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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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