2 "SEC. 3322. The Commission shall transmit to the Pres 3 ident and to each House of the Congress a report not later 4 than December 31, 1975. Such report shall contain a de5 tailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Com6 mission, together with its recommendations for such legisla 7 tion, administrative actions, and other actions, as it deems 10 "SEC. 3323. The Commission shall cease to exist sixty 11 days after transmitting its report under section 3322. 12 "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 13 "SEC. 3324. There is authorized to be appropriated 14 such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 3315 15 through section 3324.”. 16 SEC. 3. The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 44, 17 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 18 the following new items: “3315. Definitions. 93D CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 16454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 15, 1974 Mr. BINGHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com mittee on House Administration A BILL To provide for public ownership of certain documents of elected public officials. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Public Documents Act”. 4 SEC. 2. (a) Title 44, United States Code, is amended 5 by adding at the end thereof the following new chapter: 6 “Chapter 39—PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF ELECTED 7 OFFICIALS "Sec. 3 4 5 “(1) ‘elected official of the United States' means the President, Vice President, Senator, and Member of (or Resident Commissioner or Delegate to) the House of Representatives, including any individual holding such office for any period by reason of appointment 6 7 8 to such office or succession to such office; and 9 “(2) ‘public documents' means, with respect to an elected official of the United States, the books, corre 10 11 12 spondence, documents, papers, pamphlets, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other objects or materials which shall have been retained by an individual holding elec 13 14 15 tive office under the United States and which were pre 16 17 18 19 pared for or originated by such individual in connection with the transaction of public business during the period when such individual held elective office and which would not have been prepared if that individual had not held such office; except that copies of public documents preserved only for convenience of reference, and stocks of publications and of public documents previously processed under this title are not included. 20 21 22 23 24 “8 3902. Papers of elected officials 25 "Within one hundred and eighty days after an elected 26 official of the United States ceases to hold his office, the 3 1 Administrator of General Services shall obtain any objects 2 or materials of that elected official which the Administrator 3 determines to be public documents within the meaning of 4 section 3901 (2) of this title, and such elected official shall 5 transmit such documents to the Administrator. 6 " 3903. Preservation of public documents 7 “The Administrator of General Services shall deposit in 8 the National Archives of the United States the public docu9 ments of each elected official of the United States obtained 10 under section 3902 of this title. Sections 2101-2113 of this 11 title shall apply to all public documents accepted under this 12 section. 13 “g3904. Judicial review 14 "A decision by the Administrator of General Services 15 that any object or material is a public document of an elected 16 official of the United States within the meaning of section 17 3901 (2) of this title shall be a final agency decision within 18 the meaning of section 702 of title 5.". 19 (b) The table of chapters, preceding chapter 1 of such 20 title 44, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 21 following: “39. Public Documents of Elected Officials.- 3901". 93D CONGRESS 41-660 O. 74 - 2 2D SESSION H. R. 16954 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 30, 1974 Mr. SEIBERLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To provide for the preservation of public records received, held, prepared, or originated by or for the President or Vice President of the United States. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the “Public Records Act of 4 1974". 5 SEC. 2. (a) Title 44, United States Code, is amended 6 by adding at the end thereof the following new chapter: 7 “Chapter 39—PUBLIC RECORDS OF PRESIDENT AND |
