H.R. 5865 (111th): Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010

111th Congress, 2009–2010. Text as of Jul 27, 2010 (Introduced).

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HR 5865 IH

111th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5865

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 27, 2010

Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, and Mr. BILBRAY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.

    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 ‘Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010’.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MAKING GRANTS TO PRESERVE OR PUBLISH NON-FEDERAL RECORDS.

    Section 2504(e) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘The Archivist may not make grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.’