Volume 56 · 171
Public Law 77–179
To amend the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled “An Act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government.”
Approved March 13, 1942
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled “An Act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act of August 5, 1939, entitled “An Act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government” (53 Stat. 1219; 44 U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. V, secs. 351–361), is amended in the following particulars:
Section 6 is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 6.
When any records of the United States Government have been transferred in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of section 5 of this Act, the head of the agency making such disposition shall submit a written report thereon to The Archivist of the United States in which he shall describe the character and volume of such records and give the names and post-office addresses of all institutions, associations, or other organizations to which they have been transferred.”
Section 7 is hereby repealed.
Sections numbered 8, 9, 10, and 11 are renumbered sections 7, 8, 9, and 10, respectively.
Approved, March 13, 1942.