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Calendar No. 716 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9489 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of 
Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset 
Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
MANAGEMENT 
AND 
PRESERVATION 
OF 
THE 
RECORDS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Archivist’’ means the Archivist of 
the United States; 
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(2) the term ‘‘Clerk’’ means the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Center for Legislative Archives of the National 
Archives, or any successor thereto; 
(4) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 
Member of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; 
and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
(b) REPORTING.—Not later than February 1 of the 
second calendar year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and every calendar year thereafter, the 
Director shall submit to the Archivist, the Secretary, and 
the Clerk a report on the management and preservation 
of the records of Congress during the previous year. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Archivist, the Secretary, and the 
Clerk shall meet to review the management and preserva-
tion of the records of Congress and Members of Con-
gress— 
(1) not later than 60 days after the date on 
which the Director submits a report under sub-
section (b); and 
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(2) not later than 180 days after the date on 
which an individual is appointed to the position of 
Archivist, Secretary, or Clerk. 
(d) SUNSET OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Effective 
on the date that is 60 days after enactment, title 44 of 
the United States Code is amended— 
(1) by striking chapter 27; 
(2) by striking the table of sections relating to 
chapter 27; and 
(3) in the table of chapters, by striking the item 
relating to chapter 27. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 716 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9489 
AN ACT 
To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records 
of Congress, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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