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PUBLIC LAW 90-620-OCT. 22, 1968
§ 1914. Implementation of depository library program by Public Printer The Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, as provided by section 103 of this title, may use any measures he considers necessary for the economical and practical implementation of this chapter. CHAPTER 21—ARCHIVAL ADMINISTRATION Sec. 2101. 2102. 2103. 2104. 2105. 2106. 2107. 2108. 2109. 2110. 2111. 2112.
Definitions. Archivist of the United States. Acceptance of records for historical preservation. Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records. Preservation, arrangement, duplication, exhibition of records. Servicing records. Material accepted for deposit. Presidential archival depository. Depository for agreements between States. Preservation of motion-picture films, still pictures, and sound recordings. Reports; correction of violations. Legal status of reproductions; oflScial seal; fees for copies and reproductions. 2113. Limitation on liability. 2114. Records of Congress.
§2101. Definitions As used in sections 2103-2113 of this title— "Presidential archival depository" means an institution operated by the United States to house and preserve the papers and books of a President or former President of the United States, together with other historical materials belonging to a President or former President of the United States, or related to his papers or to the events of his official or personal life; "historical materials" including books, correspondence, documents, papers, pamphlets, works of art, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other objects or materials having historical or commemorative value. § 2102. Archivist of the United States The Administrator of General Services shall appoint the Archivist of the United States. § 2103. Acceptance of records for historical preservation When it appears to the Administrator of General Services to be in the public interest, he may— (1) accept for deposit with the National Archives of the United States the records of a Federal agency or of the Congress determined by the Archivist of the United States to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the United States Government; (2) direct and effect the transfer to the National Archives of the United States of records of a Federal agency that have been in existence for more than fifty years and determined by the Archivist of the United States to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the United States Government, unless the head of the agency which has custody of them certifies in writing to the Administrator that they must be retained in his custody for use in the conduct of the regular current business of the agency; (3) direct and effect, with the approval of the head of the originating agency, or if the existence of the agency has been terminated, then with the approval of his successor in function, if any, the transfer of records deposited or approved for deposit
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