---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 U.S.C. § 3103"
title: "44"
title_heading: "Public Printing and Documents"
number: "3103"
heading: "Transfer of records to records centers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/44/3103"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Records Management by Federal Agencies"
---

# §3103. Transfer of records to records centers


When the head of a [Federal agency](/usc/44/2901.md?p=14) determines that such action may affect substantial economies or increased operating efficiency, the head of such agency shall provide for the transfer of [records](/usc/44/2901.md?p=1) to a [records center](/usc/44/2901.md?p=6) maintained and operated by the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12), or, when approved by the [Archivist](/usc/44/2901.md?p=12), to a center maintained and operated by the head of the [Federal agency](/usc/44/2901.md?p=14).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 94–575, § 3(a)(3), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2726; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(20), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290; Pub. L. 113–187, § 8(9), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2012.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3103, Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1298, contained provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–575, § 3(a)(3).

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–187 substituted “the head of such agency” for “he”.

1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

### 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.