Presidential Records Act

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The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.

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Generate an image of the Presidential Records Act (The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
records management law ⓘ
abbreviation PRA ⓘ
administeredBy National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
allowsAccessFor Congress under certain conditions ⓘ
courts under certain conditions ⓘ
incumbent president ⓘ
subsequent presidents under certain conditions ⓘ
amendedBy Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2014 ⓘ
Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 ⓘ
appliesTo President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
assignsResponsibilityTo National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
citation 44 U.S.C. Chapter 22 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers documentary materials created or received by the president in the course of official duties ⓘ
dateEnacted 1978-11-04 ⓘ
defines personal records of the president ⓘ
presidential records ⓘ
distinguishesBetween presidential records and personal records ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1981-01-20 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes public ownership of presidential records ⓘ
excludes purely personal records of the president ⓘ
governs creation of presidential records ⓘ
custody of presidential records ⓘ
disposition of presidential records ⓘ
management of presidential records ⓘ
official records of presidents ⓘ
official records of vice presidents ⓘ
preservation of presidential records ⓘ
public access to presidential records ⓘ
imposesObligationsOn White House staff regarding records management ⓘ
legalStatus binding federal law ⓘ
maximumRestrictionPeriod 12 years for certain categories of records ⓘ
partOf Title 44 of the United States Code ⓘ
previouslyReplacedRegime presidential papers treated as private property ⓘ
providesFor restricted access periods for presidential records ⓘ
purpose to ensure preservation and public ownership of presidential records ⓘ
to provide a framework for public access to presidential records ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Records Act ⓘ
Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
requires president to manage records in accordance with statutory requirements ⓘ
vice president to manage records in accordance with statutory requirements ⓘ
requiresTransferOf presidential records to National Archives ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subjectTo Freedom of Information Act after restriction period ⓘ
transfersOwnershipTo United States government ⓘ
transferTime upon the end of a president’s term ⓘ

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Federal Records Act → relatedTo → Presidential Records Act ⓘ
Presidential Records Act → amendedBy → Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2014 ⓘ
linked to: Presidential Records Act
Presidential Libraries → governedBy → Presidential Records Act of 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Presidential Records Act