EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITIES OF PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD.

SEC. 1102. EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITIES OF PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD.(a) Direction.—Section 703(a) of the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 (title VII of Public Law 106–567; 114 Stat. 2856; 50 U.S.C. 435 note) is amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” after “Establishment.—”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The Board shall report directly to the President or, upon designation by the President, the Vice President, the Attorney General, or other designee of the President. The other designee of the President under this paragraph may not be an agency head or official authorized to classify information under Executive Order 12958, or any successor order.”.(b) Purposes.—Section 703(b) of that Act (114 Stat. 2856) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(5) To review and make recommendations to the President in a timely manner with respect to any congressional request, made by the committee of jurisdiction, to declassify certain records or to reconsider a declination to declassify specific records.”.(c) Recommendations on Special Searches.—Section 704(c)(2)(A) of that Act (114 Stat. 2860) is amended by inserting before the period the following: “, and also including specific requests for the declassification of certain records or for the reconsideration of declinations to declassify specific records”.(d) Declassification Reviews.—Section 704 of that Act (114 Stat. 2859) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:118 STAT. 3700 “(e) Declassification Reviews.—If requested by the President, the Board shall review in a timely manner certain records or declinations to declassify specific records, the declassification of which has been the subject of specific congressional request described in section 703(b)(5).”.(e) Notification of Review.—Section 706 of that Act (114 Stat. 2861) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(f) Notification of Review.—In response to a specific congressional request for declassification review described in section 703(b)(5), the Board shall advise the originators of the request in a timely manner whether the Board intends to conduct such review.”.(f) Extension.—Section 710(b) of that Act (114 Stat. 2864) is amended by striking “4 years” and inserting “8 years”.