4 USC § 144 - Cooperation of departments and agencies

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title: "4 USC § 144 - Cooperation of departments and agencies"
title_number: 4
title_name: "FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES"
section_number: "144"
section_name: "Cooperation of departments and agencies"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "OFFICIAL TERRITORIAL PAPERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-03-03"
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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.)"
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# § 144. Cooperation of departments and agencies

section 141 of this title

The heads of the several executive departments and independent agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Archivist in the work prescribed by  by permitting access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the completion of such work.

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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— substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.

## 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 .