Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9360 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9360

 To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

   Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL

 To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, and for
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Advisory Committee on the Records of
Congress Sunset Act''.

SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE RECORDS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Sunset of Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress.--
Effective on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, title 44 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) by striking chapter 27;
            (2) by striking the table of sections relating to chapter
        27; and
            (3) in the table of chapters, by striking the item relating
        to chapter 27.
    (b) Report.--Not later than February 1 of the year beginning after
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Director shall submit a report on the management and preservation of
the records of Congress during the previous year to--
            (1) the Archivist;
            (2) the Secretary;
            (3) the Clerk;
            (4) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
        Affairs and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
        Senate; and
            (5) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and
        the Committee on House Administration of the House of
        Representatives.
    (c) Review.--The Archivist, the Secretary, and the Clerk shall meet
to review the management and preservation of the records of Congress--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date on which the
        Director submits a report under subsection (b); and
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date on which an
        individual begins to carry out the duties and responsibilities
        of the Archivist, Secretary, or Clerk.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Archivist.--The term ``Archivist'' means the Archivist
        of the United States, or any successor thereto.
            (2) Clerk.--The term ``Clerk'' means the Clerk of the House
        of Representatives.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
        the Center for Legislative Archives of the National Archives,
        or any successor thereto.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of the Senate.
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