1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 "(1) the term 'Federal office' means the office of President or Vice President of the United States, or Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident "(2) the term 'Commission' means the National Study Commission on Federal Records and Papers of Elected Officials; 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 12 forms, and other records that reveal the history of the 23 13 Nation. 14 15 "ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION "SEC. 3316. There is established a commission to be 16 known as the National Study Commission on Federal Rec 17 ords and Documents of Federal Officials. 18. 19 "DUTIES OF COMMISSION "SEC. 3317. It shall be the duty of the Commission to 20 study problems and questions with respect to the control, 21 disposition, and preservation of records and documents pro22 duced by or on behalf of individuals holding Federal office 23 and officers of the Federal Government, with a view toward 24 the development of appropriate legislative recommendations 25 and other appropriate rules and procedures with respect to 3 1 such control, disposition, and preservation. Such study shall 2 include consideration of— "(1) whether the historical practice of regarding the records and documents produced by or on behalf of Presidents of the United States should be rejected or accepted and whether such policy should be made applicable with respect to individuals holding Federal office and of officers of the Federal Government, including Members of the Congress and members of the Federal judiciary; "(2) the relationship of such conclusions and findings to the provisions of section 1901 through section 1914 and section 2101 through section 2108 of title 44, United States Code, and other Federal laws regarding the disposition and preservation of papers of elected or appointed officials; "(3) whether such findings and conclusions should affect the control and disposition 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 papers and documents are produced by or on behalf of the President of the United States: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 "(5) the nature of rules and procedures which should apply to the control, disposition, and preserva tion of papers and documents produced by Presidental 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 papers and documents of individuals holding Federal office; and "(7) any other problems, questions, or issues which the Commission considers relevant to carrying out its duties under section 3315 through section 3324. "MEMBERSHIP "SEC. 3318. (a) (1) The Commission shall be com 14 posed of fourteen 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 by the Speaker of the House upon recommendation made by the minority leader of the House; "(C) one Member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate upon recommendation made by the majority leader of the Senate; "(D) one Member of the Senate appointed by the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 5 President of the Senate upon recommendation made by the minority leader of the Senate; "(E) one Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; "(F) three appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from persons who are not officers or employees of any government who are specially qualified to serve on the Commission by virtue of their education, training, or experience; "(G) one representative of the Department of State, appointed by the Secretary of State; "(H) one representative of the Department of Defense, appointed by the Secretary of Defense; "(I) one representative of the Department of Justice, appointed by the Attorney General; "(J) the Administrator of General Services (or his delegate); "(K) one member of the American Historical Association, appointed by the counsel of such Association; and "(L) one member of the Society of American Ar 22 chivists, appointed by such Society. "(2) No more than two members appointed under para 24 graph (1) (F) may be of the same political party. 1 6 "(b) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in 2 the manner in which the original appointment was made. 3 "(c) If any member of the Commission who was ap 4 pointed to the Commission as a Member of the Congress 5 leaves such office, or if any member of the Commission who 6 was appointed from persons who are not officers or em7 ployees of any government becomes an officer or employee 8 of a government, he may continue as a member of the Com9 mission for no longer than the sixty-day period beginning on the date he leaves such office or becomes such an officer. or employee, as the case may be. 10 11 12 "(d) Members shall be appointed for the life of the 13 Commission. 14 "(e) (1) Members of the Commission who are full-time 15 officers or employees of the United States or Members of 16 the Congress shall receive no additional pay on account of 17 their services on the Commission. 18 19 "(2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission, 20 members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses 21 in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the 22 service of the Federal Government are allowed expenses 23 under section 5703 (b) of title 5, United States Code, except 24 that per diem in lieu of subsistence shall be paid only to those 25 members of the Commission who are not full-time officers or 26 employees of the United States or Members of the Congress. |