§ 3317. — Duties of Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC3317]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 33--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS
Sec. 3317. Duties of Commission
It shall be the duty of the Commission to study problems and
questions with respect to the control, disposition, and preservation of
records and documents produced by or on behalf of Federal officials,
with a view toward the development of appropriate legislative
recommendations and other recommendations regarding appropriate rules
and procedures with respect to such control, disposition, and
preservation. Such study shall include consideration of--
(1) whether the historical practice regarding the records and
documents produced by or on behalf of Presidents of the United
States should be rejected or accepted and whether such practice
should be made applicable with respect to all Federal officials;
(2) the relationship of the findings of the Commission to the
provisions of chapter 19 of this title, section 2101 through section
2108 \1\ of this title, and other Federal laws relating to the
control, disposition, and preservation of records and documents of
Federal officials;
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(3) whether the findings of the Commission should affect the
control, disposition, and preservation of records and documents of
agencies within the Executive Office of the President created for
short-term purposes by the President;
(4) the recordkeeping procedures of the White House Office, with
a view toward establishing means to determine which records and
documents are produced by or on behalf of the President;
(5) the nature of rules and procedures which should apply to the
control, disposition, and preservation of records and documents
produced by Presidential task forces, commissions, and boards;
(6) criteria which may be used generally in determining the
scope of materials which should be considered to be the records and
documents of Members of the Congress;
(7) the privacy interests of individuals whose communications
with Federal officials, and with task forces, commissions, and
boards, are a part of the records and documents produced by such
officials, task forces, commissions, and boards; and
(8) any other problems, questions, or issues which the
Commission considers relevant to carrying out its duties under
section 3315 through section 3324 of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 93-526, title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 19, 1974, 88 Stat.
1699.)
References in Text
Sections 2103 through 2108 of this title, referred to in par. (2),
were renumbered as sections 2107 through 2112 of this title by Pub. L.
98-497, title I, Sec. 102(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280.
Termination of Commission
For provision that Commission is to cease to exist sixty days after
transmitting its report, see section 3323 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3315, 3319, 3320, 3324 of
this title.
