IIB 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3478 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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. 

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

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

3 Records Administration Efficiency Act of 2004’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS. 

5 (a) EXTENSION OF RECORDS RETENTION PERIODS

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

7 Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘, upon the submission of evi9 dence of need,’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘; and, in accordance with regu11 lations promulgated by him,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and’’; 

12 and 

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

14 Archivist shall promulgate regulations in accordance 

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

16 section.’’. 

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

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

19 by striking the second sentence. 

20 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING 

21 FUND TO BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE AND 

22 CARE OF UNIFORMS FOR RECORDS CENTERS 

23 EMPLOYEES. 

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

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

26 Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–58; 113 Stat. 
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1 460; 44 U.S.C. 2901 note), is amended by inserting after 

2 ‘‘expenses’’ in the first sentence the following: ‘‘(including 

3 expenses for uniforms or allowances for uniforms as au4 thorized by subchapter I of chapter 59 of title 5)’’. 

5 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES FOR PUBLIC USE OF 

6 FACILITIES OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 

7 RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. 

8 (a) PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORIES.—Sub9 section (e) of section 2112 of title 44, United States Code, 

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

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

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

13 (b) NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING AND OTHER

14 BUILDINGS USED FOR RECORD STORAGE.—Section 2903 

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

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

17 and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(b) When the Archivist considers it to be in the pub21 lic interest, the Archivist may charge and collect reason22 able fees from the public for the occasional, non-official 

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

24 in the buildings subject to this section. Fees collected 

25 under this subsection shall be paid into an account in the 
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1 National Archives Trust Fund and shall be held, adminis2 tered, and expended for the benefit and in the interest of 

3 the national archival and records activities administered 

4 by the National Archives and Records Administration, in5 cluding educational and public program purposes.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 

7 WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, 

8 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND OTHER 

9 PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO 

10 FURTHER NARA PROGRAMS. 

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

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 2119. Cooperative agreements 

15 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Archivist may enter into co16 operative agreements pursuant to section 6305 of title 31 

17 that involve the transfer of funds from the National Ar18 chives and Records Administration to State and local gov19 ernments, other public entities, educational institutions, or 

20 private nonprofit organizations (including foundations or 

21 institutes organized to support the National Archives and 

22 Records Administration or the Presidential archival de23 positories operated by it) for the public purpose of car24 rying out programs of the National Archives and Records 

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

2 transferred under a cooperative agreement entered into as 

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

4 $75,000 may be transferred under such agreements in any 

5 fiscal year. 

6 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31st of each 

7 year, the Archivist shall submit to the Committee on Gov8 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 

10 on the provisions, amount, and duration of each coopera11 tive agreement entered into as authorized by subsection 

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

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

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘2119. Cooperative agreements.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS THROUGH 

17 FISCAL YEAR 2009 FOR NATIONAL HISTOR18 ICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMIS19 SION. 

20 Section 2504(f)(1) of title 44, United States Code, 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (N), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (O), by striking the period 

24 and inserting a semicolon; and 
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1 (3) by adding at the end of the following new 

2 subparagraphs: 

3 ‘‘(P) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

4 ‘‘(Q) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 

5 ‘‘(R) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 

6 ‘‘(S) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 

2004. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.