Title 4 — Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 5 — Official Territorial Papers
§ 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies
Statutory text
The heads of the several executive departments and independent agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Archivist in the work prescribed by section 141 of this title by permitting access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the completion of such work.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714 · 65 Stat. 714
Enacted · 4 U.S.C. § 144
Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–497 title I § 107(f) · 98 Stat. 2280
Substituted · 4 U.S.C. § 144
Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(f) Sections 141 through 145 of title 4, United States Code, are amended by striking out “Administrator of General Services”, “Administrator”, and “General Services Administration” each place they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “Archivist of the United States”, “Archivist”, and “National Archives and Records Administration”, respectively.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective , see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel
See note preceding section 141 of this title.
Credits
1951–1984 · 2 acts
- 1951Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714
- 1984amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(f), , 98 Stat. 2292.
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(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(f), , 98 Stat. 2292.)