NARA Basic Laws & Authorities
General Counsel and Policy and Communications Staff
National Archives and Records Administration
2000 Edition
NARA
Statutes
Highlights:
Summary
of Non-NARA Statutes
Legislative
History (NARA Statutes)
Appendixes
NARA Statutes
E-Government Act of 2002
Section 207(link to .pdf from page)
Acts and Resolutions; Formalities of Enactment;
Repeals; Sealing of Instruments
(1 U.S.C. §106a, 1 U.S.C. §106b, 1 U.S.C. §112, 1 U.S.C. §113, 1 U.S.C. §201)
Presidential Elections and Vacancies
(3 U.S.C. §6, 3 U.S.C. §11, 3 U.S.C. §12, 3 U.S.C. §13)
Official Territorial Papers
(4 U.S.C. §141, 4 U.S.C. §142, 4 U.S.C. §143, 4 U.S.C. §144, 4 U.S.C. §145, 4 U.S.C. §146)
Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App. 3 §8G)
Dissemination of Information within
the United States
(22 U.S.C. §1461(b))
Custody of records; Oklahoma Historical Society
(25 U.S.C. §199a)
Independent Counsel
(28 U.S.C. §594)
Congressional Printing and Binding
(Title 44, Chapter 7) Copies of Acts furnished to Public Printer (§710)
Printing Acts, joint resolutions, and treaties (§711)
United States Statutes at Large: references in margins (§729)
Federal Register
and Code of Federal Regulations
(Title 44, Chapter 15) Definitions (§1501)
Custody and printing of Federal documents; appointment of Director
(§1502)
Filing documents with Office; notation of time; public inspection;
transmission for printing (§1503)
"Federal Register"; printing; contents; distribution; price (§1504)
Documents to be published in Federal Register (§1505)
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register; establishment and
composition; powers and duties (§1506)
Filing document as constructive notice; publication of validity;
judicial notice; citation (§1507)
Publication in Federal Register as notice of hearing (§1508)
Costs of publication, etc. (§1509)
Code of Federal Regulations (§1510)
International agreements excluded from provision of Chapter (§1511)
Publications for use of National Archives and Records
Administration
(44 U.S.C. §1714)
National Archives and Records Administration
(Title 44, Chapter 21) Definitions (§2101)
Establishment (§2102)
Transfer of Functions, Transfer of Personnel, Saving Provisions (§2102 notes)
Officers (§2103)
Administrative provisions (§2104)
Personnel and services (§2105)
Reports to Congress (§2106)
Acceptance of records for historical preservation (§2107)
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of
1992 (44 U.S.C. §2107)
Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records (§2108)
Preservation, arrangement, duplication, exhibition of records (§2109)
Servicing records (§2110)
Material accepted for deposit (§2111)
Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (§2111 note)
Presidential archival depository (§2112)
Depository for agreements between States (§2113)
Preservation of motion-picture films, still pictures, and sound
recordings (§2114)
Reports; correction of violations (§2115)
Legal status of reproductions; official seal; fees for copies and
reproductions (§2116)
Limitation on liability (§2117)
Records of Congress (§2118)
Presidential Records
(Title 44, Chapter 22) Definitions (§2201)
Ownership of Presidential records (§2202)
Management and custody of Presidential records (§2203)
Restrictions on access to Presidential records (§2204)
Exceptions to restricted access (§2205)
Regulations (§2206)
Vice-Presidential records (§2207)
National Archives
Trust Fund Board
(Title 44, Chapter 23) Establishment of Board; membership (§2301)
Authority of the Board; seal; services; bylaws; rules; regulations;
employees (§2302)
Powers and obligations of the Board; liability of members (§2303)
Compensation of members availability of trust funds for expenses of
the Board (§2304)
Acceptance of gifts (§2305)
Investment of funds (§2306)
Trust fund account; disbursements; sales of publications and releases
(§2307)
Tax exemption for gifts (§2308)
National Historical Publications and
Records Commission
(Title 44, Chapter 25) Creation; composition; appointment and tenure; meetings (§2501)
Vacancies (§2502)
Executive director, staff, transportation expenses (§2503)
Duties; authorizations of grants for historical publications and records
programs; authorization for appropriations (§2504)
Special advisory committees; membership; reimbursement (§2505)
Records to be kept grantees (§2506)
Advisory Committee on
the Records of Congress
(Title 44, Chapter 27) Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress (§2701)
Membership; chairman; meetings (§2702)
Functions of the Committee (§2703)
Powers of the Committee (§2704)
Compensation and travel expenses (§2705)
Administrative provisions (§2706)
Records Management
by the Archivist of the United States and by the Administrator of General Services
(Title 44, Chapter 29) Definitions (§2901)
Objectives of records management (§2902)
Custody and control of property (§2903)
General responsibilities for records management (§2904)
Establishment of standards for selective retention of records; security
measures (§2905)
Inspection of agency records (§2906)
Records centers and centralized microfilming services (§2907)
Regulations (§2908)
Retention of records (§2909)
Records Management by Federal
Agencies
(Title 44, Chapter 31) Records management by agency heads; general duties (§3101)
Establishment of program of management (§3102)
Transfer of records to records centers (§3103)
Certifications and determinations on transferred records (§3104)
Safeguards (§3105)
Unlawful removal, destruction of records (§3106)
Authority of comptroller general (§3107)
Disposal of Records
(Title 44, Chapter 33) Definition of records (§3301)
Regulations covering lists of records for disposal, procedure for
disposal, and standards for reproduction (§3302)
Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to the Archivist by head
of each Government agency (§3303)
Examination by Archivist of lists and schedules of records lacking
preservation value; disposal of records (§3303a)
Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was authorized
(§3308)
Preservation of claims of Government until settled in General Accounting Office;
disposal authorized upon written approval of Comptroller General (§3309)
Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life or property (§3310)
Destruction of records outside continental U.S. in time of war or when hostile
action seems imminent; written report to Archivist (§3311)
Photographs or microphotographs of records considered as originals; certified
reproductions admissible in evidence (§3312)
Moneys from sale of records payable into the Treasury (§3313)
Procedures for disposal of records exclusive (§3314)
Coordination of Federal Information
Policy
(Title 44, Chapter 35) Authority and functions of Director (§3504)
Administrative powers (§3515)
E-Government Act of 2002
(44 U.S.C. § 101 note) Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services
(§ 207) Accessibility, usability, and preservation of government information
Interagency Committee on Government Information
E-Government Act of 2002 (§207, 116 Statute 2916)
Documents Relating to Japanese Internment
(50 U.S.C.§1989b-6)
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act
(5 U.S.C. 552 note)
Treasury and General Government Appropriation Act,
FY 2000
(Pub. L. 106-58)
Summary of Non-NARA
Statutes
Access to Classified Information(50 U.S.C.§435)
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act(5 U.S.C. §§571 to 583)
Administrative Procedure Act(5 U.S.C. §§551 to 559, 701 to 706, 1305,
3105, 3344, 4301, 5335, 5372, 7521)
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.)
Anti-Deficiency Act(31 U.S.C. §1341(a)(1)(A),(B))
Anti-Nepotism Act(5 U.S.C. §3110)
Augmentation Prohibition(31 U.S.C. §§ 1301 (a), 3302(b))
Debt Collection Act of 1982(31 U.S.C. §§3302, 3701, 3711, 3716 to
3719)
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996(31 U.S.C. §§3720B to 3720D)
Depository Library Program(44 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1916)
Dissemination of Information Abroad(22 U.S.C. §1461)
E-Government Act of 2002- Section 207(link to .pdf from page)
Economy in Government Act(31 U.S.C.§1535)
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996(5 U.S.C.§552
note)
Emergency Preparedness(42 U.S.C.§5195)
Equal Access to Justice Act(5 U.S.C. §504)
Ethics in Government Act of 1978(5 U.S.C. App.4 §§101 to 111, 401
to 408, 501 to 505, 28 U.S.C. §§591 to 598, 49, 528, 529, 2 U.S.C.
§§288, 288(a) to (m), 118(a), 1365)
Ethics Reform Act of 1989(5 U.S.C. App. 4 §§110 to 111, 31 U.S.C.
§1353, 5 U.S.C. §7353, 18 U.S.C. §216, 2 U.S.C. §72a-1g,
26 U.S.C. §1043, 5 U.S.C. §3393a, 10 U.S.C. §1601, 5 U.S.C.§App.
4 501 to 505, 2 U.S.C. §362 to 364, 2 U.S.C. §29d)
Executive and Judiciary Printing and Binding(44 U.S.C. §§1101-1123)
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act(38 U.S.C.§501 note)
Federal Advisory Committee Act(5 U.S.C. App. 2 §§1 to 15)
Federal Tort Claims Act(28 U.S.C. §§1291, 1346, 1402, 2401, 2402,
2411, 2412, 2671 to 2680)
Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. §552b)
Government Paperwork Elimination Act(5 U.S.C.§3504 note)
Government Performance and Results Act(31 U.S.C. §1101 note, 31 U.S.C
§1115 note)
Hobby Protection Act(15 U.S.C. §2101)
Information Technology Management Reform Act(40 U.S.C. §§ 1401 to
1503)
Paperwork Reduction Act(44 U.S.C. §§3501 to 3520)
Pay Rates and Systems(5 U.S.C. §5314)
Public Printing and Documents(44 U.S.C. Chapter 19)
Regulatory Negotiation Act(5 U.S.C. §561 et seq.)
Rehabilitation Act(29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.)
Use of Government Vehicles(31 U.S.C. §1344)
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989(5 U.S.C. §§1211 to 1219, 1221,
1222, 3352)
Whistleblower Protection Laws (18 U.S.C. §1031, 10 U.S.C. §2409,
29 U.S.C. §1855, 49 U.S.C. §31105, 42 U.S.C. §§9610, 5851,
6971, 7622, 300j-9, 46 U.S.C. App. §1506, 30 U.S.C. §1293, 815, 15
U.S.C. §§2622, 2651, 33 U.S.C. § 1367)
Legislative History (NARA Statutes)
Appendixes
Executive Orders
#11440 Providing for the Supplemental Use of Exhibits and Displays Created in Furtherance of Authorized Programs of Executive Departments and Agencies
#12600 Predisclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial Information
#12667 Presidential Records - revoked by Executive Order 13233
#12829 National Industrial Security Program
#12937 Declassification of Selected Records Within the National Archives of the United States
#12958 Classified National Security Information, as amended by Executive Order #13292
#13233 Further Implementation of the Presidential Records Act
The 1952 Exchange of Correspondence Between the Archivist
and the Director of the Bureau of the Census
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. §552)
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. §552a)
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