National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act
Bill: H.R.8665 | Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro (D-CA)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act
This bill removes gendered pronouns from the United States Code pertaining to the responsibilities of the Archivist and other senior officials at NARA.

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 Representatives 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'';
            (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 inserting 
                ``appear to the head of the Federal agency'';
                    (C) by striking ``his custody'' and inserting ``the 
                custody of the head of the Federal agency'';
                    (D) by striking ``he concurs,'' and inserting ``the 
                Archivist concurs'';
                    (E) by striking ``his successor in function'', each 
                place it appears, and inserting ``the successor in 
                function of the head of the agency''; and
                    (F) by striking ``he determines'' and inserting 
                ``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--
                    (A) by striking ``he considers'' and inserting 
                ``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 appears, 
                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 inserting 
                ``the legal custody of the head of the agency of the 
                United States Government'';
                    (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 inserting 
                ``such official disposed''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Kevin F. McCumber,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.