Public Documents Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Public Documents Act - Establishes a commission to be known as the National Study Commission on Federal Records and Documents of Federal Officials. States that it shall be the duty of the Commission to study problems and questions with respect to the control, disposition, and preservation of records and documents produced by or on behalf of individuals holding Federal office and officers of the Federal Government, with a view toward the development of appropriate legislative recommendations and other appropriate rules and procedures with respect to such control, disposition, and preservation. Sets forth items to be considered by the study, including: (1) whether the historical practice of regarding the records and documents produced by or on behalf of Presidents of the United States should be rejected or accepted and whether such policy should be made applicable with respect to individuals holding Federal office and of officers of the Federal Government, including Members of the Congress and members of the Federal judiciary; (2) the recordkeeping procedures of the White House Office, with a view toward establishing means to determine which papers and documents are produced by or on…