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PUBLIC LAW 90-620-OCT. 22, 1968

forms, and procedures, or lessen the responsibility of collecting and disbursing officers for rendition of their accounts for settlement by the General Accounting Office. CHAPTER 33—DISPOSAL OF RECORDS Sec.

3301. Definition of records. 3302. Kegulations covering lists of records for disiposal, procedure for disposal, and standards for reproduction; approval by President. 3303. Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to Administrator of General Services by head of each Government agency. 3304. Lists and schedules of records lacking preservation value; submission to Congress by Administrator of General Services. 3305. Examination of lists and schedules by joint congressional committee and report to Congress, 3306. Disposal of records by head of Government agency upon notification by Administrator of General Services of action by joint congressional committee. 3307. Disposal of records upon failure of joint congressional committee to a c t 3308. Disposal of similar records where prior disposal was authorized. 3309. Preservation of claims of Government until settled in General Accounting Office; disposal authorized upon written approval of Comptroller General. 3310. Disposal of records constituting menace to health, life, or property. .3311. Destruction of records outside continental United States in time of war or when hostile action seems imminent; written report to Administrator of General Services. 3312. Photographs or microphotographs of records considered as originals; certified reproductions admissible in evidence. 3313. Moneys from sale of records payable into the Treasury. 3314. Procedures for disposal of records exclusive.

§ 3301. Definition of records As used in this chapter, "records" includes all books, papers, maps, photographs, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the Government or because of the informational value of data in them. Library and museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reierence, and stocks of publications and of processed documents are not included. §3302. Regulations covering lists of records for disposal, procedure for disposal, and standards for reproduction; approval by President The Administrator of General Services shall promulgate regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, establishing— (1) procedures for the compiling and submitting to him of lists and schedules of records proposed for disposal, (2) procedures for the disposal of records authorized for disposal, and (3) standards for the reproduction of records by photographic or microphotographic processes with a view to the disposal of the original records. § 3303. Lists and schedules of records to be submitted to Administrator of General Services by head of each Government agency The head of each agency of the United States Government shall submit to the Administrator of General Services, under regulations promulgated as provided by section 3302 of this title—

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