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Calendar No. 250 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 194 

[Report No. 115–176] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 18, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

OCTOBER 19, 2017 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal 

agencies, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Agency Mail 

5 Management Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RECORD MANAGEMENT. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 9 of the Presidential and 

3 Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (44 U.S.C. 101 

4 note) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 

6 (3) to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘the Adminis8 trator or the Archivist’ and inserting ‘the Archivist 

9 or the Administrator’.’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘ ‘(a) The Archivist shall provide guidance and assist16 ance to Federal agencies with respect to ensuring— 

17 ‘‘ ‘(1) economical and effective records manage18 ment; 

19 ‘‘ ‘(2) adequate and proper documentation of 

20 the policies and transactions of the Federal Govern21 ment; and 

22 ‘‘ ‘(3) proper records disposition.’;’’; 

23 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

24 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

25 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 

26 following new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘effective 

2 records management by such agencies’ and inserting 

3 ‘effective processing of mail by Federal agencies’;’’; 

4 (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik6 ing ‘‘ ‘subsections (a) and (b)’ ’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘ ‘subsection (a)’ ’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

9 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 

11 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

12 ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (F) by inserting at the end the following 

14 new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(5) by inserting at the end the following new 

16 subsection: 

17 ‘‘ ‘(e) The Administrator, in carrying out subsection 

18 (b), shall have the responsibility to promote economy and 

19 efficiency in the selection and utilization of space, staff, 

20 equipment, and supplies for processing mail at Federal fa21 cilities.’.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

24 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (C) by inserting at the end the following 

4 new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) by inserting at the end the following new 

6 subsection: 

7 ‘‘ ‘(c) The Administrator (or the Administrator’s des8 ignee) may inspect the mail processing practices and pro9 grams of any Federal agency for the purpose of rendering 

10 recommendations for the improvement of mail processing 

11 practices and programs. Officers and employees of such 

12 agencies shall cooperate fully in such inspections of mail 

13 processing practices and programs.’.’’; 

14 (4) by striking subsection (f); and 

15 (5) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub16 section (f). 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 this section shall take effect as if included in the Presi19 dential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 

20 (Public Law 113–187). 


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Calendar No. 250 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 194 

[Report No. 115–176] 

AN ACT 

To ensure the effective processing of mail by 

Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 

OCTOBER 19, 2017 

Reported without amendment 


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