---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 2506"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "2506"
heading: "Records to be kept by grantees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/2506"
units:
  - "Chapter 25 — National Historical Publications and Records Commission"
---

# §2506. Records to be kept by grantees

- (a) Each recipient of grant assistance under [section 2504 of this title](/usc/44/2504.md) shall keep such [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) as the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12) of the United States prescribes, including [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) which fully disclose the amount and disposition by the recipient of the proceeds of the grants, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which funds are given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and any other [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) as will facilitate an effective audit.
- (b) The [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12) and the Comptroller General of the United States or their authorized representatives shall have access for the purposes of audit and examination to books, documents, papers, and [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) of the recipients that are pertinent to the grants received under [section 2504 of this title](/usc/44/2504.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(11), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 393(g) (June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, § 503, as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(d), 64 Stat. 583, and amended July 28, 1964, Pub. L. 88–383, 78 Stat. 335).

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist of the United States” for “Administrator of General Services”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.

### 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.