{"type":"organizations","slug":"house-task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets","title":"Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/house-task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets","description":"House Oversight task force page capturing declassification mandate and hearing role across UAP, JFK, and MLK records in 2025-26.","date":"2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Oversight"],"updated":"2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"The House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s dedicated panel for declassification-sensitive oversight and hearing work.[^1][^4]\nThe committee lists this task force under its official subcommittees, with Anna Paulina Luna named as chair and Jasmine Crockett as ranking member.[^1]\nChairman Comer’s February 11, 2025 announcement formally created the task force, assigned task-force leadership, and stated that it would examine federal secrecy in the public interest.[^2]\nHouse Rule 14 gives the committee authority to appoint task forces like this one and applies committee hearing rules to task-force proceedings.[^4]\nThe February task-force letters show the authorized scope, including records related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, with room for additional chairman-directed subjects.[^3]\n\n## Mandate\n\nThe task force’s mandate in 2025-26 is centered on record access, declassification standards, and transparency accountability through active hearings and agency briefings.[^2][^3]\nIts published hearing record demonstrates a broad scope: a declassification-focused JFK hearing path beginning in spring 2025, an UAP-focused transparency hearing in September, and a declassified MLK records hearing in early 2026.[^5][^6][^7][^9]\nThe public mandate language directly references EO 14176 and the need to move declassification from partial release toward wider public access and oversight reporting.[^3]\n\n## Hearing role\n\nThe task force is the named hearing body on Oversight’s official hearing pages for its subject-line sessions, including the JFK Files, UAP, and MLK records hearings.[^5][^6][^7][^9]\nAt the September 9, 2025 UAP hearing, witnesses addressed federal transparency on UAP reporting, AARO performance, and whistleblower protections within an official hearing framework.[^7][^8]\nOn September 2025 and January 2026 timelines, hearing materials show this same task force body running records-focused oversight events in HVC-210 across assassination and civil-rights-era materials, confirming that its 2025-26 scope spans both historical and contemporary federal-record questions.[^7][^8][^9][^5][^10]\n\n## Source trail\n\nTo trace official rationale into archival record, start with the February 11 establishment release, then follow the signed task-force letters and House Rule 14 text for structural authority.[^2][^3][^4]\nThen use each Oversight hearing page to verify session titles, dates, location, witnesses, and materials for the task force-led hearings.[^5][^6][^7][^9]\nFor committee-record corroboration, use the linked Congress.gov hearing text and metadata for the 2025-26 task force meetings.[^10]\nThis path keeps the task force timeline rooted in primary House and congressional committee materials rather than secondary summaries.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Subcommittee page: Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets](https://oversight.house.gov/subcommittee/task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets/)\n[^2]: [Chairman Comer taps Luna to lead task force on declassification and transparency](https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-taps-luna-to-lead-task-force-on-declassification-and-transparency/)\n[^3]: [Task-Force-Letters (Feb 11, 2025)](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Task-Force-Letters.pdf)\n[^4]: [119th Committee Rules (Rule 14: Panels and Task Forces)](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/119th-Committee-Rules.pdf)\n[^5]: [Task Force to hold hearing on the JFK Files](https://oversight.house.gov/release/task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets-to-hold-hearing-on-the-jfk-files/)\n[^6]: [Task Force hearing: the JFK Files](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets-the-jfk-files/)\n[^7]: [Task Force hearing: Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/)\n[^8]: [Announcement: Restoring Public Trust hearing on UAP Transparency](https://oversight.house.gov/release/luna-announces-hearing-on-transparency-relating-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/)\n[^9]: [Declassified MLK Records hearing page](https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/declassified-mlk-records-what-they-reveal-and-why-they-matter/)\n[^10]: [Congress record: The JFK Files hearing (May 20, 2025)](https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/LC74462/text)","readingTime":"3 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"dina-titus","title":"Dina Titus","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/dina-titus"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/house-task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets","title":"Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/organizations/house-task-force-on-the-declassification-of-federal-secrets","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}