Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006

H.R. 4968, the Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006, would require the federal government to collect and release all official records related to the life and death of the late musician Tupac Shakur. The bill directs the National Archives to centralize these documents into a public collection and establishes a secondary site for the records at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Georgia.

For the public, this legislation would provide greater transparency regarding the 1996 investigation into Shakur's death by mandating that government agencies identify and disclose relevant files that might otherwise remain classified or private. While the bill allows for the postponement of certain sensitive information, it creates a formal process for an independent citizens' advisory committee to oversee the review and eventual release of these historical documents to the public.