A bill to amend chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, to include new provisions relating to the acceptance and use of records transferred to the custody of the Administrator of General Services.
PL 95-416 (S.1265), enacted 10/05/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-416—OCT. 5, 1978 
92 STAT. 915 
Public Law 95-416 
95th Congress 
\n Act 
To amend chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, to include new provisions 
Oct. 5. 1978 
relating to the acceptance and use of records transferred to the custody of the 
[S. 1265] 
Administrator of General Services. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 21 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(a) In section 2103 delete the words "fifty years" in subsection (2) 
and substitute in lieu thereof the words "thirty years". 
(b) Section 2104 of title 44, United States Code, is amended^— 
(1) by inserting "(?-)" immediately before "The Admin-
istrator" ; 
(2) by striking out the third and fourth sentences therein and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following "Except as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section, when the head of a Federal agency 
states, in writing, restrictions that appear to him to be necessary 
or desirable in the public interest with respect to the use or 
examination of records being considered for transfer from his 
custody to the Administrator of General Services, the Adminis-
trator shall, if he concurs, and in consultation with the Archivist 
of the United States, impose such restrictions on the records so 
transferred, and may not relax or remove such restrictions without 
the written concurrence of the head of the agency from which 
the material was transferred, or of his successor in function, if 
any. In the event that a Federal agency is terminated and there 
is no successor in function, the Administrator is authorized to 
relax, remove, or impose restrictions on such agency's records 
when he determines that such action is in the public interest. 
Statutory and other restrictions referred to in this subsection shall 
remain in force until the records have been in existence for thirty 
years unless the Administrator of General Services by order, hav-
ing consulted with the Archivist and the head of the transferring 
Federal agency or his successor in function, determines, with 
respect to specific bodies of records, that for reasons consistent 
with standards established in relevant statutory law, such restric-
tions shall remain in force for a longer period."; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) With regard to the census and survey records of the Bureau 
of the Census containing data identifying individuals enumerated in 
population censuses, any release pursuant to this section of such identi-
fying information contained in such records shall be made by the 
GSA. 
Transferred 
records, relating 
to acceptance sind 
Census Bureau, 
release of 
information from 
records; 
agreement with 
GSA. 
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PUBLIC LAW 95-416—OCT. 5, 1978 
Administrator of General Services pursuant to the specifications and 
agreements set forth in the exchange of correspondence on or about 
the date of October 10, 1952, between the Director of the Bureau of 
the Census and the Archivist of the United States, together with all 
amendments thereto, now or hereafter entered into between the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of the Census and the Archivist of the United States. 
Publication in 
Such amendments, if any, shall be published in the Register.". 
Federal Register. 
Approved October 5, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1522 (Comm. on Government Operations). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-710 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Apr. 3, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 25, considered and passed House.