HR 1233 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014

Introduced 2013-03-18· Sponsored by Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]· House

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 113-187.(2014-11-26)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2014-01-14
Roll #18
Yea 420Nay 0
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Presidential Records Act to require the Archivist of the United States, upon determining to make available any presidential record not previously made available publicly, to: (1) promptly provide notice of such determination to the former President during whose term of office the record was created, to the incumbent President, and to the public; and (2) make such record to available to the public within 60 days, except any record with respect to which the Archivist receives notification from a former or incumbent President of a claim of constitutionally-based privilege against disclosure. Prohibits the Archivist from making a record that is subject to such a claim publicly available unless: (1) the incumbent President withdraws a decision upholding the claim, or (2) the Archivist is otherwise directed to do so by a final court order that is not subject to appeal. Prohibits the Archivist from making available any original presidential records to anyone claiming access to them as a designated representative of a President or former President if that individual has been convicted of a crime relating to the review, re…

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H.R. 1233, Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014

Jun 6, 2014

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 21, 2014

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