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Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.

Introduced Jul 27, 2010

Latest action (Jul 30, 2010) Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (1)
Government information and archives

Summary

This bill would amend federal law to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from providing grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records. The change would be made to Section 2504(e) of title 44, United States Code, by adding a single sentence stating that the Archivist may not make such grants. The bill targets grants specifically for records that are not Federal government records.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Jul 30, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. · house
  2. Jul 27, 2010 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  3. Jul 27, 2010 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 27, 2010

Mr. Chaffetz (for himself, Mr. Schock, Mr. Flake, Mr. Issa, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, and Mr. Bilbray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MAKING GRANTS TO PRESERVE OR PUBLISH NON-FEDERAL RECORDS.

Section 2504(e) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Archivist may not make grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.” <all>

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