Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1247

 PUBLIC LAW 95-591—NOV. 4, 1978

92 STAT. 2527

" (e) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction over any action initiated by the former President asserting that a determination made by the Archivist violates the former President's rights or privileges. "§ 2205. Exceptions to restricted access "Notwithstanding any restrictions on access imposed pursuant to section 2204— "(1) the Archivist and persons employed by the National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration who are engaged in the performance of normal archival work shall be permitted access to Presidential records in the custody of the Archivist; "(2) subject to any rights, defenses, or privileges which the United States or any agency or person may invoke, Presidential records shall be made available— "(A) pursuant to subpena or other judicial process issued b j a court of competent jurisdiction for the purposes of any civil or criminal investigation or proceeding; "(B) to an incumbent President if such records contain information that is needed for the conduct of current business of his office and that is not otherwise available; and "(C) to either House of Congress, or, to the extent of matter within its jurisdiction, to any committee or subcommittee thereof if such records contain information that is needed for the conduct of its business and that is not otherwise available; and "(3) the Presidential records of a former President shall be available to such former President or his designated representative. "§2206. Regulations "The Archivist shall promulgate in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations shall include— "(1) provisions for advance public notice and description of any Presidential records scheduled for disposal pursuant to section 2203(f)(3); "(2) provisions for providing notice to the former President when materials to which access would otherwise be restricted pursuant to section 2204(a) are to be made available in accordance with section 2205(2); " (3) provisions for notice by the Archivist to the former President w'hen the disclosure of particular documents may adversely affect any rights and privileges which the former President may have; and "(4) provisions for establishing procedures for consultation between the Archivist and appropriate Federal agencies regarding rnaterials which may be subject to section 552(b)(7) of title 5, United States Code. «§ 2207. Vice-Presidential records "Vice-Presidential records shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as Presidential records. The duties and responsibilities of the Vice President, with respect to Vice-Presidential records, shall be the same as the duties and responsibilities of the President under this chapter with respect to Presidential records. The authority of the Archivist with respect to Vice-Presidential rec-

Jurisdiction,

44 USC 2205.

44 USC 2206.

44 USC 2207.

Depository agreement.

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