36 CFR § 1206.40 - What is a State records program?

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title: "36 CFR § 1206.40 - What is a State records program?"
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title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1206.40"
section_name: "What is a State records program?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
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part_name: "NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION"
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# 1206.40 What is a State records program?

(a) Each State is eligible to receive NHPRC grants to support the work of the State historical records advisory board (board); to operate statewide historical records services; and to make sub-grants to eligible organizations within the State in support of historical records activities.

(b) Boards review and comment on applications for NHPRC records projects grants submitted from their states, according to The Manual of Suggested Practices.

[71 FR 27624, May 12, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 66318, Oct. 28, 2010]