To amend title 44, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of operations by the National Archives and Records Administration and to reauthorize the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Summary: National Archives and Records Administration Efficiency Act of 2004 - Requires the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations establishing a streamlined process for extending agency records retention periods beyond those periods specified in disposal schedules.

Authorizes the Records Center Revolving Fund of the Treasury to cover expenses for uniforms for National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) personnel.

Authorizes the Archivist to collect reasonable fees for the occasional, non-official use of NARA facilities and related services by the public and to use such fees for educational and public program purposes.

Authorizes the Archivist to enter into cooperative agreements that involve the transfer of NARA funds to State and local governments, other public entities, educational institutions, or private nonprofit organizations to carry out NARA programs.

Authorizes appropriations to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY 2006 through 2009 for the Commission to carry out its duties and for the Archivist to make grants to State and local agencies and to nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for historical publications and records programs.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Archives and Records 
Administration Efficiency Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS.

    (a) Extension of Records Retention Periods by Regulation.--Section 
2909 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``, upon the submission of evidence of need,'';
        (2) by striking ``; and, in accordance with regulations 
    promulgated by him,'' and inserting ``, and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following: ``The Archivist shall 
    promulgate regulations in accordance with section 2104(a) of this 
    title to implement this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (d) of section 3303a of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND TO BE USED FOR THE 
              PURCHASE AND CARE OF UNIFORMS FOR RECORDS CENTERS 
              EMPLOYEES.

    Subsection (a) under the heading ``records center revolving fund'' 
in title IV of the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 
(Public Law 106-58; 113 Stat. 460; 44 U.S.C. 2901 note), is amended by 
inserting after ``expenses'' in the first sentence the following: 
``(including expenses for uniforms or allowances for uniforms as 
authorized by subchapter I of chapter 59 of title 5)''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES FOR PUBLIC USE OF FACILITIES OF 
              NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Presidential Archival Depositories.--Subsection (e) of section 
2112 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking ``space'' 
and inserting ``space, or for the occasional, non-official use of rooms 
and spaces (and services related to such use),''.
    (b) National Archives Building and Other Buildings Used for Record 
Storage.--Section 2903 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Archivist''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest, 
the Archivist may charge and collect reasonable fees from the public 
for the occasional, non-official use of rooms and spaces, and services 
related to such use, in the buildings subject to this section. Fees 
collected under this subsection shall be paid into an account in the 
National Archives Trust Fund and shall be held, administered, and 
expended for the benefit and in the interest of the national archival 
and records activities administered by the National Archives and 
Records Administration, including educational and public program 
purposes.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL 
              GOVERNMENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC 
              AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER NARA PROGRAMS.

    (a) Authority.--Chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 2119. Cooperative agreements

    ``(a) Authority.--The Archivist may enter into cooperative 
agreements pursuant to section 6305 of title 31 that involve the 
transfer of funds from the National Archives and Records Administration 
to State and local governments, other public entities, educational 
institutions, or private nonprofit organizations (including foundations 
or institutes organized to support the National Archives and Records 
Administration or the Presidential archival depositories operated by 
it) for the public purpose of carrying out programs of the National 
Archives and Records Administration.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Not more than $25,000 may be transferred under 
a cooperative agreement entered into as authorized by subsection (a). 
Not more than a total of $75,000 may be transferred under such 
agreements in any fiscal year.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than December 31st of each year, the 
Archivist shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate a report on the provisions, amount, and duration of each 
cooperative agreement entered into as authorized by subsection (a) 
during the preceding fiscal year.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2119. Cooperative agreements.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2009 FOR 
              NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION.

    Section 2504(f)(1) of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (N), by striking ``and'';
        (2) in subparagraph (O), by striking the period and inserting a 
    semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end of the following new subparagraphs:
            ``(P) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
            ``(Q) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            ``(R) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            ``(S) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.