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PUBLIC LAW 93-526-DEC. 19, 1974

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"(2) the term 'Commission' means the National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials j and "(3) the term 'records and documents' shall include handwritten and typewritten documents, motion pictures, television tapes and recordings, magnetic tapes, automated data processing documentation in various forms, and other records that reveal the history of the Nation. "§ 3316. Establishment of Commission '»'» "^^ 3^^^"There is established a commission to be known as the National C(^mi°s"lon*on^ Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials. Records and Documents of

"§ 3317. Duties of Commission Federal or" I t shall be the duty of the Commission to study problems and ^44°use 3317. 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 44 USC 1901. provisions of chapter 19 of this title, section 2101 through section 44 USC 2101, 2108 of this title, and other Federal laws relating to the control, 2108. disposition, and preservation of records and documents of Federal officials; "(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. "§ 3318. Membership ^^ use sais. " (a)(1) The Commission shall be composed of seventeen members as follows: " (A) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House upon recommendation made by the majority leader of the House; (B) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed

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