Title: Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017
This bill amends the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 to require the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide guidance and assistance to federal agencies for effective mail processing.
The GSA: (1) must promote economy and efficiency in the selection and utilization of space, staff, equipment, and supplies for federal mail processing facilities; and (2) may inspect the mail processing practices and programs of federal agencies for purposes of recommending improvements.
The bill also provides authority for the GSA to set goals for the establishment and maintenance of federal records management systems or techniques.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 194 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 194

To ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

  Mr. Russell (for himself and Mr. Connolly) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal agencies, 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 ``Federal Agency Mail Management Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. RECORD MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 9 of the Presidential and Federal Records 
Act Amendments of 2014 (44 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(3) in paragraph (7), by striking `the Administrator or 
        the Archivist' and inserting `the Archivist or the 
        Administrator'.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ```(a) The Archivist shall provide guidance and assistance to 
Federal agencies with respect to ensuring--
            ```(1) economical and effective records management;
            ```(2) adequate and proper documentation of the policies 
        and transactions of the Federal Government; and
            ```(3) proper records disposition.';'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) in subsection (b), by striking `effective records 
        management by such agencies' and inserting `effective 
        processing of mail by Federal agencies';'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ```subsections (a) and (b)''' and inserting 
                        ```subsection (a)'''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a semicolon;
                    (E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 
                striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
                    (F) by inserting at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(5) by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
    ```(e) The Administrator, in carrying out subsection (b), shall 
have the responsibility to promote economy and efficiency in the 
selection and utilization of space, staff, equipment, and supplies for 
processing mail at Federal facilities.'.'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; and'' at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
    ```(c) The Administrator (or the Administrator's designee) may 
inspect the mail processing practices and programs of any Federal 
agency for the purpose of rendering recommendations for the improvement 
of mail processing practices and programs. Officers and employees of 
such agencies shall cooperate fully in such inspections of mail 
processing practices and programs.'.'';
            (4) by striking subsection (f); and
            (5) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the Presidential and Federal Records Act 
Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113-187).
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