed to SDFL or Main Justice; any FBI awareness of the NPA's terms before execution; any FBI awareness of the co-conspirator immunity provisions; any FBI awareness of the agreement's sealed status; and any FBI position on the CVRA litigation that followed.

(2) EPSTEIN'S RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.- A complete factual account of any cooperation, source, informant, or other relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including: any formal cooperation agreement; any informal information-sharing arrangement; any FBI use of Epstein as a source of intelligence on any other person or organization; any FBI debriefing of Epstein; the existence and substance of any FBI record reflecting whether Epstein provided information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the dates, scope, and circumstances of any such relationship.

(3) THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE NEXUS.- A complete factual account of the FBI's assessment of any foreign intelligence dimension of the Epstein Network, including: any FBI counterintelligence investigation touching on Epstein, Maxwell, or any Epstein Network member; any FBI assessment of the Epstein Network's connections to Israeli, British, or other foreign intelligence services; the FBI's assessment of allegations that Robert Maxwell had a relationship with Israeli intelligence and of any implications for Ghislaine Maxwell's activities; and any FBI coordination with the CIA, NSA, or ODNI on foreign intelligence aspects of the Epstein matter.

(4) EPSTEIN'S DEATH AT MCC NEW YORK.- A complete factual account of the FBI's investigation of the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's death on August 10, 2019, including: the FBI's findings on the cause of death; the FBI's assessment of the surveillance system failures, guard staffing failures, and protocol violations identified in DOJ OIG Report 23-085; any FBI investigation into possible criminal conduct by BOP personnel; any FBI investigation into possible third-party involvement; the FBI's assessment of the autopsy findings; and the FBI's response to questions raised about the accuracy of the official findings, including any evidence inconsistent with the determination that the death was a suicide.

(5) THE ACOSTA EMAIL GAP.- A complete factual account of the documented eleven-month gap in U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's incoming emails spanning May 2007 through April 2008, including: the basis for the OPR's conclusion that the gap was "most likely" the result of a technological error; any FBI forensic analysis of the missing records; any FBI investigation of possible deletion, destruction, or other intentional concealment; and any FBI assessment of the implications of the gap for the OPR's findings on Acosta's conduct.

(6) MAXWELL'S CUSTODY.- A complete factual account of the FBI's role in Ghislaine Maxwell's custody status, including: the FBI's involvement in any decision regarding Maxwell's facility assignment; the FBI's awareness of any communications between Maxwell and any current or former federal official since her conviction; the FBI's position on any cooperation, plea agreement, or sentence modification involving Maxwell; and the FBI's assessment of any threat to Maxwell's safety in custody.

(7) INTELLIGENCE TIES OF ROBERT AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL.- A complete factual account of any FBI investigation, counterintelligence inquiry, or assessment concerning any intelligence relationship of Robert Maxwell or Ghislaine Maxwell with any foreign or United States intelligence service, including any reported efforts by Robert Maxwell to market or transfer software, information, or other materials to any intelligence service, national laboratory, or other entity; whether Ghislaine Maxwell herself had, maintained, or was assessed to have any such relationship; and any FBI assessment of the bearing of the foregoing on Ghislaine Maxwell's activities or on the Epstein Network.

(8) CONCEALED OR CODED LANGUAGE.- A complete factual account of whether, in any investigation of the Epstein Network, the Bureau identified or assessed any coded, non-literal, or otherwise concealed language used by Epstein, Maxwell, or any member or associate of the Network to refer to victims, to criminal conduct, or to any other person, including: the Bureau's understanding of the meaning of any such language; whether any word, term, or phrase appearing in the files released by the Department of Justice before the date of enactment was the subject of any Bureau inquiry into whether it carried a coded or non-literal meaning, and the Bureau's conclusion as to each such word, term, or phrase; and whether any such term formed the basis of, or was material to, any investigative action that was opened, continued, or declined.

(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.- The unclassified portion of the report shall be made publicly available on the FBI's official website on the date of submission to Congress.

(d) ENFORCEMENT. -

(1) SUBPOENA.- If the Director fails to submit the report required by subsection (a) by the deadline specified, or submits a report that either Judiciary Committee determines to be incomplete, that Committee may compel production of the report and its underlying materials through its subpoena authority.

(2) CONTEMPT.- Failure to comply with a subpoena issued under paragraph (1) shall be punishable as a contempt of Congress under 2 U.S.C. § 192, and may be certified for prosecution under 2 U.S.C. § 194.

(3) FALSE STATEMENTS AND OBSTRUCTION.- Nothing in this section limits the application of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 or 18 U.S.C. § 1505 to any submission made, or conduct undertaken, under this section.

(e) GRAND JURY MATERIAL.- Nothing in this section requires the disclosure of matters occurring before a grand jury that are protected from disclosure by Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. With respect to any such material, a Judiciary Committee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing disclosure under Rule 6(e)(3)(E).

SEC. 7026. MANDATE FOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.

(a) MANDATE.- Not later than three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days after enactment of this title, both Judiciary Committees shall jointly conduct a public congressional hearing on the matters set forth in subsection (b). The hearing shall be open to the public, with the exception of any portion that the chairs of both Judiciary Committees jointly determine to require closed session for reasons of legitimate national security or victim PII protection.

(b) SCOPE OF HEARING.- The hearing shall examine -

(1) the compliance and non-compliance with this title by the executive branch;

(2) the substance of the FBI Explanatory Report submitted under Section 7025;

(3) the substance of Maxwell's congressional deposition under Section 7021, including any Novel Testimony and the government's response;

(4) the findings of the Cross-Regional Special Master Pool under Section 7020;

(5) the pattern of Records of the Epstein Network released under Section 7008, and any Presidential Postponement Certifications issued under Section 7011;

(6) the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's death at MCC New York on August 10, 2019; and

(7) any matter relating to the Epstein Network determined by the chairs of both Judiciary Committees to warrant public examination.

(c) WITNESSES.- The Judiciary Committees shall have full subpoena authority for the hearing, including the authority to subpoena -

(1) current and former officials of the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, and the U.S. Attorneys for the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York;

(2) current and former officials of the Bureau of Prisons, including the Director and the Warden of any facility at which Epstein or Maxwell was held;

(3) current and former officials of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of National Intelligence, and other elements of the Intelligence Community with responsibility for the matters within the hearing's scope;

(4) victims of the Epstein Network who voluntarily wish to testify, with appropriate protective measures; and

(5) any other person whose testimony the Judiciary Committees determine relevant to the hearing's scope.

(d) PUBLIC RECORD.- The full transcript of the public portion of the hearing, the witnesses' written statements, and any documents introduced shall be made publicly available within thirty (30) calendar days of the hearing's conclusion through the official websites of both Judiciary Committees.

(e) FOLLOW-ON LEGISLATION.- Within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the conclusion of the hearing, both Judiciary Committees shall jointly issue a public report identifying any further legislative action required to address the findings of the hearing and the disclosure of records under this title.

CHAPTER IX - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND SEVERABILITY

SEC. 7027. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) UNIT OPERATIONS.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the operations of the Federal Unit for Managing Epstein Documents established under Section 7005, including the rolling submission infrastructure required by Section 7008(f), the quarterly look-again affidavit processing required by Section 7008(g), the tranched publication operations under Sections 7008(i) through (l), the collection arrangement work required by Section 7005(v), the receipt log and multi-party reconciliation required by Section 7005A, and the Designated Traumatic Materials Sub-Unit established under Section 7007, for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2030, and, for the residual and victim-protective functions under Section 7005(y)(7) and the post-separation mental health care under Section 7007(b)(6)(C), for each fiscal year necessary to discharge those functions.

(b) OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCUREMENT.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the National Archives and Records Administration to procure or to develop in-house the optical character recognition processing required under Section 7008(t), including any procurement of cleared contractor services and any in-house technology and personnel costs.

(c) GPO PUBLICATION.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Government Publishing Office to enable the publication, hosting, and indefinite public availability of all Records of the Epstein Network released under this title through GovInfo.gov, including all infrastructure, hash verification, and post-publication integrity functions.

(d) CROSS-REGIONAL SPECIAL MASTER POOL.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the United States Courts to support the Cross-Regional Special Master Pool established under Section 7020(c), including Special Master compensation and travel, supporting forensic professional costs, court reporter costs, biometric verification equipment and chain-of-custody materials, and Letters Rogatory administration.

(e) SATISFACTION OF WHISTLEBLOWER JUDGMENTS.- Judgments under Section 7018 shall be paid from the Judgment Fund under 31 U.S.C. § 1304 as provided in Section 7018(d). There are authorized to be appropriated to each agency such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Judgment Fund for judgments entered against that agency under Section 7018.

(f) CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to both Judiciary Committees for the conduct of the congressional hearing mandated under Section 7026.

(g) CONGRESSIONAL DEPOSITION.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to both Judiciary Committees for the conduct of the congressional deposition of Maxwell under Section 7021, including court reporter and audio-video recording costs, security and facility arrangements, and the sealing and custody functions of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate; and to the Department of Justice for the transport of Maxwell by the Bureau of Prisons under Section 7021(b)(3).

(h) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the United States Courts to support the judicial functions created by this title, including the independent legal counsel of the Unit funded from the United States Courts appropriation under Section 7005(o); the review and public reports of the Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under Section 7008A; in camera review and any special master or magistrate judge appointed under Sections 7011(f) and 7012(d)(5)(vi); proceedings under the CIPA reform of Section 7014; independent-source hearings under Section 7024; and actions brought under Section 7015.

(i) SATISFACTION OF FEE AWARDS.- Attorney fees and litigation costs awarded under Section 7015(c)(4) or Section 7009 shall be paid from the Judgment Fund under 31 U.S.C. § 1304, with agency reimbursement on the same terms as subsection (e).

(j) NO REPROGRAMMING.- Funds appropriated under this Section may not be reprogrammed, transferred, or redirected to any purpose other than the specific operations identified in this Section. Any reprogramming, transfer, or redirection in violation of this subsection shall be reported by the head of the affected agency to both Judiciary Committees within fifteen (15) calendar days and is subject to examination at the hearing mandated under Section 7026.

SEC. 7028. TITLE-WIDE SEVERABILITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.- If any provision of this title, or the application of any provision to any person, entity, agency, record, or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this title and the application of such provision to other persons, entities, agencies, records, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(b) INDEPENDENT ENACTMENT.- Congress would have enacted each provision of this title independently of every other provision. No provision is conditional upon the survival of any other. The disclosure mandate of Section 7008, the establishment of the Unit under Section 7005, the receipt log and multi-party reconciliation under Section 7005A, the whistleblower immunity of Section 7017, the Maxwell verification regime of Section 7020, the Maxwell deposition of Sections 7021 through 7024, the CIPA reform of Section 7014, the FISC disclosure procedure of Section 7008A, the preservation duty of Section 7008B, the designated traumatic materials handling of Section 7007, the whistleblower financial protections of Section 7018, the victim private right of action of Section 7015, the FBI report under Section 7025, and the congressional hearing under Section 7026, and the Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims' Rights Act set forth in Subtitle B, shall each be construed as the subject of independent congressional enactment.

(c) AGENCY OBLIGATIONS DO NOT DEPEND ON UNIT VALIDITY.- If any provision establishing or governing the Unit under Section 7005 is held invalid, the submission obligations of each federal agency under Section 7008(c), the rolling submission obligation under Section 7008(f), the quarterly look-again affidavit obligation under Section 7008(g), and the publication obligation under Section 7008(r) continue in force. An invalidity holding directed at a particular provision of Section 7005 invalidates only that provision and does not abate the Unit's remaining functions; the staffing-fallback rule of Section 7005(x)(1) governs where the Unit Head appointment mechanism is enjoined, and the Unit shall continue to receive, review, redact, and publish records to the maximum extent its surviving provisions permit. Where it is the publication of records through the Government Publishing Office that is enjoined or rendered unavailable, publication shall proceed through the tiered fallback of Section 7005(x)(4). Only where every channel established by this title for Unit review and for publication under Section 7005(x)(4) has been held invalid or rendered unavailable shall agencies submit records directly to the Government Publishing Office, applying the redactions authorized by Section 7008(v)(1) for victim PII, Section 7008(v)(4) for explicit content, Section 7008(v)(5) for graphic depictions, Section 7008(v)(6) for routine government personnel, and Section 7012(b) for the identity of a living confidential human source.

(d) DISCLOSURE NOT CONTINGENT ON POSTPONEMENT.- If the Presidential Postponement Certification procedure of Section 7011 is held invalid, in whole or in part, the disclosure obligations of Section 7008 remain in full force and are not contingent on the availability of any postponement; the invalidity affects only the postponement and shall not abate, delay, or condition disclosure.

SUBTITLE B - COURTNEY WILD REINFORCING CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS

SEC. 7029. SHORT TITLE; FINDING.

(a) SHORT TITLE.- This subtitle may be cited as the "Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims' Rights Act".

(b) FINDING.- Congress finds that the failure to confer with the victims of the Epstein Network before executing the secret 2007 non-prosecution agreement - a violation found in Doe v. United States and left without a remedy in In re Wild - exposed a structural gap in the Crime Victims' Rights Act that reaches every federal crime victim. This subtitle closes that gap for all victims, and applies it to the agreement that denied Courtney Wild her rights, as provided in section 7032.

SEC. 7030. CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS.

(a) In general.—Chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 3771—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) by striking "A crime victim" and inserting "Upon the suspected or alleged commission of a Federal or District of Columbia offense, a crime victim";

(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking "Government in the case" and inserting "Government, including the right to confer about any agreement that could resolve the case or investigation, plea bargain, plea offer or agreement, pretrial diversion offer or agreement, or voluntary dismissal is presented to the court or is otherwise formally executed";

(iii) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:

"(9) The right to be informed in a timely manner of any plea bargain, plea offer or agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, or other agreement that resolves the case or investigation, pretrial diversion agreement, or the referral of a criminal investigation to another Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement entity."; and

(iv) in paragraph (10), by striking "contact information for the Office of the Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice" and inserting "a crime victims' rights card listing the rights described in this subsection, contact information for the Office of the Crime Victims' Rights Ombudsman of the Department of Justice, and information about sources of legal assistance (including pro bono legal assistance) related to the exercise of these rights, including that the victim has the right to seek the advice of an attorney with respect to these rights";

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after the first sentence the following: "The court shall also confirm that the Government has complied with its obligation to accord the rights described in subsection (a) and may issue any reasonable orders to cure noncompliance.";

(C) in subsection (c)—

(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

"(1) GOVERNMENT.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—Officers and employees of the Department of Justice and other departments and agencies of the United States engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crimes shall make their best efforts to see that crime victims are notified of, and accorded, the rights described in subsection (a).

"(B) REQUEST FOR DELAY.—

"(i) CIRCUMSTANCES.—If charges pertaining to the victim have not been publicly filed, and the Government determines that according one or more of the rights described in subsection (a) would threaten the safety of an individual, interfere with an ongoing investigation or prosecution, compromise national security, or result in premature disclosure of material nonpublic information, the Government may request leave from the court to delay according the right for the limited period of time necessary to avoid the harm or until charges are publicly filed, whichever comes first.

"(ii) COURT PROCEDURE.—The court shall review a submission made by the Government along with its request, the court may grant such request if it is supported by clear and convincing evidence. The Court shall maintain a record of the Government's request and its ruling on the matter, which shall be provided to the victim at the conclusion of the delay.

"(iii) DURATION.—An order by a court granting a request for a delay under this subparagraph shall be for a period that does not exceed 90 days, except that the Government may, for good cause, apply for an extension of the delay period. The granting of a delay under this subparagraph shall not constitute grounds for failing to ultimately accord a right to any victim.

"(C) COURT-ORDERED REMEDIES.—If a court finds that the Government failed to comply with subparagraph (A), it may order an appropriate remedy under the circumstances, as set forth in subsection (d).

"(D) PRO BONO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR VICTIMS.—To the extent practicable, and consistent with applicable ethical standards and rules of professional conduct, the Government shall provide to the crime victim general information on how to seek available pro bono legal representation for the purpose of asserting the rights under this section."; and

(ii) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:

"(2) ADVICE OF ATTORNEY.—Officers and employees of the Department of Justice and other departments and agencies of the United States engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of the alleged crime shall inform the crime victim in writing that the crime victim can seek the advice of an attorney with respect to the rights described in subsection (a).".

(D) in subsection (d)—

(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

"(1) RIGHTS.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—The crime victim or the crime victim's lawful representative, and the attorney for the Government may assert the rights described in subsection (a). A person accused of the crime may not obtain any form of relief under this chapter.

"(B) REPRESENTATION BY VICTIM'S ATTORNEY.—

"(i) IN GENERAL.—An attorney may enter an appearance on behalf of a crime victim or crime victim's lawful representative in the district court in which a defendant is being or has been prosecuted for a crime in the same manner as any other party to the proceedings, or if no prosecution is underway, in the district court for the district in which the crime occurred.

"(ii) REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES.—Each party to the proceeding shall serve the attorney for the victim with a copy of each pleading that relates to the crime victim's rights under subsection (a).

"(iii) REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT.—The clerk of the court shall provide to the attorney a copy of any court order related to such rights and notify the attorney of any hearing that may affect such rights.

"(iv) REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURT.—The court shall—

"(I) provide the crime victim's attorney or lawful representative access to all case records in the action; and

"(II) serve the crime victim's attorney or lawful representative with any filings that are directly relevant to or implicate the crime victim's rights described in subsection (a).";

(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting after the period at the end the following: "The procedure fashioned by the court under this paragraph shall have no effect on the duty of officers and employees of the Government to make their best efforts to accord crime victims the rights described in subsection (a).";

(iii) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:

"(3) MOTION FOR RELIEF AND WRIT OF MANDAMUS.—

"(A) MOTION FOR RELIEF.—The rights described in subsection (a) shall be asserted in the district court in which a defendant is being prosecuted or has been prosecuted for the crime. If no prosecution is underway at the time of the motion for relief, the rights described in subsection (a) shall be asserted in the district court in the district in which the crime is alleged to have occurred. The motion may be filed in an existing criminal case or, if no complaint, information, or indictment has been filed at that time, by a separate rights enforcement action.

"(B) REVIEW OF MOTION FOR RELIEF.—

"(i) IN GENERAL.—The district court shall take up and decide any motion or separate rights enforcement action asserting a victim's right forthwith.

"(ii) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—If the district court determines that additional information is relevant to the movant's assertion of the right, the Government shall promptly provide all such additional information to the court and movant. The court may, for good cause, allow the Government to provide a substantive summary of such information instead of providing the information itself. Upon the Government's request, the court shall enter an appropriate protective order governing dissemination and use of any information or substantive summary provided under this clause.

"(iii) WRITTEN OPINION REQUIRED FOR DENIAL OF RELIEF.—If the district court denies the relief sought by the movant, the court shall enter a written opinion, which clearly states the reasons for the denial.

"(C) WRIT OF MANDAMUS.—If the court denies a motion described in subparagraph (A), the movant may petition the court of appeals for a writ of mandamus. The court of appeals may issue the writ on the order of a single judge pursuant to circuit rule or the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The court of appeals shall take up and decide such application forthwith within 72 hours after the petition has been filed, unless the litigants, with notice to the court, have agreed to a longer time period for consideration. In deciding such application, the court of appeals shall determine the merits of the application and, in making such determination, shall apply ordinary standards of appellate review to any procedural or substantive issues. If the court of appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons for the denial shall be clearly stated on the record in a written order or opinion.";

(iv) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:

"(5) RE-OPENING PROCEEDINGS.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—In no case shall a failure to afford a right under this chapter provide grounds for a new trial.

"(B) VICTIMS WHO RECEIVED TIMELY NOTICE.—A victim who received timely notice of the relevant proceedings may make a motion or file a separate enforcement action to reopen a plea or sentence only if—

"(i) the victim has asserted the right to be heard before or during the proceeding at issue and such right was denied;

"(ii) the victim petitions the court of appeals for a writ of mandamus in a timely manner; and

"(iii) in the case of a plea, the accused has not pleaded guilty to the highest offense charged, and in the case of a sentencing, the accused has not been sentenced to the statutory maximum.

"(C) VICTIMS WHO DID NOT RECEIVE TIMELY NOTICE.—A victim who did not receive timely notice of the relevant proceedings may make a motion or file a separate enforcement action to reopen a plea or sentence, only if—

"(i) the victim makes such a motion or files such a separate enforcement action in a timely manner; and

"(ii) in the case of a plea, the accused has not pleaded guilty to the highest offense charged, and in the case of a sentencing, the accused has not been sentenced to the statutory maximum.";

(v) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (9); and

(vi) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

"(6) MOTION TO ANNUL DEFERRED PROSECUTION AND NONPROSECUTION AGREEMENTS.—A crime victim may make a motion requesting that the Government seek to annul a deferred prosecution agreement or nonprosecution agreement by filing a motion with the court in writing asserting that they were not accorded the reasonable right to confer in subsection (a)(5). Upon a finding by the court that the victim's right under subsection (a)(5) was violated, the Court shall hold a hearing to evaluate whether the agreement should be annulled.

"(7) REMEDIES.—Upon a finding that a victim's rights under this section have been violated, the court shall order a just and appropriate remedy, which may include reopening a proceeding, to address such violation, except that any such remedy may not violate a defendant's constitutional rights and shall account for the interests of other victims and the public. An order under this paragraph, or under paragraph (5) or (6), shall not be construed to impair prosecutorial discretion under paragraph (9).

"(8) ATTORNEYS' FEES.—A crime victim who prevails against the United States in an action to enforce a right under this section shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, as provided in section 2412 of title 28.";

(E) in subsection (e)—

(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

"(1) COURT OF APPEALS.—The term 'court of appeals' means—

"(A) the United States court of appeals for—

"(i) the judicial district in which a district court has rendered a decision for which the victim seeks appellate review;

"(ii) if no such decision has been rendered, the judicial district in which the defendant is being prosecuted; or

"(iii) if there is no such prosecution, the judicial district in which the offense was alleged to have been committed; or

"(B) for a prosecution or offense committed in the District of Columbia, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.";

(ii) by amending subparagraph (2)(A) to read as follows:

"(A) IN GENERAL.—The term 'crime victim' means a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of a suspected or alleged Federal or District of Columbia offense, or such an offense with respect to which an individual has been charged or convicted."; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

"(4) CRIME VICTIM'S LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE.—The term 'crime victim's lawful representative' means an individual or entity designated or appointed to represent a crime victim or take their place in a court proceeding or other legal proceeding—

"(A) by the crime victim;

"(B) by the parent or legal guardian of the crime victim, in the case of a crime victim who is a minor, incapacitated, or deceased; or

"(C) by the court.

"(5) TIMELY.—The term 'timely' means sufficient time for the victim to exercise their rights under this section, and in accordance with any applicable rules of procedure.

"(6) SUSPECTED OR ALLEGED.—The term 'suspected or alleged' means, with respect to an offense, that there is an investigation of an offense, but no charges have been filed."; and

(F) in subsection (f)—

(i) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows:

"(A) designate an administrative authority in the Department of Justice (referred to in this subsection as the 'Administrative Authority') under the independent supervision of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to receive and investigate complaints relating to the provision or violation of the rights of a crime victim;";

(ii) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as follows:

"(B) require a course of training for employees and offices of the Department of Justice engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crimes that pertains to the treatment of crime victims, incorporates trauma-informed methods and practices, and otherwise assists such employees and offices in responding more effectively to the needs of crime victims;"; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

"(3) ADJUDICATION OF COMPLAINTS.—

"(A) COMPLAINTS.—A crime victim or a crime victim's lawful representative may submit to the Administrative Authority a complaint alleging that an attorney for the Government violated the rights of a crime victim under subsection (a), which complaint shall include the following:

"(i) The full name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the complainant.

"(ii) The name and title of the individual who violated the rights of the crime victim.

"(iii) The right of the crime victim that was allegedly violated.

"(iv) The details of the allegation, including the name of the court case and the jurisdiction in which the misconduct occurred, if applicable.

"(v) Copies of any document that supports the complainant's allegation.

"(vi) Any other information relevant to the complaint.

"(B) PERIOD TO SUBMIT COMPLAINTS.—A complaint under subparagraph (A) may be submitted beginning on the date of the violation and ending on the date that is 180 days after a final judgment is entered in the underlying criminal proceeding (including any appeal), except that the Administrative Authority may extend such filing period for good cause.

"(C) LOG OF COMPLAINTS.—The Administrative Authority shall maintain a log of each complaint submitted under subparagraph (A).

"(D) DECISIONS.—

"(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrative Authority shall issue a decision with respect to the alleged violation within 180 days of receiving a complaint under this section.

"(ii) FINES AND COSTS.—Upon a finding by the Administrative Authority that the rights of a crime victim were violated, the Administrative Authority shall have the discretion to impose fines or reimburse the victim for costs associated with the violation.

"(iii) FORM AND NOTICE.—Upon issuing a finding by the Administrative Authority resolving a complaint under this section, the Administrative Authority shall provide the crime victim with a written copy of the decision, including any imposed sanctions or disciplinary measures, and advise the crime victim of their right to appeal to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under subparagraph (E).

"(E) APPEAL TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

"(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 business days after the issuance of an order under subparagraph (D), the complainant or the attorney for the Government may appeal the order to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice.

"(ii) TIME FOR REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days after an appeal is filed under this subparagraph, the Inspector General shall review the order.

"(iii) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—In the case that the Inspector General does not uphold the decision of the Administrative Authority, the Inspector General shall notify Congress as soon as practicable, but in no case later than 10 business days after completing review.

"(iv) FAILURE TO REVIEW.—If the Inspector General fails to review an order pursuant to an appeal filed under this subparagraph, the order shall be deemed to have been upheld by the Inspector General on the date that is 45 days after the appeal is filed."; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

"§ 3772. General provisions

"(a) Rule making.—The Attorney General shall issue such rules as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.

"(b) Reports to congress.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on steps taken to improve the efforts of the Department of Justice in according crime victims their rights during the period covered by the report.

"(2) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report shall include—

"(A) the number of complaints filed with the Administrative Authority designated under subsection (f);

"(B) the outcome of those complaints (including any disciplinary action);

"(C) information pertaining to individual Federal districts and Federal prosecutors that are the subject of complaints, including—

"(i) the number of complaints filed with the Administrative Authority that were subsequently referred to a State bar association;

"(ii) a list of Federal districts in which misconduct was alleged to have occurred and the number of complaints with respect to each such district; and

"(iii) a list of attorneys against whom 3 or more complaints were submitted to the Administrative Authority; and

"(D) a list of all cases in which a court or the Administrative Authority determined that there was a failure to accord a crime victim a right under section 3771, and the best efforts made by officers and employees of the Department of Justice in each such case.

"(3) ANNUAL AND BIANNUAL REPORTS.—The report described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted—

"(A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section;

"(B) annually thereafter for a period of 2 years; and

"(C) biannually after the end of the period described in subparagraph (B).

"(4) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 'appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.".

(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 237 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

"3772. General provisions.".

SEC. 7031. COORDINATION WITH SUBTITLE A.

For a victim of the Epstein Network as defined in Subtitle A, the amendments made by this Subtitle are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the rights and remedies of Subtitle A, including Sections 7015 and 7016. Where a provision of each Subtitle applies, the victim may invoke either, and the more protective provision governs. Nothing in this Subtitle displaces the victim-PII protections of Sections 7003(u), 7003(v), 7007(d)(4), and 7008(v), the private right of action of Section 7015, or the notification mechanism of Section 7016.

SEC. 7032. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY; SEVERABILITY.

(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE - PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION.- The amendments made by section 7030 take effect on the date of enactment and apply to any agreement, proceeding, or investigation pending on or commenced after that date. This subsection stands independently of subsection (b); the prospective operation of these amendments is in no way contingent on the validity or application of subsection (b).

(b) APPLICATION TO THE 2007 NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT.- The motion to annul under section 3771(d)(6) of title 18, United States Code (as added by section 7030), and the conferral right under section 3771(a)(5) of that title, apply to the 2007 non-prosecution agreement defined in Section 7003(h). In an action under this subsection - (1) the conferral violation established in Doe v. United States (S.D. Fla.) satisfies the predicate finding under section 3771(d)(6); (2) the court - and not the Congress - shall determine, in its discretion and after a hearing, whether the co-conspirator immunity provisions of that agreement should be annulled, in whole or in part, as to any living person; (3) the court shall order no remedy that violates the constitutional rights of any person, shall weigh any reasonable detrimental reliance on the agreement and the interests of the victims and the public, and shall not compel the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, and an order annulling a provision removes it as a bar to, but does not require, any investigation or prosecution; and (4) nothing in this subsection revives a limitations period that expired before the date of enactment, except as otherwise provided by law, including section 3299 of title 18, United States Code.

(c) SEVERABILITY OF SUBSECTION (b).- Subsection (b) is severable from every other provision of this Act. If subsection (b), or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid - (1) the amendments made by section 7030 remain in full force in their prospective application under subsection (a); (2) every other provision of this title remains in full force; and (3) only the specific provision or application held invalid shall be treated as inoperative.

(d) SUBTITLE SEVERABILITY.- This Subtitle and Subtitle A of this title are each independently enacted and severable from the other; the invalidity of either, in whole or in part, does not affect the other.