§ 2504. — Duties; authorization of grants for historical publications and records programs; authorization for appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC2504]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 25--NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION
Sec. 2504. Duties; authorization of grants for historical
publications and records programs; authorization for
appropriations
(a) The Commission shall make plans, estimates, and recommendations
for historical works and collections of sources it considers appropriate
for preserving, publishing or otherwise recording at the public expense.
The Chairman of the Commission shall transmit to the President and the
Congress from time to time, and at least biennially, the plans,
estimates, and recommendations developed and approved by the Commission.
(b) The Commission shall cooperate with, assist and encourage
appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental
institutions, societies, and individuals in collecting and preserving
and, when it considers it desirable, in editing and publishing papers of
outstanding citizens of the United States, and other documents as may be
important for an understanding and appreciation of the history of the
United States.
(c) The Commission may conduct institutes, training and educational
programs, and recommend candidates for fellowships related to the
activities of the Commission and may disseminate information about
documentary sources through guides, directories, and other technical
publications.
(d) The Commission may recommend the expenditure of appropriated or
donated funds for the collecting, describing, preserving, compiling and
publishing (including microfilming and other forms of reproduction) of
documentary sources significant to the history of the United States and
for the activities described in subsection (c).
(e) The Archivist of the United States may, within the limits of
available appropriated and donated funds, make grants to State and local
agencies and to nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals,
for those activities in subsection (d) after considering the advice and
recommendations of the Commission.
(f)(1) For the purposes specified in this section, there is hereby
authorized to be appropriated to the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission--
(A) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1989;
(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1990;
(C) $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992, and
1993;
(D) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
(E) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
(F) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
(G) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
(H) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(I) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(J) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
(K) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
(L) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(M) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(N) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(O) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
(2) Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be available
until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts.
(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 92-546,
Sec. 1(c), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155; Pub. L. 93-536, Sec. 1(c), Dec.
22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1735; Pub. L. 96-98, Sec. 1, Nov. 1, 1979, 93 Stat.
731; Pub. L. 98-189, Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1323; Pub. L. 98-497, title
I, Sec. 107(b)(10), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287; Pub. L. 100-365,
Sec. 4, July 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 824; Pub. L. 103-262, Sec. 1, May 31,
1994, 108 Stat. 706; Pub. L. 104-274, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat.
3321; Pub. L. 106-410, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1788.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 393(d) (June 30, 1949, ch.
288, title V, Sec. 503(d), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(d),
64 Stat. 583, and amended July 28, 1964, Pub. L. 88-383, 78 Stat. 335).
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (f)(1)(L) to (O). Pub. L. 106-410 added subpars. (L)
to (O).
1996--Subsec. (f)(1)(H) to (K). Pub. L. 104-274 added subpars. (H)
to (K).
1994--Subsec. (f)(1)(D) to (G). Pub. L. 103-262 added subpars. (D)
to (G).
1988--Pub. L. 100-365 substituted current section catchline for
``Duties; authorization of grants for collection, reproduction, and
publication of documentary historical source material'', and amended
text generally, revising and restating as subsecs. (a) to (f) provisions
of former subsecs. (a) and (b).
1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-497, Sec. 107(b)(10)(A)-(D),
substituted ``Archivist of the United States'' for ``Administrator of
General Services'' in third sentence, substituted ``Archivist'' for
``Administrator'' in fourth sentence, inserted ``and Records'' after
``Historical Preservation'' in fourth sentence, and substituted
``transmit to the President and the Congress'' for ``transmit to the
Administrator'' in last sentence.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-497, Sec. 107(b)(10)(E), substituted
``National Archives and Records Administration'' for ``General Services
Administration''.
1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-189 substituted provisions authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1984, and for each of
the four succeeding fiscal years, for provisions authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981.
1979--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-98 substituted provisions authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981, for provisions
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for
each of four succeeding fiscal years.
1974--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-536 substituted ``1975'' for ``1973''
and ``$4,000,000'' for ``$2,000,000''.
1972--Pub. L. 92-546 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsec. (b).
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.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(a) of this section relating to the requirement that the Chairman of the
Commission transmit biennial reports to Congress, see section 3003 of
Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of
Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 16th item on page 183 of House
Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2506, 3102 of this title.
