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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 745 

To improve Federal employee compliance with Federal and Presidential 

recordkeeping requirements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2017 

Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To improve Federal employee compliance with Federal and 

Presidential recordkeeping requirements, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Federal Records Modernization Act of 2017’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Removal for deliberate destruction of Federal records. 

Sec. 3. Use of non-official electronic messaging accounts. 

Sec. 4. Reporting of the loss or potential loss of records. 

Sec. 5. Senior Agency Official for Records Management. 


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Sec. 6. Retention of electronic correspondence. 

Sec. 7. Federal Register modernization. 

Sec. 8. Statutory protection for National Archives and Records Administration 

volunteers. 

1 SEC. 2. REMOVAL FOR DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION OF FED2 ERAL RECORDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding after subchapter V the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—FEDERAL RECORDS 

7 ‘‘§ 7551. Definitions 

8 ‘‘In this subchapter the following definitions apply: 

9 ‘‘(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘employee’ 

10 means— 

11 ‘‘(A) an individual in the competitive serv12 ice who is not serving a probationary or trial 

13 period under an initial appointment or who has 

14 completed 1 year of current continuous employ15 ment in the same or similar positions under 

16 other than a temporary appointment limited to 

17 1 year or less; or 

18 ‘‘(B) a career appointee in the Senior Ex19 ecutive Service who— 

20 ‘‘(i) has completed the probationary 

21 period prescribed under section 3393(d) of 

22 this title; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) was covered by the provisions of 

2 subchapter II of this chapter immediately 

3 before appointment to the Senior Executive 

4 Service. 

5 ‘‘(2) RECORD.—The term ‘record’ has the 

6 meaning given that term in section 3301 of title 44. 

7 ‘‘(3) SUSPENSION.—The term ‘suspension’ has 

8 the meaning given that term in section 7501 of this 

9 title. 

10 ‘‘§ 7552. Suspension and removal 

11 ‘‘(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDING.—If the Inspec12 tor General of an agency determines an employee of the 

13 agency has willfully and wrongfully concealed, removed, 

14 mutilated, obliterated, falsified, or destroyed any record, 

15 proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing 

16 in the custody of such employee, or verifies a violation 

17 under section 2209 or 2911 of title 44, the Inspector Gen18 eral shall promptly inform the head of the agency of that 

19 determination in writing. 

20 ‘‘(b) SUSPENSION.—The head of an agency shall sus21 pend an employee of that agency who has been determined 

22 by the Inspector General under subsection (a) to have will23 fully and unlawfully concealed, removed, mutilated, oblit24 erated, falsified, or destroyed any record, proceeding, map, 

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1 such employee, or who has been verified by the Inspector 

2 General to be in violation of section 2209 or 2911 of title 

3 44. 

4 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS AFTER SUSPENSION.—An em5 ployee suspended under subsection (b) is entitled, after 

6 suspension and before removal, to— 

7 ‘‘(1) be represented by an attorney or other 

8 representative; 

9 ‘‘(2) a written statement of the charges against 

10 the employee within 15 days after suspension, which 

11 may be amended within 30 days thereafter; 

12 ‘‘(3) an opportunity within 15 days after the re13 ceipt of the written statement under paragraph (2), 

14 plus an additional 15 days if the charges are amend15 ed, to answer the charges and submit affidavits; 

16 ‘‘(4) a hearing, at the request of the employee, 

17 by an agency authority duly constituted for this pur18 pose; 

19 ‘‘(5) a review of the employee’s case by the 

20 head of the agency or a designee, before a decision 

21 adverse to the employee is made final; and 

22 ‘‘(6) a written statement of the decision of the 

23 head of the agency. 

24 ‘‘(d) REMOVAL.—Subject to subsection (c) of this 

25 section and after any investigation and review the head 


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1 of the agency considers necessary, the head of an agency 

2 shall remove an employee suspended under subsection (b) 

3 if such head determines that the employee willfully and 

4 unlawfully concealed, removed, mutilated, obliterated, fal5 sified, or destroyed any record, proceeding, map, book, 

6 document, paper, or other thing in the custody of such 

7 employee. 

8 ‘‘(e) APPEAL.—An employee who is removed under 

9 subsection (d) is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems 

10 Protection Board under section 7701 of this title.’’. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

12 (1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

13 for chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 items: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—FEDERAL RECORDS

‘‘7551. Definitions. 

‘‘7552. Suspension and removal.’’. 

16 (2) SUBCHAPTER II APPLICABILITY.—Section 

17 7512 of such title is amended— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(F) a suspension or removal under section 

2 7552 of this title.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. USE OF NON-OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC MESSAGING 

4 ACCOUNTS. 

5 (a) PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS.—Section 2209 of title 

6 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 2209. Disclosure requirement for official business 

8 conducted using non-official electronic 

9 messaging accounts 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, Vice President, 

11 or covered employee may not create or send a Presidential 

12 or Vice Presidential record using a non-official electronic 

13 messaging account (in this section, referred to as ‘applica14 ble electronic message’) unless the President, Vice Presi15 dent, or covered employee— 

16 ‘‘(1) includes an official electronic messaging 

17 account of the President, Vice President, or covered 

18 employee, as applicable, as a recipient in the original 

19 creation or transmission of the applicable electronic 

20 message and identifies all recipients of the applicable 

21 electronic message in such message; 

22 ‘‘(2) forwards a complete copy of the applicable 

23 electronic message, including a complete list of the 

24 recipients of such message, to an official electronic 

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1 or covered employee, as applicable, within twenty 

2 days after the original creation or transmission of 

3 the message; or 

4 ‘‘(3) prints a complete copy of the applicable 

5 electronic message, including a complete list of the 

6 recipients of such message, and submits the message 

7 to the appropriate location or individual for appro8 priate archival storage by the Executive Office of the 

9 President within twenty days after the original cre10 ation or transmission of the message. 

11 ‘‘(b) ADVERSE ACTIONS.—An intentional violation of 

12 subsection (a) (including any rules, regulations, or other 

13 implementing guidelines) by a covered employee, as deter14 mined by the appropriate supervisor, shall be forwarded 

15 to the Inspector General of the agency for a verification 

16 of the violation, and upon verification, shall be subject to 

17 the suspension and removal provisions under section 7552 

18 of title 5. 

19 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘covered 

21 employee’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) the immediate staff of the President; 

23 ‘‘(B) the immediate staff of the Vice Presi24 dent; 


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1 ‘‘(C) an individual of the Executive Office 

2 of the President whose function is to advise and 

3 assist the President; or 

4 ‘‘(D) an individual of the Office of the Vice 

5 President whose function is to advise and assist 

6 the Vice President. 

7 ‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC MESSAGE.—The term ‘elec8 tronic message’ means electronic mail and all other 

9 means by which individuals and groups may commu10 nicate with each other electronically. 

11 ‘‘(3) ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ACCOUNT.—The 

12 term ‘electronic messaging account’ means any ac13 count that sends an electronic message.’’. 

14 (b) FEDERAL RECORDS.—Section 2911 of title 44, 

15 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘§ 2911. Disclosure requirement for official business 

17 conducted using non-official electronic 

18 messaging accounts 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of an ex20 ecutive agency may not create or send a record using a 

21 non-official electronic messaging account (in this section, 

22 referred to as ‘applicable electronic message’) unless such 

23 officer or employee— 

24 ‘‘(1) includes an official electronic messaging 

25 account of the officer or employee as a recipient in 


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1 the original creation or transmission of the applica2 ble electronic message and identifies all recipients of 

3 the applicable electronic message in such message; 

4 ‘‘(2) forwards a complete copy of the applicable 

5 electronic message, including a complete list of the 

6 recipients of such message, to an official electronic 

7 messaging account of the officer or employee within 

8 twenty days after the original creation or trans9 mission of the record; or 

10 ‘‘(3) prints a complete copy of the applicable 

11 electronic message, including a complete list of the 

12 recipients of such message, and submits it to the ap13 propriate location or individual for appropriate ar14 chival storage by the executive agency within twenty 

15 days after the original creation or transmission of 

16 the message. 

17 ‘‘(b) ADVERSE ACTIONS.—An intentional violation of 

18 subsection (a) (including any rules, regulations, or other 

19 implementing guidelines) by an officer or employee of an 

20 executive agency, as determined by the appropriate super21 visor, shall be forwarded to the Inspector General of the 

22 agency for a verification of the violation, and upon 

23 verification, shall be subject to the suspension and removal 

24 provisions under section 7552 of title 5. 

25 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) ELECTRONIC MESSAGE.—The term ‘elec2 tronic message’ means electronic mail and all other 

3 means by which individuals and groups may commu4 nicate with each other electronically. 

5 ‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ACCOUNT.—The 

6 term ‘electronic messaging account’ means any ac7 count that sends an electronic message.’’. 

8 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 

9 2204(b)(2)(A) of title 44, United States Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘section 2203(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 2203(g)(1)’’. 

12 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF THE LOSS OR POTENTIAL LOSS OF 

13 RECORDS. 

14 Section 3106 of title 44, United States Code, is 

15 amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘§ 3106. Unlawful removal, destruction of records 

17 ‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ARCHIVIST AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.— 

19 Whenever the actual, impending, or threatened un20 lawful concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, 

21 falsification, or destruction of any record, pro22 ceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing 

23 in the custody of a Federal agency comes to the at24 tention of the head of the Federal agency, the head 

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1 ‘‘(A) notify the Archivist; and 

2 ‘‘(B) publish a general description of the 

3 records at risk or that have been lost on the 

4 Web site of the Federal agency. 

5 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCY NOTIFICATION.—When6 ever the actual, impending, or threatened unlawful 

7 concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, fal8 sification, or destruction of any record, proceeding, 

9 map, book, document, paper, or other thing in the 

10 custody of a Federal agency comes to the attention 

11 of a Senior Agency Official for Records Manage12 ment, such official shall immediately notify the head 

13 of the Federal agency. 

14 ‘‘(b) RECLAMATION OF RECORDS.—With the assist15 ance of the Archivist, the head of a Federal agency shall 

16 initiate action through the Attorney General for the recov17 ery of records the head knows or has reason to believe 

18 have been unlawfully removed from the agency, or from 

19 another Federal agency whose records have been trans20 ferred to the legal custody of the head. 

21 ‘‘(c) ACTION BY THE ARCHIVIST.—In any case in 

22 which the head of the Federal agency does not initiate an 

23 action for the recovery of records described in subsection 

24 (b) or other redress within a reasonable period of time 

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1 chivist shall request the Attorney General to initiate an 

2 action described in subsection (b), and shall notify the 

3 Congress not later than 5 days after the date on which 

4 such a request has been submitted to the Attorney Gen5 eral.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIAL FOR RECORDS MANAGE7 MENT. 

8 (a) SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIAL.—Chapter 31 of title 

9 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 3108. Senior Agency Official for Records Manage12 ment 

13 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than October 1, 2017, 

14 the head of each Federal agency shall designate a Senior 

15 Agency Official for Records Management, and not later 

16 than November 15 of each year thereafter the head of each 

17 Federal agency shall reaffirm or designate a new Senior 

18 Agency Official for Records Management. 

19 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

20 Senior Agency Official for Records Management shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) be at least at the level of an Assistant Sec22 retary or the equivalent; and 

23 ‘‘(2) be responsible for the coordinating with 

24 the appropriate Agency Records Officer and appro25 priate agency officials to ensure compliance with all 


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1 applicable records management statutes, regulations, 

2 and any guidance issued by the Archivist. 

3 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL AGENCY COORDINATION.—In addition 

4 to the designation made pursuant to subsection (a), the 

5 head of a Federal agency may designate additional Senior 

6 Agency Officials for Records Management as the head of 

7 the agency determines to be necessary.’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

9 The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 31 of 

10 title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following new item: 

‘‘3108. Senior Agency Official for Records Compliance.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. RETENTION OF ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE. 

13 (a) RETENTION OF RECORDS OF HIGH-LEVEL OFFI14 CIALS.—Section 3102 of title 44, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

17 inserting a semicolon; 

18 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) the identification of electronic messaging 

22 accounts (as defined in section 2911) that should be 

23 preserved because such accounts are most likely to 

24 contain records that should be preserved as perma25 nent Federal records and the automatic retention of 


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1 those records, including the accounts of each head of 

2 a Federal agency, the deputies and assistants of 

3 such head, the head of each program office and staff 

4 office, each assistant secretary, each administrator, 

5 each commissioner, each director of an office, bu6 reau, or the equivalent, each principal regional offi7 cial, each staff assistant to such official (such as a 

8 special assistant, confidential assistant, or adminis9 trative assistant), each career Federal employee, 

10 each political appointee, and each member of the 

11 Armed Forces serving in equivalent or comparable 

12 positions; and 

13 ‘‘(5) electronic capture, management, and pres14 ervation of the electronic messaging accounts (as de15 fined in section 2911) described in paragraph (4), in 

16 accordance with the records disposal requirements of 

17 chapter 33 of this title such that— 

18 ‘‘(A) electronic records are readily acces19 sible for retrieval through electronic searches; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) there are mandatory minimum func22 tional requirements for electronic records man23 agement systems to ensure compliance with this 

24 section.’’. 

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1 (1) EVALUATION AND REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

2 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, the 

4 Comptroller General of the United States shall 

5 evaluate and submit to Congress a report on Federal 

6 agency management of electronic mail records re7 quired under paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 3102 

8 of title 44, United States Code, as added by sub9 section (a). 

10 (2) SUNSET OF EVALUATION AND REPORTING

11 REQUIREMENT.—The requirements described under 

12 paragraph (1) shall cease to be in effect 11 years 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 (c) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 4(a) 

15 of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

18 inserting a semicolon; 

19 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(6) to review existing and proposed legislation 

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1 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as 

2 the Federal Records Act), for programs and oper3 ations of such establishment and to make rec4 ommendations in the semiannual reports required by 

5 section 5(a) concerning compliance with records re6 tention requirements.’’. 

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend8 ments made by this section shall take effect on December 

9 31, 2018. 

10 SEC. 7. FEDERAL REGISTER MODERNIZATION. 

11 (a) REFERENCES TO PRINTING.—Chapter 15 of title 

12 44, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in section 1502— 

14 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘print15 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘publishing’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘printing and distribution’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘publishing’’; 

18 (2) in section 1507 is amended— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘the duplicate originals or 

20 certified copies of the document have’’ and in21 serting ‘‘the document has’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘print23 ed’’ and inserting ‘‘published’’; and 

24 (3) in section 1509, in subsections (a) and (b) 

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1 ing, and distributing’’ and inserting ‘‘publishing’’, 

2 each place it appears. 

3 (b) PUBLISH DEFINED.—Section 1501 of title 44, 

4 United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of the defini6 tion for ‘‘person’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (2) by inserting after the definition for ‘‘per8 son’’ the following: 

9 ‘‘ ‘publish’ means to circulate for sale or dis10 tribution to the public; and’’. 

11 (c) FILING DOCUMENTS WITH OFFICE AMEND12 MENT.—Section 1503 of title 44, United States Code, is 

13 amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘§ 1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of 

15 time; public inspection; transmission for 

16 publishing 

17 ‘‘The original document required or authorized to be 

18 published by section 1505 of this title shall be filed with 

19 the Office of the Federal Register for publication at times 

20 established by the Administrative Committee of the Fed21 eral Register by regulation. The Archivist of the United 

22 States shall cause to be noted on the original of each docu23 ment the day and hour of filing. Upon filing, the document 

24 shall be immediately available for public inspection in the 

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1 chives and Records Administration and shall be available 

2 for inspection under regulations prescribed by the Archi3 vist, unless such original is disposed of in accordance with 

4 disposal schedules submitted by the Administrative Com5 mittee and authorized by the Archivist pursuant to regula6 tions issued under chapter 33 of this title; however, origi7 nals of proclamations of the President and Executive or8 ders shall be permanently retained by the Administration 

9 as part of the National Archives of the United States. The 

10 Office shall transmit to the Government Publishing Office, 

11 as provided by this chapter, each document required or 

12 authorized to be published by section 1505 of this title. 

13 Every Federal agency shall cause to be transmitted for 

14 filing the original of all such documents issued, prescribed, 

15 or promulgated by the agency.’’. 

16 (d) FEDERAL REGISTER AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 1504 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read 

18 as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 1504. ‘Federal Register’; publishing; contents; dis20 tribution; price 

21 ‘‘Documents required or authorized to be published 

22 by section 1505 of this title shall be published immediately 

23 by the Government Publishing Office in a serial publica24 tion designated the ‘Federal Register’. The Director of the 

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1 cilities of the Government Publishing Office for the 

2 prompt publication of the Federal Register in the manner 

3 and at the times required by this chapter and the regula4 tions prescribed under it. The contents of the daily issues 

5 shall constitute all documents, required or authorized to 

6 be published, filed with the Office of the Federal Register 

7 up to the time of the day immediately preceding the day 

8 of publication fixed by regulations under this chapter. 

9 There shall be published with each document a copy of 

10 the notation, required to be made by section 1503 of this 

11 title, of the day and hour when, upon filing with the Of12 fice, the document was made available for public inspec13 tion. Distribution shall be made at a time in the morning 

14 of the day of distribution fixed by regulations prescribed 

15 under this chapter. The prices to be charged for the Fed16 eral Register may be fixed by the Administrative Com17 mittee of the Federal Register established by section 1506 

18 of this title without reference to the restrictions placed 

19 upon and fixed for the sale of Government publications 

20 by sections 1705 and 1708 of this title.’’. 

21 (e) DOCUMENTS TO BE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL

22 REGISTER.—Section 1505 of title 44, United States Code, 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COM2 MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘NEWS COMMENTARY’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘comments’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘news commentary’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (c), in the matter following 

7 paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘telecommunications, the 

9 Internet,’’ after ‘‘the press, the radio,’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘and two duplicate origi11 nals or two certified copies’’ and inserting ‘‘doc12 ument’’. 

13 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL

14 REGISTER AMENDMENT.—Section 1506 of title 44, 

15 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘§ 1506. Administrative Committee of the Federal 

17 Register; establishment and composition; 

18 powers and duties 

19 ‘‘The Administrative Committee of the Federal Reg20 ister shall consist of the Archivist of the United States 

21 or Acting Archivist, who shall chair the committee, an offi22 cer of the Department of Justice designated by the Attor23 ney General, and the Director of the Government Pub24 lishing Office or Acting Director of the Government Pub25 lishing Office. The Director of the Federal Register shall 


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1 act as secretary of the committee. The committee shall 

2 prescribe, with the approval of the President, regulations 

3 for carrying out this chapter. The regulations shall provide 

4 for, among other things— 

5 ‘‘(1) the documents which shall be authorized 

6 under section 1505(b) of this title to be published in 

7 the Federal Register; 

8 ‘‘(2) the manner and form in which the Federal 

9 Register shall be published; 

10 ‘‘(3) the manner of distribution to Members of 

11 Congress, officers and employees of the United 

12 States, or Federal agency, for official use, and the 

13 number which shall be available for distribution to 

14 the public; 

15 ‘‘(4) the prices to be charged for individual cop16 ies of, and subscriptions to, the Federal Register 

17 and any reprints and bound volumes of it; 

18 ‘‘(5) the manner and form by which the Federal 

19 Register may receive information and comments 

20 from the public, if practicable and efficient; and 

21 ‘‘(6) special editions of the Federal Register.’’. 

22 (g) CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AMEND23 MENT.—Section 1510 of title 44, United States Code, is 

24 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1510. Code of Federal Regulations 

2 ‘‘(a) SPECIAL EDITION FOR CODIFICATION OF AGEN3 CY DOCUMENTS.—The Administrative Committee of the 

4 Federal Register, with the approval of the President, may 

5 require, from time to time as it considers necessary, the 

6 preparation and publication in a special edition of the Fed7 eral Register a complete codification of the documents of 

8 each agency of the Government having general applica9 bility and legal effect, issued or promulgated by the agency 

10 by publication in the Federal Register or by filing with 

11 the Administrative Committee, and which are relied upon 

12 by the agency as authority for, or are invoked or used by 

13 it in the discharge of, its activities or functions, and are 

14 in effect as to facts arising on or after dates specified by 

15 the Administrative Committee. 

16 ‘‘(b) CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.—A codifica17 tion prepared under subsection (a) of this section shall be 

18 published and shall be designated as the ‘Code of Federal 

19 Regulations’. The Administrative Committee shall regu20 late the manner and forms of publishing this codification. 

21 ‘‘(c) SUPPLEMENTATION, COLLATION, AND REPUBLI22 CATION.—The Administrative Committee shall regulate 

23 the supplementation and the collation and republication 

24 of the codification with a view to keeping the Code of Fed25 eral Regulations as current as practicable. Each unit of 

26 codification shall be supplemented and republished at least 


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1 once each calendar year. The Office of the Federal Reg2 ister may create updates of each unit of codification from 

3 time to time and make the same available electronically 

4 or may provide public access using an electronic edition 

5 that allows a user to select a specific date and retrieve 

6 the version of the codification in effect as of that date. 

7 ‘‘(d) PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION BY THE FED8 ERAL REGISTER.—The Office of the Federal Register 

9 shall prepare and publish the codifications, supplements, 

10 collations, and user aids authorized by this section. 

11 ‘‘(e) PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.—The codified docu12 ments of the several agencies published in the Code of 

13 Federal Regulations under this section, as amended by 

14 documents subsequently filed with the Office and pub15 lished in the daily issues of the Federal Register, shall 

16 be prima facie evidence of the text of the documents and 

17 of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date 

18 of publication. 

19 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Administrative Committee, 

20 with approval of the President, shall issue regulations for 

21 carrying out this section. 

22 ‘‘(g) EXCEPTION.—This section does not require 

23 codification of the text of Presidential documents pub24 lished and periodically compiled in supplements to title 3 

25 of the Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 


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1 (h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 The table of sections for chapter 15 of title 44, United 

3 States Code, is amended by striking the items related to 

4 sections 1502, 1503, and 1504 and inserting the following: 

‘‘1502. Custody and publishing of Federal documents; appointment of Director. 

‘‘1503. Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection; transmission for publishing. 

‘‘1504. ‘Federal Register’; publishing; contents; distribution; price.’’. 

5 SEC. 8. STATUTORY PROTECTION FOR NATIONAL AR6 CHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 

7 VOLUNTEERS. 

8 Section 2105(d) of title 44, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 

10 ‘‘An individual who provides voluntary and uncompensated 

11 service under this subsection shall not be considered an 

12 employee, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5 (re13 lating to compensation for injury), sections 2671 through 

14 2680 of title 28 (relating to tort claims), and section 3721 

15 of title 31 (related to damage or loss of personal property 

16 incident to volunteer service).’’. 

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