---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 2303"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "2303"
heading: "Powers and obligations of the Board; liability of members"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/2303"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — National Archives Trust Fund Board"
---

# §2303. Powers and obligations of the Board; liability of members


Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the Board shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee with respect to property and funds administered by it, but the members of the Board are not personally liable, except for malfeasance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1292; Pub. L. 98–497, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2293.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 300ff (July 9, 1941, ch. 284, § 6, 55 Stat. 582).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 amended section generally, inserting “Except as otherwise provided by this chapter,”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.