Advisory Committee on Records of Congress Sunset: New Management Rules
This act abolishes the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, changing how important government documents are managed and preserved. Instead of the committee, the Director of the Center for Legislative Archives will be responsible for overseeing these records and will report on their status regularly. For citizens, this means that processes related to accessing historical and current Congressional documents will be managed in a new, more centralized way.
Key points
Abolition of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress within 60 days of the act's enactment.
Introduction of an annual reporting requirement by the Director of the Center for Legislative Archives on the management of Congressional records.
Regular meetings of the Archivist, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House to review records management.
Introduced
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