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Records must be made public within 30 days

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. Written by .

Records must be made public within 30 days

The document says “shallWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, subject to subsection (b), make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice”

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, Sec. 2

Subsection (a) of section 2. It requires the Attorney General, within 30 days of enactment, to make publicly available every unclassified record, document, communication and investigative material in the possession of the Department of Justice that falls within the nine categories the subsection goes on to list. The release must be in a searchable and downloadable format. The subsection names the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys' Offices as part of the Department for this purpose. It is made subject to subsection (b). The Act was approved on November 19, 2025.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, subject to subsection (b), make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice”

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, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The Attorney General must put these files online. That must happen within 30 days. People must be able to search the files. People must be able to save them too.

What this is about

The files come from the Justice Department. That takes in the FBI. It also takes in the offices that bring cases in court. The 30 days start when the law is signed.

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