Recognizing the necessity of preserving official and unofficial records of meetings between the President of the United States and foreign leaders, for the purposes of promoting transparency and the national security of the United States of America.

the President must preserve all records relating to the foreign meetings of the President in order to ensure that the advisors of the President, Congress, and the American people may have access to information regarding what transpired in those meetings, especially in meetings with adversaries of the United States; and

the term “documentary material” under the Presidential Records Act of 1978 includes notes taken during or documenting the content of presidential meetings with foreign leaders.