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 PUBLIC LAW 95-591—NOV. 4, 1978

92 STAT. 2523

Public Law 95-591 95th Congress An Act To amend title 44 to insure the preservation of and public access to the oflScial records of the President, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Presidential Records Act of 1978". RECORDS MANAGEMENT, PRESERVATION, AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY

Nov. 4, 1978 [H.R. 13500]

Presidential Records Act of 1978. 44 USC 101, 2201 notes.

SEC. 2. (a) Title 44 of the United States Code is amended by adding immediately after chapter 21 the following new chapter: "Chapter 22.—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS "Sec.

"2201. "2202. "2203. "2204. "2205. "2206. "2207.

Definitions. Ownership of Presidential records. Management and custody of Presidential records. Restrictions on access to Presidential records. Exceptions to restriction on access. Regulations. Vice-Presidential records.

"§2201. Definitions "As used in this chapter— "(1) The term 'documentary material' means all books, correspondence, memorandums, documents, papers, pamphlets, works of art, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, and motion pictures, including, but not limited to, audio, audiovisual, or other electronic or mechanical recordations. "(2) The term 'Presidential records' means documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion thereof, created or received by the President, his immediate staff, or a unit or individual of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise and assist the President, in the course of conducting activities which relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President. Such term— " (A) includes any documentary materials relating to the political activities of the President or members of his staff, but only if such activities relate to or have a direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President; but "(B) does not include any documentary materials that are (i) official records of an agency (as defined in section 552(e) of title 5, United States Code); (ii) personal records; (iii) stocks of publications and stationery; or (iv) extra copies of documents produced only for convenience of reference, when such copies are clearly so identified. "(3) The term 'personal records' means all documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion therof, of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory.

44 USC 2201.

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