of the President, including records in digital or electronic 
form. The President shall remain exclusively responsible 
for custody, control, and access to such Presidential 
records. The Archivist may not disclose any such records, 
except under direction of the President, until the conclu-
sion of a President’s term of office, if a President serves 
consecutive terms upon the conclusion of the last term, 
or such other period provided for under section 2204 of 
this title.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g)(1), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter’’. 
(d) RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
TO PRESIDENTIAL 
RECORDS.—Section 2204 of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) The Archivist shall not make available any origi-
nal Presidential records to any individual claiming access 
to any Presidential record as a designated representative 
under section 2205(3) of this title if that individual has 
been convicted of a crime relating to the review, retention, 
removal, or destruction of records of the Archives.’’. 
(e) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICIAL BUSI-
NESS CONDUCTED USING NON-OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC 
MESSAGING ACCOUNT.— 
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(1) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 22 of title 44, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a)(1), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2209. Disclosure requirement for official business 
conducted using non-official electronic 
messaging accounts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of an ex-
ecutive agency may not create or send a Presidential 
record using a non-official electronic messaging account 
unless such officer or employee— 
‘‘(1) copies an official electronic messaging ac-
count of the officer or employee in the original cre-
ation or transmission of the Presidential record; or 
‘‘(2) forwards a complete copy of the Presi-
dential record to an official electronic messaging ac-
count of the officer or employee within five days 
after the original creation or transmission of the 
Presidential record. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, the Vice President, 
or a covered employee may not create or send a Presidential 
or Vice Presidential record using a non-official electronic 
message account unless the President, Vice President, or 
covered employee— 
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‘‘(1) copies an official electronic messaging ac-
count of the President, Vice President, or covered em-
ployee in the original creation or transmission of the 
Presidential record or Vice Presidential record; or 
‘‘(2) forwards a complete copy of the Presidential 
or Vice Presidential record to an official electronic 
messaging account of the President, Vice President, or 
covered employee not later than 20 days after the 
original creation or transmission of the Presidential 
or Vice Presidential record. 
‘‘(b) ADVERSE ACTIONS.—The intentional violation 
of subsection (a) by a covered employee (including any 
rules, regulations, or other implementing guidelines), as 
determined by the appropriate supervisor, shall be a basis 
for disciplinary action in accordance with subchapter I, II, 
or V of chapter 75 of title 5, as the case may be. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘covered 
employee’ means— 
‘‘(A) the immediate staff of the President; 
‘‘(B) the immediate staff of the Vice Presi-
dent; 
‘‘(C) a unit or individual of the Executive 
Office of the President whose function is to ad-
vise and assist the President; and 
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‘‘(D) a unit or individual of the Office of 
the Vice President whose function is to advise 
and assist the Vice President. 
‘‘(1)(2) ELECTRONIC
MESSAGES.—The term 
‘electronic messages’ means electronic mail and 
other electronic messaging systems that are used for 
purposes of communicating between individuals. 
‘‘(2)(3) ELECTRONIC
MESSAGING
ACCOUNT.— 
The term ‘electronic messaging account’ means any 
account that sends electronic messages. 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 22 of title 44, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a)(3), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘2209. Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official 
electronic messaging accounts.’’. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE
OF RECORDS
FOR HISTORICAL 
PRESERVATION.—Section 2107 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 2107. Acceptance of records for historical preser-
vation 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—When it appears to the Archivist 
to be in the public interest, the Archivist may— 
‘‘(1) accept for deposit with the National Ar-
chives of the United States the records of a Federal 
agency, the Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, 
or the Supreme Court determined by the Archivist 
to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant 
their continued preservation by the United States 
Government; 
‘‘(2) direct and effect the transfer of records of 
a Federal agency determined by the Archivist to 
have sufficient historical or other value to warrant 
their continued preservation by the United States 
Government to the National Archives of the United 
States, as soon as practicable, and at a time mutu-
ally agreed upon by the Archivist and the head of 
that Federal agency not later than thirty years after 
such records were created or received by that agen-
cy, unless the head of such agency has certified in 
writing to the Archivist that such records must be 
retained in the custody of such agency for use in the 
conduct of the regular business of the agency; 
‘‘(3) direct and effect, with the approval of the 
head of the originating Federal agency, or if the ex-
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istence of the agency has been terminated, with the 
approval of the head of that agency’s successor in 
function, if any, the transfer of records, deposited or 
approved for deposit with the National Archives of 
the United States to public or educational institu-
tions or associations; title to the records to remain 
vested in the United States unless otherwise author-
ized by Congress; and 
‘‘(4) transfer materials from private sources au-
thorized to be received by the Archivist by section 
2111 of this title. 
‘‘(b) EARLY TRANSFER OF RECORDS.—The Archi-
vist— 
‘‘(1) in consultation with the head of the origi-
nating Federal agency, is authorized to accept a 
copy of the records described in subsection (a)(2) 
that have been in existence for less than thirty 
years; and 
‘‘(2) may not disclose any such records until 
the expiration of— 
‘‘(A) the thirty-year period described in 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) any longer period established by the 
Archivist by order; or 
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‘‘(C) any shorter period agreed to by the 
originating Federal agency.’’. 
(b) MATERIAL ACCEPTED FOR DEPOSIT.—Section 
2111 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 2111. Material accepted for deposit 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—When the Archivist considers it 
to be in the public interest the Archivist may accept for 
deposit— 
‘‘(1) the papers and other historical materials 
of a President or former President of the United 
States, or other official or former official of the Gov-
ernment, and other papers relating to and contem-
porary with a President or former President of the 
United States, subject to restrictions agreeable to 
the Archivist as to their use; and 
‘‘(2) recorded information (as such term is de-
fined in section 3301(a)(2) of this title) from private 
sources that are appropriate for preservation by the 
Government as evidence of its organization, func-
tions, policies, decisions, procedures, and trans-
actions. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply in the 
case of any Presidential records which are subject to the 
provisions of chapter 22 of this title.’’. 
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(c) 
PRESERVATION
OF
AUDIO
AND
VISUAL 
RECORDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2114 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2114. Preservation of audio and visual records 
‘‘The Archivist may make and preserve audio and vis-
ual records, including motion-picture films, still photo-
graphs, and sound recordings, in analog, digital, or any 
other form, pertaining to and illustrative of the historical 
development of the United States Government and its ac-
tivities, and provide for preparing, editing, titling, scoring, 
processing, duplicating, reproducing, exhibiting, and re-
leasing for non-profit educational purposes, motion-picture 
films, still photographs, and sound recordings in the Ar-
chivist’s custody.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 21 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
for section 2114 and inserting the following: 
‘‘2114. Preservation of audio and visual records.’’. 
(d) LEGAL STATUS OF REPRODUCTIONS; OFFICIAL 
SEAL; FEES FOR COPIES AND REPRODUCTIONS.—Section 
2116(a) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘digital,’’ after ‘‘microphotographic,’’, each place 
it appears. 
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SEC. 4. RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
Section 3106 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 3106. Unlawful removal, destruction of records 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL AGENCY NOTIFICATION.—The head 
of each Federal agency shall notify the Archivist of any 
actual, impending, or threatened unlawful removal, defac-
ing, alteration, corruption, deletion, erasure, or other de-
struction of records in the custody of the agency, and with 
the assistance of the Archivist shall initiate action through 
the Attorney General for the recovery of records the head 
of the Federal agency knows or has reason to believe have 
been unlawfully removed from that agency, or from an-
other Federal agency whose records have been transferred 
to the legal custody of that Federal agency. 
‘‘(b) ARCHIVIST NOTIFICATION.—In any case in 
which the head of a Federal agency does not initiate an 
action for such recovery or other redress within a reason-
able period of time after being notified of any such unlaw-
ful action described in subsection (a), or is participating 
in, or believed to be participating in any such unlawful 
action, the Archivist shall request the Attorney General 
to initiate such an action, and shall notify the Congress 
when such a request has been made.’’. 
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SEC. 5. DISPOSAL OF RECORDS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF RECORDS.—Section 3301 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 3301. Definition of records 
‘‘(a) RECORDS DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As used in this chapter, the 
term ‘records’— 
‘‘(A) includes all recorded information, re-
gardless of form or characteristics, made or re-
ceived by a Federal agency under Federal law 
or in connection with the transaction of public 
business and preserved or appropriate for pres-
ervation by that agency or its legitimate suc-
cessor as evidence of the organization, func-
tions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, 
or other activities of the United States Govern-
ment or because of the informational value of 
data in them; and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) library and museum material 
made or acquired and preserved solely for 
reference or exhibition purposes; or 
‘‘(ii) duplicate copies of records pre-
served only for convenience. 
‘‘(2) RECORDED INFORMATION DEFINED.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘recorded infor-
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mation’ includes all traditional forms of records, re-
gardless of physical form or characteristics, includ-
ing information created, manipulated, commu-
nicated, or stored in digital or electronic form. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF DEFINITION.—The Archi-
vist’s determination whether recorded information, regard-
less of whether it exists in physical, digital, or electronic 
form, is a record as defined in subsection (a) shall be bind-
ing on all Federal agencies.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS COVERING LISTS
OF RECORDS 
FOR DISPOSAL, PROCEDURE FOR DISPOSAL, AND STAND-
ARDS FOR REPRODUCTION.—Section 3302(3) of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘photographic 
or microphotographic processes’’ and inserting ‘‘photo-
graphic, microphotographic, or digital processes’’. 
(c) LISTS AND SCHEDULES OF RECORDS TO BE 
SUBMITTED TO THE ARCHIVIST BY HEAD OF EACH GOV-
ERNMENT AGENCY.—Section 3303(1) of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘photographed or 
microphotographed’’ and inserting ‘‘photographed, micro-
photographed, or digitized’’. 
(d) EXAMINATION
BY ARCHIVIST
OF LISTS
AND 
SCHEDULES
OF
RECORDS
LACKING
PRESERVATION 
VALUE; DISPOSAL OF RECORDS.—Section 3303a(c) of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
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Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate’’. 
(e) PHOTOGRAPHS
OR
MICROPHOTOGRAPHS
OF 
RECORDS CONSIDERED AS ORIGINALS; CERTIFIED RE-
PRODUCTIONS ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE.—Section 3312 
of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Photo-
graphs or microphotographs of records’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Photographs, microphotographs of records, or 
digitized records’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘photo-
graphs or microphotographs’’ and inserting ‘‘photo-
graphs, microphotographs, or digitized records’’, 
each place it appears. 
SEC. 6. PROCEDURES TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED RE-
MOVAL OF CLASSIFIED RECORDS FROM NA-
TIONAL ARCHIVES. 
(a) CLASSIFIED RECORDS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist 
shall prescribe internal procedures to prevent the unau-
thorized removal of classified records from the National 
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Archives and Records Administration or the destruction 
or damage of such records, including when such records 
are accessed or searched electronically. Such procedures 
shall include, at a minimum, the following prohibitions: 
(1) An individual, other than covered personnel, 
may not view classified records in any room that is 
not secure, except in the presence of National Ar-
chives and Records Administration personnel or 
under video surveillance. 
(2) An individual, other than covered personnel, 
may not be left alone with classified records, unless 
that individual is under video surveillance. 
(3) An individual, other than covered personnel, 
may not review classified records while possessing 
any cellular phone, electronic personal communica-
tion device, or any other devices capable of 
photographing, recording, or transferring images or 
content. 
(4) An individual seeking access to review clas-
sified records, as a precondition to such access, must 
consent to a search of their belongings upon conclu-
sion of their records review. 
(5) All notes and other writings prepared by an 
individual, other than covered personnel, during the 
course of a review of classified records shall be re-
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tained by the National Archives and Records Admin-
istration in a secure facility until such notes and 
other writings are determined to be unclassified, are 
declassified, or are securely transferred to another 
secure facility. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘covered 
personnel’’ means any individual— 
(A) who has an appropriate and necessary 
reason for accessing classified records, as deter-
mined by the Archivist; and 
(B) who is either— 
(i) an officer or employee of the 
United States Government with appro-
priate security clearances; or 
(ii) any personnel with appropriate se-
curity clearances of a Federal contractor 
authorized in writing to act for purposes of 
this section by an officer or employee of 
the United States Government. 
(2) RECORDS.—The term ‘‘records’’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 3301 of title 
44, United States Code. 
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SEC. 7. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE NA-
TIONAL STUDY COMMISSION ON RECORDS 
AND DOCUMENTS OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 3315 through 3324 of 
title 44, United States Code, are repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the items relating to sections 
3315 through 3324. 
SEC. 8. PRONOUN AMENDMENTS. 
Title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 2116(c), by striking ‘‘his’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Archivist’s’’; 
(2) in section 2201(2), by striking ‘‘his’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the President’s’’, each place it appears; 
(3) in section 2203— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the President’s’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘his’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the President’s’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘his’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the President’s’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘those of his 
Presidential records’’ and inserting 
‘‘those Presidential records of such 
President’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘he’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; 
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; 
(E) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; and 
(F) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; 
(4) in section 2204— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
President’s’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the President’s’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the President’s’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘his’’the first 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Archivist’s’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘his designee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Archivist’s des-
ignee’’; 
(5) in section 2205— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘his’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the incumbent President’s’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘his’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the former President’s’’; 
(6) in section 2901(11), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’s’’; 
(7) in section 2904(c)(6), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’s’’; 
(8) in section 2905(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Archivist’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Archivist’s’’; 
(9) in section 3103, by striking ‘‘he’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the head of such agency’’; 
(10) in section 3104— 
(A) by striking ‘‘his’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘such official’s’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘him or his’’ and inserting 
‘‘such official or such official’s’’; 
(11) in section 3105, by striking ‘‘he’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the head of such agency’’; 
(12) in section 3302(1), by striking ‘‘him’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; and 
(13) in section 3303a— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Archivist’’, each place it appears; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Archivist’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’; 
(C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘his’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’s’’; and 
(D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist’’. 
SEC. 9. RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST. 
(a) OBJECTIVES OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT.—Sec-
tion 2902 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘creation and 
of records maintenance and use’’ and inserting ‘‘cre-
ation, maintenance, transfer, and use’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘Fed-
eral paperwork’’ the following: ‘‘and the transfer of 
records from Federal agencies to the National Ar-
chives of the United States in digital or electronic 
form to the greatest extent possible’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the Adminis-
trator or’’. 
(b) RECORDS CENTERS AND CENTRALIZED MICRO-
FILMING SERVICES.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 2907 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘or 
digitization’’ after ‘‘microfilming’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or digitization’’ after 
‘‘microfilming’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 29 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended in the item relating 
to section 2907 by inserting ‘‘or digitization’’ after 
‘‘microfilming’’. 
(c) GENERAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
FOR
RECORDS 
MANAGEMENT.—Section 2904 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The Adminis-
trator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Archivist’’; 
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(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘their’’ and inserting 
‘‘the’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) or (b), 
respectively’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 
(a) and (b)’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and the Adminis-
trator’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘each’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or the 
Administrator (as the case may be)’’; and 
(3) subsection (d) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations re-
quiring all Federal agencies to transfer all digital or elec-
tronic records to the National Archives of the United 
States in digital or electronic form to the greatest extent 
possible.’’. 
(d) INSPECTION
OF AGENCY RECORDS.—Section 
2906 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘their respective’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Administrator of 
General Services and’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘designee of either’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Archivist’s designee’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘solely’’; and 
(v) by inserting after ‘‘for the im-
provement of records management prac-
tices and programs’’ the following: ‘‘and 
for determining whether the records of 
Federal agencies have sufficient value to 
warrant continued preservation or lack suf-
ficient value to justify continued preserva-
tion’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Administrator 
and’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the Adminis-
trator or’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘designee of ei-
ther’’ and inserting ‘‘Archivist’s des-
ignee’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘the Administrator, the Archivist,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Archivist’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Administrator and’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘designee of either’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Archivist’s designee’’. 
(e) REPORTS; CORRECTION OF VIOLATIONS.—Sec-
tion 2115 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘their respective’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the Administrator’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘each’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘either’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or the Administrator’’, 
each place it appears; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘inaugurated’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘demonstrably commenced’’. 
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(f) RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST.—. 
(1) AMENDMENT.—The heading for chapter 29 
of title 44, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF 
GENERAL SERVICES’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
chapters at the beginning of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended in the item related to chapter 29 
by striking ‘‘and by the Administrator of General 
Services’’. 
(g) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM
OF MANAGE-
MENT.—Section 3102(2) of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Administrator of General 
Services and’’. 
SEC. 10. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICIAL BUSI-
NESS 
CONDUCTED 
USING 
NON-OFFICIAL 
ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ACCOUNT. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 29 of title 44, United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2911. Disclosure requirement for official business 
conducted using non-official electronic 
messaging accounts 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An officer or employee of an ex-
ecutive agency may not create or send a record using a 
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non-official electronic messaging account unless such offi-
cer or employee— 
‘‘(1) copies an official electronic messaging ac-
count of the officer or employee in the original cre-
ation or transmission of the record; or 
‘‘(2) forwards a complete copy of the record to 
an official electronic messaging account of the offi-
cer or employee within five days not later than 20 
days after the original creation or transmission of 
the record. 
‘‘(b) ADVERSE ACTIONS.—The intentional violation 
of subsection (a) (including any rules, regulations, or other 
implementing guidelines), as determined by the appro-
priate supervisor, shall be a basis for disciplinary action 
in accordance with subchapter I, II, or V of chapter 75 
of title 5, as the case may be. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELECTRONIC MESSAGES.—The term ‘elec-
tronic messages’ means electronic mail and other 
electronic messaging systems that are used for pur-
poses of communicating between individuals. 
‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ACCOUNT.—The 
term ‘electronic messaging account’ means any ac-
count that sends electronic messages. 
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‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘executive 
agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 29 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘2911. Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official 
electronic messaging accounts.’’. 
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Calendar No. 487 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1233 
[Report No. 113–218] 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States 
Code, popularly known as the Presidential 
Records Act, to establish procedures for the con-
sideration of claims of constitutionally based 
privilege 
against 
disclosure 
of 
Presidential 
records, and for other purposes. 
JULY 23, 2014 
Reported with amendments 
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