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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6822 

To amend title 44, United States Code, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Ms. MACE, Ms. PORTER, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. 

CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend title 44, United States Code, 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 ‘‘National Archives and 

5 Records Administration Modernization Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘NARA Modernization Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

8 Title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in section 710, by striking ‘‘his approval’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘approval by the President’’; 


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1 (2) in section 711, by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘the Director shall’’; 

3 (3) in section 2108— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘transferred to him’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘transferred to the Archivist’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘appear to him’’ and in7 serting ‘‘appear to the head of the Federal 

8 agency’’; 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘the custody of the head of the Federal agen11 cy’’; 

12 (D) by striking ‘‘he concurs,’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘the Archivist concurs’’; 

14 (E) by striking ‘‘his successor in function’’, 

15 each place it appears, and inserting ‘‘the suc16 cessor in function of the head of the agency’’; 

17 and 

18 (F) by striking ‘‘he determines’’ and in19 serting ‘‘the Archivist determines’’; 

20 (4) in section 2109— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

22 the Archivist’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘He may’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘The Archivist may’’; 

25 (5) in section 2110— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘the Archivist considers’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘the custody of the Archivist’’; 

5 (6) in section 2112— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘he may’’, each place it ap7 pears, and inserting ‘‘the Archivist may’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘in him’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

9 the Archivist’’; 

10 (C) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the custody of the Archivist’’; and 

12 (D) by striking ‘‘his control’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘the control of the Archivist’’; 

14 (7) in section 2307, by striking ‘‘his designee’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘the designee of the Archivist’’; 

16 (8) in section 2903, by striking ‘‘by him’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘by the Archivist’’; 

18 (9) in section 3308, by striking ‘‘he may’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘the Archivist may’’; 

20 (10) in section 3310, by striking ‘‘he considers’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘the Archivist considers’’; and 

22 (11) in section 3311— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘his legal custody’’ and in24 serting ‘‘the legal custody of the head of the 

25 agency of the United States Government’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘his opinion’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘the opinion of such head of such agency’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘such official shall’’; and 

5 (D) by striking ‘‘he disposed’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘such official disposed’’. 

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