4 USC § 143 - Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing

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title: "4 USC § 143 - Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing"
title_number: 4
title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "143"
section_name: "Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-03-03"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)"
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# § 143. Employment and utilization of other personnel; cost of copy reading and indexing

**(a)** In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the Archivist may employ such clerical assistants as may be necessary.

**(b)** The work of copy reading and index making for the publication of the papers described in section 141 of this title shall be done by the regular editorial staff of the National Archives and Records Administration, and the cost of this particular phase of the work (prorated each month according to the number of hours spent and the annual salaries of the clerks employed) shall be charged against the annual appropriations made under section 146 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 12, 65 Stat. 714; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(f), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2292.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.

Subsec. (b).  substituted “National Archives and Records Administration” for “General Services Administration”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Public Printing and Documents.

### Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel

See note preceding .