I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8665 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such 
title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 5, 2022 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Ms. HERRELL, Ms. PORTER, Mr. DONALDS, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi-
nois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns 
from such title that reference the Archivist, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 710, by striking ‘‘his approval’’ 
and inserting ‘‘approval by the President’’; 
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(2) in section 711, by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Director shall’’; 
(3) in section 2108— 
(A) by striking ‘‘transferred to him’’ and 
inserting ‘‘transferred to the Archivist’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘appear to him’’ and in-
serting ‘‘appear to the head of the Federal 
agency’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 
‘‘the custody of the head of the Federal agen-
cy’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘he concurs,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Archivist concurs’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘his successor in function’’, 
each place it appears, and inserting ‘‘the suc-
cessor in function of the head of the agency’’; 
and 
(F) by striking ‘‘he determines’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Archivist determines’’; 
(4) in section 2109— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting ‘‘to 
the Archivist’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘He may’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Archivist may’’; 
(5) in section 2110— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Archivist considers’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 
‘‘the custody of the Archivist’’; 
(6) in section 2112— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he may’’, each place it ap-
pears, and inserting ‘‘the Archivist may’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘in him’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
the Archivist’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘his custody’’ and inserting 
‘‘the custody of the Archivist’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘his control’’ and inserting 
‘‘the control of the Archivist’’; 
(7) in section 2307, by striking ‘‘his designee’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the designee of the Archivist’’; 
(8) in section 2903, by striking ‘‘by him’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the Archivist’’; 
(9) in section 3308, by striking ‘‘he may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Archivist may’’; 
(10) in section 3310, by striking ‘‘he considers’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Archivist considers’’; and 
(11) in section 3311— 
(A) by striking ‘‘his legal custody’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the legal custody of the head of the 
agency of the United States Government’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘his opinion’’ and inserting 
‘‘the opinion of such head of such agency’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘such official shall’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘he disposed’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such official disposed’’. 
Æ 
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