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 PUBLIC LAW 106-444—NOV. 6, 2000 114 ST^AT. 1929 Public Law 106-444 106th Congress An Act To amend title 44, United States Code, to ensure preservation of the records of the Freedmen's Bureau. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000". SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF FREEDMEN'S BUREAU RECORDS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 29 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Archivist shall preserve the records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the 'Freedmen's Bureau', by using— "(1) microfilm technology for preservation of the documents comprising these records so that they can be maintained for future generations; and "(2) the results of the pilot project with the University of Florida to create future partnerships with Howard University and other institutions for the purposes of indexing these records and making them more easily accessible to the public, including historians, genealogists, and students, and for any other purposes determined by the Archivist.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 29 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2910. Preservation of Freedmen's Biireau records.". Nov. 6, 2000 [H.R. 5157] Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of2000. 44 USC 101 note.
 * ^§ 2910. Preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records

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