Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Chapter 21 — National Archives and Records Administration
§ 2118. Records of Congress
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall obtain at the close of each Congress all the noncurrent records of the Congress and of each congressional committee and transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for preservation, subject to the orders of the Senate or the House of Representatives, respectively.
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.
Pub. L. 90–620 · 82 Stat. 1238
Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 2118
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–497 § 107(a)(10) · 98 Stat. 2280
Substituted · 44 U.S.C. § 2118
Pub. L. 98–497, § 107(a)(10)), substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “General Services Administration”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–497, § 107(a)(10)), substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “General Services Administration”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(10) Section 2118 of such title, as redesignated by section 102(a)(1), is amended by striking out “General Services Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “National Archives and Records Administration”.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 this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 402 (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 140, 60 Stat. 833).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–497, § 107(a)(10)), substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “General Services Administration”.
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 this title.
Credits
1968–1984 · 2 acts
- 1968Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114
- 1984renumbered § 2118 and amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(10), , 98 Stat. 2280, 2286.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 90–620, , 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114; renumbered § 2118 and amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(10), , 98 Stat. 2280, 2286.)