Classification decisions after July 1, 2025 must be published
To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Classification decisions after July 1, 2025 must be published
The document says “shall”Who acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“All decisions to classify any covered information after July 1, 2025 shall be published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress, including the date of classification, the identity of the classifying authority, and an unclassified summary of the justification.”
Paragraph (4) of subsection (c). It requires every decision to classify covered information after July 1, 2025 to be published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress, together with the date of classification, the identity of the classifying authority and an unclassified summary of the justification.
What the document actually says
“All decisions to classify any covered information after July 1, 2025 shall be published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress, including the date of classification, the identity of the classifying authority, and an unclassified summary of the justification.”
That sentence, in plain words
Some files were made secret after July 1, 2025. Each of those calls must be written up. The write-up goes in the Federal Register and to Congress.
What this is about
The write-up must give the date. It must name who made the call. It must say why, in words anyone can read.
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Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 656 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ38/html/PLAW-119publ38.htm
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“Classification decisions after July 1, 2025 must be published,” Epstein Files Transparency Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/epstein-files-transparency-act/proposal/sec02-classification-after-july-2025-published/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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