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44 U.S.C. § 2111 — Material accepted for deposit
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**(a) In General.—** When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest the Archivist may accept for deposit—
(1) the papers and other historical materials of a President or former President of the United States, or other official or former official of the Government, and other papers relating to and contemporary with a President or former President of the United States, subject to restrictions agreeable to the Archivist as to their use; and
(2) recorded information (as such term is defined in [section 3301(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3301/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) from private sources that are appropriate for preservation by the Government as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and transactions.
**(b) Exception.—** This section shall not apply in the case of any Presidential records which are subject to the provisions of chapter 22 of this title.
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**(a) In General.—** When the Archivist considers it to be in the public interest the Archivist may accept for deposit—
(1) the papers and other historical materials of a President or former President of the United States, or other official or former official of the Government, and other papers relating to and contemporary with a President or former President of the United States, subject to restrictions agreeable to the Archivist as to their use; and
(2) recorded information (as such term is defined in [section 3301(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3301/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) from private sources that are appropriate for preservation by the Government as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and transactions.
**(b) Exception.—** This section shall not apply in the case of any Presidential records which are subject to the provisions of chapter 22 of this title.
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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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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)** In carrying out the duties and responsibilities under chapters 21, 25, 29, 31, and 33 of this title, the Archivist may obtain reports from any Federal agency on such agency’s activities under such chapters.
**(b)** When the Archivist finds that a provision of any such chapter has been or is being violated, the Archivist shall (1) inform in writing the head of the agency concerned of the violation and make recommendations for its correction; and (2) unless satisfactory corrective measures are demonstrably commenced within a reasonable time, submit a written report of the matter to the President and the Congress.
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**(a) Exemption by Director of Central Intelligence Agency** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with the coordination of the Director of National Intelligence, may exempt operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency from the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim) (Freedom of Information Act) which require publication or disclosure, or search or review in connection therewith.
**(b) “Operational files” defined** In this section, the term “operational files” means—
(1) files of the National Clandestine Service which document the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence operations or intelligence or security liaison arrangements or information exchanges with foreign governments or their intelligence or security services;
(2) files of the Directorate for Science and Technology which document the means by which foreign intelligence or counterintelligence is collected through scientific and technical systems; and
(3) files of the Office of Personnel Security which document investigations conducted to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence or counterintelligence sources;
except that files which are the sole repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational files.
**(c) Search and review for information** Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review for information concerning—
(1) United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have requested information on themselves pursuant to the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section55
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As used in this chapter—
(1) “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, and may include research facilities and museum facilities in accordance with this chapter;
(2) “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;
(3) “Archivist” means the Archivist of the United States appointed under [section 2103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2103&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) “Administration” means the National Archives and Records Administration established under [section 2102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “documentary material” means all books, correspondence, memoranda, documents, papers, pamphlets, works of art, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, and motion pictures, including, but not limited to, audio and visual records, or other electronic or mechanical recordations, whether in analog, digital, or any other form.
(2) The term “Presidential records” means documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion thereof, created or received by the President, the President’s immediate staff, or a unit or individual of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise or assist the President, in the course of conducting activities which relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President. Such term—
(A) includes any documentary materials relating to the political activities of the President or members of the President’s staff, but only if such activities relate to or have a direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President; but
(B) does not include any documentary materials that are (i) official records of an agency (as defined in section 552(e) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 5, United States Code); (ii) personal records; (iii) stocks of publications and stationery; or (iv) extra copies of documents produced only for convenience of reference, when such copies are clearly so identified.
(3) The term “personal records” means all documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion therof,22 So in original. Probably should be “thereof,”. of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have a
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The Joint Committee on Printing shall consist of the chairman and four members of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the chairman and four members of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.
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**(a) In General.—** When it appears to the Archivist to be in the public interest, the Archivist may—
(1) accept for deposit with the National Archives of the United States the records of a Federal agency, the Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, or the Supreme Court determined by the Archivist to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the United States Government;
(2) direct and effect the transfer of records of a Federal agency determined by the Archivist to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the United States Government to the National Archives of the United States, as soon as practicable, and at a time mutually agreed upon by the Archivist and the head of that Federal agency not later than thirty years after such records were created or received by that agency, unless the head of such agency has certified in writing to the Archivist that such records must be retained in the custody of such agency for use in the conduct of the regular business of the agency;
(3) direct and effect, with the approval of the head of the originating Federal agency, or if the existence of the agency has been terminated, with the approval of the head of that agency’s successor in function, if any, the transfer of records, deposited or approved for deposit with the National Archives of the United States to public or educational institutions or associations; title to the records to remain vested in the United States unless otherwise authorized by Congress; and
(4) transfer materials from private sources authorized to be received by the Archivist by [section 2111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2111&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Ear
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TITLE 44—PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
§ 2110
§ 2110. Servicing records
The Archivist shall provide and maintain fa-
cilities he considers necessary or desirable for
servicing records in his custody that are not ex-
empt from examination by statutory or other
restrictions.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1288, § 2106;
renumbered § 2110 and amended Pub. L. 98–497,
title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(4), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat.
2280, 2286.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 397(d) (June 30, 1949,
ch. 288, title V, § 507, as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849,
§ 6(d), 64 Stat. 583).
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2110 was renumbered section 2114 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
1984—Pub. L. 98–497, § 107(a)(4), substituted ‘‘Archi-
vist’’ for ‘‘Administrator of General Services’’.
Pub. L. 98–497, § 102(a)(1), renumbered section 2106 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.
§ 2111. Material accepted for deposit
(a) IN GENERAL.—When the Archivist considers
it to be in the public interest the Archivist may
accept for deposit—
(1) the papers and other historical materials
of a President or former President of the
United States, or other official or former offi-
cial of the Government, and other papers re-
lating to and contemporary with a President
or former President of the United States, sub-
ject to restrictions agreeable to the Archivist
as to their use; and
(2) recorded information (as such term is de-
fined in section 3301(a)(2) of this title) from
private sources that are appropriate for pres-
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