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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3478

To amend title 44, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of operations 

by the National Archives and Records Administration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2003

Mr. PUTNAM (for himself and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 

A BILL

To amend title 44, United States Code, to improve the 

efficiency of operations by the National Archives and 

Records Administration.

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Archives and 

5 Records Administration Efficiency Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS

8 BY REGULATION.—Section 2909 of title 44, United States 

9 Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘, upon the submission of evi2 dence of need,’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘; and, in accordance with regu4 lations promulgated by him,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and’’; 

5 and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The 

7 Archivist shall promulgate regulations in accordance 

8 with section 2104(a) of this title to implement this 

9 section.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of 

11 section 3303a of title 44, United States Code, is amended 

12 by striking the second sentence. 

13 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING 

14 FUND TO BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE AND 

15 CARE OF UNIFORMS FOR RECORDS CENTERS 

16 EMPLOYEES. 

17 Subsection (a) under the heading ‘‘RECORDS CENTER

18 REVOLVING FUND’’ in title IV of the Independent Agencies 

19 Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–58; 113 Stat. 460; 

20 44 U.S.C. 2901 note) is amended by inserting after ‘‘ex21 penses’’ the following: ‘‘(including expenses for uniforms 

22 or allowances for uniforms as authorized by subchapter 

23 I of chapter 59 of title 5)’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES FOR PUBLIC USE OF 

2 FACILITIES OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 

3 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. 

4 (a) PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORIES.—Sub5 section (e) of section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘space’’ and inserting ‘‘space, or 

7 for the occasional, non-official use of rooms and spaces 

8 (and services related to such use),’’. 

9 (b) NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING AND OTHER

10 BUILDINGS USED FOR RECORD STORAGE.—Section 2903 

11 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Archivist’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(b) When the Archivist considers it to be in the pub17 lic interest, the Archivist may charge and collect reason18 able fees from the public for the occasional, non-official 

19 use of rooms and spaces, and services related to such use, 

20 in the buildings subject to this section. Fees collected 

21 under this subsection shall be paid into an account in the 

22 National Archives Trust Fund and shall be held, adminis23 tered, and expended for the benefit and in the interest of 

24 the national archival and records activities administered 

25 by the National Archives and Records Administration, in26 cluding educational and public program purposes.’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 

2 WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, 

3 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER 

4 PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO 

5 FURTHER NARA PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 21 of title 44, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 2119. Cooperative agreements 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Archivist may enter into co11 operative agreements pursuant to section 6305 of title 31 

12 that involve the transfer of funds from the National Ar13 chives and Records Administration to State and local gov14 ernments, other public entities, educational institutions, or 

15 private nonprofit organizations (including foundations or 

16 institutes organized to support the National Archives and 

17 Records Administration or the Presidential archival de18 positories operated by it) for the public purpose of car19 rying out programs of the National Archives and Records 

20 Administration. 

21 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—Not more than $25,000 may be 

22 transferred under a cooperative agreement entered into as 

23 authorized by subsection (a). Not more than a total of 

24 $75,000 may be transferred under such agreements in any 

25 fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31st of each 

2 year, the Archivist shall submit to the Committee on Gov3 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 

5 on the provisions, amount, and duration of each coopera6 tive agreement entered into as authorized by subsection 

7 (a) during the preceding fiscal year.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new item:

‘‘2119. Cooperative agreements.’’.

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