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§ 3310. —  Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life, or property.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC3310]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
                     CHAPTER 33--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS
 
Sec. 3310. Disposal of records constituting menace to health, 
        life, or property
        
    When the Archivist and the head of the agency that has custody of 
them jointly determine that records in the custody of an agency of the 
United States Government are a continuing menace to human health or life 
or to property, the Archivist shall eliminate the menace immediately by 
any method he considers necessary. When records in the custody of the 
Archivist are disposed of under this section, the Archivist shall report 
their disposal to the agency from which they were transferred.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1301; Pub. L. 98-497, title I, 
Sec. 107(b)(24), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 375 (July 7, 1943, ch. 192, 
Sec. 10, 57 Stat. 382; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, Sec. 104(a), 63 
Stat. 381).


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-497 substituted ``Archivist'' for ``Administrator 
of General Services'' and ``Archivist'' for ``Administrator'' wherever 
appearing.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3105 of this title.



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