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Exercise functions.

PUBLIC LAW 373-AUG. 12, 1955

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Right of p o s s e s sion.

Restrictions o n a V a i 1 a b ility and use.

Disposal.

S t u d y and research.

Fees.

Office Space for former Presidents.

Money gifts, e t c.

SS Stat. 581. 44 USC 300ee.

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mitted, which sixty-day period shall be computed as follows: Continuity of session shall be considered as broken only by an adjournment sine die, but the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain shall be excluded from the computation; "(2) to deposit in any such Presidential archival depository any papers, documents, or other historical materials accepted under subsection (e), or any Federal records appropriate for preservation therein; "(3) to exercise, with respect to any papers, documents, or other historical materials deposited under this subsection or otherwise in any Presidential archival depository, all the functions and responsibilities otherwise vested in him pertaining to Federal records or other documentary materials in his custody or under his control: Provided, That the Administrator, in negotiating for the deposit of Presidential historical materials, shall take steps to secure to the Government, so far as possible, the right to have continuous and permanent possession of such materials: Provided further, That papers, documents, or other historical materials accepted and deposited under subsection (e) and this subsection shall be held subject to such restrictions respecting their availability and use as may be specified in writing by the donors or depositors, including the restriction that they shall be kept in a Presidential archival depository, and such restrictions shall be respected for so long a period as shall have been specified, or until they are revoked or terminated by the donors or depositors or by persons legally qualified to act on their behalf with respect thereto: Provided further, That subject to such restrictions, the Administrator may dispose by sale, exchange, or otherwise, of any papers, documents, or other materials which the Archivist may determine to have no permanent value or historical interest or to be surplus to the needs of any Presidential archival depository; "(4) to cooperate with and to assist any university, institution of higher learning, institute, foundation, or other organization or qualified individual to further or to conduct study or research in any historical materials deposited in any Presidential archival depository; "(5) to charge and collect reasonable fees for the privilege of visiting and viewing any exhibit rooms or museum space in any such Presidential archival depository; "(6) to provide reasonable office space in any Presidential archival depository for the personal use of any former President of the United States; and "(7) to accept gifts or bequests of money or other property for the purpose of maintaining, operating, protecting, or improving any Presidential archival depository: Provided, That the proceeds of any such gifts or bequests, together with the proceeds from any fees or from any sales of historical materials, copies or reproductions thereof, catalogs, or other items, having to do with any Presidential archival depository, shall be paid into the National Archives Trust Fund provided for in section 5 of the Act of July 9, 1941, to be held, administered, and expended under the provisions of such section for the benefit and in the interest of the Presidential archival depository in connection with which they were received, including such administrative and custodial expenses thereof as the Administrator may determine.

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