Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2765 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2765

 To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2025

  Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To sunset the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, 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 ``Advisory Committee on the Records of 
Congress Sunset Act''.

SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE RECORDS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Sunset of Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress.--
Effective on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, title 44 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) by striking chapter 27;
            (2) by striking the table of sections relating to chapter 
        27; and
            (3) in the table of chapters, by striking the item relating 
        to chapter 27.
    (b) Report.--Not later than February 1 of the calendar year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Director shall submit a report on the management and 
preservation of the records of Congress during the previous calendar 
year to--
            (1) the Archivist;
            (2) the Secretary;
            (3) the Clerk;
            (4) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
        Senate; and
            (5) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 
        the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives.
    (c) Review.--The Archivist, the Secretary, and the Clerk shall meet 
to review the management and preservation of the records of Congress--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
        Director submits a report under subsection (b); and
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date on which an 
        individual begins to carry out the duties and responsibilities 
        of the Archivist, Secretary, or Clerk.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Archivist.--The term ``Archivist'' means the Archivist 
        of the United States.
            (2) Clerk.--The term ``Clerk'' means the Clerk of the House 
        of Representatives.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Center for Legislative Archives of the National Archives, 
        or any successor thereto.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Senate.
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