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44 U.S.C. § 2116 — Legal status of reproductions; official seal; fees for copies and reproductions
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**(a)** When records that are required by statute to be retained indefinitely have been reproduced by photographic, microphotographic, digital, or other processes, in accordance with standards established by the Archivist the indefinite retention by the photographic, microphotographic, digital, or other reproductions constitutes compliance with the statutory requirement for the indefinite retention of the original records. The reproductions, as well as reproductions made under regulations to carry out chapter 21, 29, 31, and 33 of this title, shall have the same legal status as the originals.
**(b)** There shall be an official seal for the National Archives of the United States which shall be judicially noticed. When a copy or reproduction, furnished under this section, is authenticated by the official seal and certified by the Archivist, the copy or reproduction shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original from which it was made.
**(c)** The Archivist may charge a fee set to recover the costs for making or authenticating copies or reproductions of materials transferred to the Archivist’s custody. Such fee shall be fixed by the Archivist at a level which will recover, so far as practicable, all elements of such costs, and may, in the Archivist’s discretion, include increments for the estimated replacement cost of equipment. Such fees shall be paid into, administered, and expended as a part of the National Archives Trust Fund. The Archivist may not charge for making or authenticating copies or reproductions of materials for official use by the United States Government unless appropriations available to the Archivist for this purpose are insufficient to cover the cost of performing the work.
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**(a)** When records that are required by statute to be retained indefinitely have been reproduced by photographic, microphotographic, digital, or other processes, in accordance with standards established by the Archivist the indefinite retention by the photographic, microphotographic, digital, or other reproductions constitutes compliance with the statutory requirement for the indefinite retention of the original records. The reproductions, as well as reproductions made under regulations to carry out chapter 21, 29, 31, and 33 of this title, shall have the same legal status as the originals.
**(b)** There shall be an official seal for the National Archives of the United States which shall be judicially noticed. When a copy or reproduction, furnished under this section, is authenticated by the official seal and certified by the Archivist, the copy or reproduction shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original from which it was made.
**(c)** The Archivist may charge a fee set to recover the costs for making or authenticating copies or reproductions of materials transferred to the Archivist’s custody. Such fee shall be fixed by the Archivist at a level which will recover, so far as practicable, all elements of such costs, and may, in the Archivist’s discretion, include increments for the estimated replacement cost of equipment. Such fees shall be paid into, administered, and expended as a part of the National Archives Trust Fund. The Archivist may not charge for making or authenticating copies or reproductions of materials for official use by the United States Government unless appropriations available to the Archivist for this purpose are insufficient to cover the cost of performing the work.
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There shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government to be known as the National Archives and Records Administration. The Administration shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Archivist.
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**(a)**
(1) When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest, the Archivist may—
(A)
(i) accept, for and in the name of the United States, land, a facility, and equipment offered as a gift to the United States for the purpose of creating a Presidential archival depository;
(ii) take title to the land, facility, and equipment on behalf of the United States; and
(iii) maintain, operate, and protect the land, facility, and equipment as a Presidential archival depository and as part of the national archives system;
(B)
(i) make agreements, upon terms and conditions the Archivist considers proper, with a State, political subdivision, university, institution of higher learning, institute, or foundation to use as a Presidential archival depository land, a facility, and equipment of the State, subdivision, university, or other organization, to be made available by it without transfer of title to the United States; and
(ii) maintain, operate, and protect the depository as a part of the national archives system; and
(C) accept, for and in the name of the United States, gifts offered for the purpose of making any physical or material change or addition to a Presidential archival depository.
(2) The Archivist shall promulgate architectural and design standards applicable to Presidential archival depositories in order to ensure that such depositories (A) preserve Presidential records subject to chapter 22 of this title and papers and other historical materials accepted for deposit under [section 2111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2111&num=0&edition=prelim) and (B) contain adequate research facilities.
(3) Prior to accepting and taking title to any land, facility, or equipmen
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 2114
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–497, § 107(a)(7), substituted ‘‘Archi-
vist’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’.
Pub. L. 98–497, § 102(a)(1), renumbered section 2109 of
this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
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.
§ 2114. Preservation of audio and visual records
The Archivist may make and preserve audio
and visual records, including motion-picture
films, still photographs, and sound recordings,
in analog, digital, or any other form, pertaining
to and illustrative of the historical development
of the United States Government and its activi-
ties, and provide for preparing, editing, titling,
scoring, processing, duplicating, reproducing,
exhibiting, and releasing for non-profit edu-
cational purposes, motion-picture films, still
photographs, and sound recordings in the Archi-
vist’s custody.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1290, § 2110;
renumbered § 2114 and amended Pub. L. 98–497,
title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(7), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat.
2280, 2286; Pub. L. 113–187, § 3(c)(1), Nov. 26, 2014,
128 Stat. 2008.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 397(i) (June 30, 1949,
ch. 288, title V, § 507, as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849,
§ 6(d), 64 Stat. 583; and amended July 12, 1952, ch. 703,
§ 1(o), (p), 66 Stat. 594; July 12, 1955, ch. 329, 69 Stat. 297;
Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 859, 69 Stat. 695; July 3, 1956, ch. 513,
§ 4, 70 Stat. 494; June 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–51, 71 Stat. 69;
Mar. 15, 1958, Pub. L. 85–341, § 1(1), 72 Stat. 34).
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