Urge the National Archives and Records Administration to halt the relocation process for the Chicago regional archive and Federal Records Center, provide Congress with information about its plans, and reverse the closure decision.

Jesús G. "Chuy" García · Illinois · Democratic

oversight impact 0.55 specificity 0.83 extraction confidence 92%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Urge NARA to immediately halt the relocation process, provide Congress with necessary information, and reverse the decision to close the Chicago regional archive and Federal Records Center.. Promised outcome: NARA halts the relocation, informs Congress, and reverses the closure decision.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. September 30, 2026 congressional oversight letter regarding NARA's announced closure of the Chicago regional archive facility and co-located Federal Records Center at 7358 South Pulaski Road.

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We urge you to immediately halt the relocation process, provide Congress with necessary information about the agency’s plans, and ultimately reverse this decision.

Garcia joined other members of Congress in urging NARA to stop relocating records from the Chicago facility, disclose its plans to Congress, and reverse the closure decision.

letter-to-nara-re-regional-facility-closure-final-9.30.26.pdf
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Evidence

verified · Source version 90787 · locator 2074

All RRB records (RG 184) at the National Archives of Chicago will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Boston. We estimate that these records will close on October 13, 2026, and be available to researchers at the National Archives at Boston on January 15, 2027.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, NARA still listed Chicago-held records closing for relocation, indicating the requested halt/reversal had not occurred as of October 13, 2026.

unresolved same_term

Researcher Updates | National Archives
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unverified · Source version 90789 · locator unknown

NARA must immediately halt the relocation, provide Congress with the necessary information about the agency’s plans, and reverse this decision to move the more than 140,000 cubic feet of historical records.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): García publicly urged NARA to halt relocation, provide Congress information, and reverse the Chicago records move, documenting concrete oversight effort during his federal term.

delivered same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-09-15-pt1-PgH5625-5.pdf
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Public state: unverified As of 2026-10-13 · unverified · Supporting passages or original commitment are not verified.. Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified original commitment is itself an oversight letter stating, "We urge you to immediately halt the relocation process, provide Congress with necessary information about the agency's plans, and ultimately reverse this decision." Because the judged commitment is to urge NARA, the action was completed by the letter in the same federal term. Verified evidence ID 67197 shows the underlying NARA relocation had not been halted or reversed as of October 13, 2026, so this should not be treated as delivery of the broader agency outcome, only of the specific urge/request action.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 83%