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Title 44 of the U.S. Code § 2706 - Administrative provisions

Full text of § 2706 from Title 44 of the United States Code.

§ 2706. Administrative provisions

(a) Upon request of the Committee, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail to the Committee, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to assist the Committee in carrying out the duties referred to under section 2703 and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.

(b) For purposes of supporting the Committee, the Archivist may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay payable for GS–16 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title.

(Added Pub. L. 101–509, title IV, §1(d)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1418.)


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

CHAPTER 29—RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES

Sec.
2901.
Definitions.
2902.
Objectives of records management.
2903.
Custody and control of property.
2904.
General responsibilities of Administrator.1

        

2905.
Establishment of standards for selective retention of records; security measures.
2906.
Inspection of agency records.
2907.
Records centers and centralized microfilming or digitization services.
2908.
Regulations.
2909.
Retention of records.
2910.
Preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records.
2911.
Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts.
2912.
Preservation of electronic messages and other records.

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, div. H, title XCVI, §9602(b)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4829, added item 2912.

2017—Pub. L. 115–85, §2(a)(4), Nov. 21, 2017, 131 Stat. 1275, repealed Pub. L. 113–187, §9(f)(1). See 2014 Amendment note below.

2014—Pub. L. 113–187, §9(f)(1), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2014, which directed striking out "AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES" in chapter heading, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–85, §2(a)(4), (b), Nov. 21, 2017, 131 Stat. 1275, effective as if included in Pub. L. 113–187.

Pub. L. 113–187, §§9(b)(2), 10(b), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2013–2015, inserted "or digitization" after "microfilming" in item 2907 and added item 2911.

2000—Pub. L. 106–444, §2(b), Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1929, added item 2910.

1984—Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §107(b)(18)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290, inserted "THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE" in chapter heading.

1976—Pub. L. 94–575, §2(b), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2726, substituted "Objectives of records management" for "Records management, surveys, and reports" in item 2902, "General responsibilities of Administrator" for "Records management by Administrator; duties generally" in item 2904, "Inspection of agency records" for "Personal inspection and survey of records" in item 2906, "Records centers and centralized microfilming services" for "Records centers for storage, process, and servicing of records" in item 2907, reenacted without change items 2901, 2903, 2905, 2908, and 2909, and struck out item 2910 "Final authority of Administrator in records practices".

1 Section catchline amended by Pub. L. 98–497 without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.

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