44 USC § 2118 - Records of Congress

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title: "44 USC § 2118 - Records of Congress"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "2118"
section_name: "Records of Congress"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114; renumbered § 2118 and amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(10), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280, 2286.)"
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# § 2118. Records of Congress

The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall obtain at the close of each Congress all the noncurrent records of the Congress and of each congressional committee and transfer them to the National Archives and Records Administration for preservation, subject to the orders of the Senate or the House of Representatives, respectively.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1291, § 2114; renumbered § 2118 and amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §§ 102(a)(1), 107(a)(10), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280, 2286.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 402 (, title I, § 140, ).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—), 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 .