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Timestamp: 2019-09-22 12:05:17
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CHAPTER 22 - PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
Sec. 2204 - Restrictions on access to Presidential records
§2204. Restrictions on access to Presidential records
(a) Prior to the conclusion of a President's term of office or last consecutive term of office, as the case may be, the President shall specify durations, not to exceed 12 years, for which access shall be restricted with respect to information, in a Presidential record, within one or more of the following categories:
(5) confidential communications requesting or submitting advice, between the President and the President's advisers, or between such advisers; or
(B) upon a determination by the Archivist that such record or reasonably segregable portion thereof, or of any significant element or aspect of the information contained in such record or reasonably segregable portion thereof, has been placed in the public domain through publication by the former President, or the President's agents.
(A) the date which is 5 years after the date on which the Archivist obtains custody of such record pursuant to section 2203(d)(1); 1 or
(3) During the period of restricted access specified pursuant to subsection (b)(1), the determination whether access to a Presidential record or reasonably segregable portion thereof shall be restricted shall be made by the Archivist, in the Archivist's discretion, after consultation with the former President, and, during such period, such determinations shall not be subject to judicial review, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section. The Archivist shall establish procedures whereby any person denied access to a Presidential record because such record is restricted pursuant to a determination made under this paragraph, may file an administrative appeal of such determination. Such procedures shall provide for a written determination by the Archivist or the Archivist's designee, within 30 working days after receipt of such an appeal, setting forth the basis for such determination.
(Added Pub. L. 95–591, §2(a), Nov. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 2525; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §107(b)(7), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287; Pub. L. 113–187, §§2(a)(2)(A), (d), 8(4), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2005, 2006, 2011.)
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–187, §8(4)(A)(i), substituted "a President's" for "his" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 113–187, §8(4)(A)(ii), substituted "the President's" for "his".
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 113–187, §8(4)(B)(i), substituted "the President's" for "his".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 113–187, §8(4)(B)(ii), substituted "the Archivist's discretion" for "his discretion" and "the Archivist's designee" for "his designee".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–187, §2(a)(2)(A), inserted ", except section 2208," after "chapter".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 113–187, §2(d), added subsec. (f).
1984—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted "National Archives and Records Administration" for "National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration".
Section effective with respect to Presidential records created during a term of office of President beginning on or after Jan. 20, 1981, see section 3 of Pub. L. 95–591, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
Ex. Ord. No. 12667, Jan. 18, 1989, 54 F.R. 3403, which established policies and procedures governing the assertion of Executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration pursuant to this chapter, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13233, §13, Nov. 1, 2001, 66 F.R. 56029, formerly set out below.
Ex. Ord. No. 13233, Nov. 1, 2001, 66 F.R. 56025, which related to further implementation of the Presidential Records Act, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13489, §6, Jan. 21, 2009, 74 F.R. 4671, set out below.
(c) "Presidential Records Act" refers to the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. 2201–2207.
(d) "NARA regulations" refers to the NARA regulations implementing the Presidential Records Act [of 1978], 36 C.F.R. Part 1270.
1 So in original. Probably should be "2203(g)(1);".