Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Archives and Records Administration Modernization Act” or the “NARA Modernization Act”.
National Archives and Records Administration Modernization Act
A BILL
To amend title 44, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Amendments
Title 44, United States Code, is amended—
in section 710, by striking “his approval” and inserting “approval by the President”;
in section 711, by striking “he shall” and inserting “the Director shall”;
in section 2108—
by striking “transferred to him” and inserting “transferred to the Archivist”;
by striking “appear to him” and inserting “appear to the head of the Federal agency”;
by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the head of the Federal agency”;
by striking “he concurs,” and inserting “the Archivist concurs”;
by striking “his successor in function”, each place it appears, and inserting “the successor in function of the head of the agency”; and
by striking “he determines” and inserting “the Archivist determines”;
in section 2109—
by striking “to him” and inserting “to the Archivist”; and
by striking “He may” and inserting “The Archivist may”;
in section 2110—
by striking “he considers” and inserting “the Archivist considers”; and
by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the Archivist”;
in section 2112—
by striking “he may”, each place it appears, and inserting “the Archivist may”;
by striking “in him” and inserting “in the Archivist”;
by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the Archivist”; and
by striking “his control” and inserting “the control of the Archivist”;
in section 2307, by striking “his designee” and inserting “the designee of the Archivist”;
in section 2903, by striking “by him” and inserting “by the Archivist”;
in section 3308, by striking “he may” and inserting “the Archivist may”;
in section 3310, by striking “he considers” and inserting “the Archivist considers”; and
in section 3311—
by striking “his legal custody” and inserting “the legal custody of the head of the agency of the United States Government”;
by striking “his opinion” and inserting “the opinion of such head of such agency”;
by striking “he shall” and inserting “such official shall”; and
by striking “he disposed” and inserting “such official disposed”.