National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act
This bill removes gendered pronouns from the United States Code pertaining to the responsibilities of the Archivist and other senior officials at NARA.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8665 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8665
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such
title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 5, 2022
Mr. Khanna (for himself, Ms. Herrell, Ms. Porter, Mr. Donalds, Mrs.
Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform
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A BILL
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such
title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Title 44, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 710, by striking ``his approval'' and
inserting ``approval by the President'';
(2) in section 711, by striking ``he shall'' and inserting
``the Director shall'';
(3) in section 2108--
(A) by striking ``transferred to him'' and
inserting ``transferred to the Archivist'';
(B) by striking ``appear to him'' and inserting
``appear to the head of the Federal agency'';
(C) by striking ``his custody'' and inserting ``the
custody of the head of the Federal agency'';
(D) by striking ``he concurs,'' and inserting ``the
Archivist concurs'';
(E) by striking ``his successor in function'', each
place it appears, and inserting ``the successor in
function of the head of the agency''; and
(F) by striking ``he determines'' and inserting
``the Archivist determines'';
(4) in section 2109--
(A) by striking ``to him'' and inserting ``to the
Archivist''; and
(B) by striking ``He may'' and inserting ``The
Archivist may'';
(5) in section 2110--
(A) by striking ``he considers'' and inserting
``the Archivist considers''; and
(B) by striking ``his custody'' and inserting ``the
custody of the Archivist'';
(6) in section 2112--
(A) by striking ``he may'', each place it appears,
and inserting ``the Archivist may'';
(B) by striking ``in him'' and inserting ``in the
Archivist'';
(C) by striking ``his custody'' and inserting ``the
custody of the Archivist''; and
(D) by striking ``his control'' and inserting ``the
control of the Archivist'';
(7) in section 2307, by striking ``his designee'' and
inserting ``the designee of the Archivist'';
(8) in section 2903, by striking ``by him'' and inserting
``by the Archivist'';
(9) in section 3308, by striking ``he may'' and inserting
``the Archivist may'';
(10) in section 3310, by striking ``he considers'' and
inserting ``the Archivist considers''; and
(11) in section 3311--
(A) by striking ``his legal custody'' and inserting
``the legal custody of the head of the agency of the
United States Government'';
(B) by striking ``his opinion'' and inserting ``the
opinion of such head of such agency'';
(C) by striking ``he shall'' and inserting ``such
official shall''; and
(D) by striking ``he disposed'' and inserting
``such official disposed''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9658-9659; text: CR H9658)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8665.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1518, proceedings on H.R. 8665 are considered vacated.
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1518, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1082, as amended; H.R. 5349; H.R. 6218; H.R. 6220; H.R. 6221; H.R. 6611, as amended; H.R. 6630; H.R. 6725; H.R. 7077, agreed to Senate amendment; H.R. 7832; H.R. 8665; S. 558; and S. 789. S. 558; and S. 789.
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Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1518, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1082, as amended; H.R. 5349; H.R. 6218; H.R. 6220; H.R. 6221; H.R. 6611, as amended; H.R. 6630; H.R. 6725; H.R. 7077, agreed to Senate amendment; H.R. 7832; H.R. 8665; S. 558; and S. 789. S. 558; and S. 789. (consideration: CR H9803-9810; text: CR H9805)
Received in the Senate.