Presidential Records Act

Presidential Records Act
Other short titles	Presidential Records Act, 1978
Long title	An Act to amend title 44 to insure the preservation of and public access to the official records of the President, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	PRA
Nicknames	Presidential Records Act of 1978
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	January 20, 1981
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 95–591
Statutes at Large	92 Stat. 2523
Codification
Titles amended	Title 44—Public Printing and Documents
U.S.C. sections created	44 U.S.C. ch. 22 § 2201 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 13500 by L. Richardson Preyer (D–NC) on July 17, 1978; Committee consideration by House Administration, House Government Operations; Passed the House on October 10, 1978 (Passed/Agreed); Passed the Senate on October 13, 1978 (Passed/Agreed) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on October 14, 1978 (Passed/Agreed); Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 4, 1978;

The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201–2209,^[3] is an Act of the United States Congress governing the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents created or received after January 20, 1981, and mandating the preservation of all presidential records. Enacted November 4, 1978,^[4] the PRA changed the legal ownership of the President's official records from private to public, and established a new statutory structure under which Presidents must manage their records. The PRA was amended in 2014, to include the prohibition of sending electronic records through non-official accounts unless an official account is copied on the transmission, or a copy is forwarded to an official account shortly after creation.^[5]

^ "Jimmy Carter, Statement on Signing Into Law H.R. 13500, the Presidential Records Act of 1978". The American Presidency Project ~ John Woolley and Gerhard Peters. University of California - Santa Barbara. November 6, 1978.
^ Carter, Jimmy E. (November 6, 1978). "Presidential Records Act of 1978 ~ Statement on Signing H.R. 13500 Into Law - November 6, 1978". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 1965–1966.
^ "Presidential Records (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22)". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
^ "Chairman's Notebook on Presidential Records Act | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
^ Cummings, Elijah E. (November 26, 2014). "H.R.1233 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014". Congress.gov. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

[1] "Jimmy Carter, Statement on Signing Into Law H.R. 13500, the Presidential Records Act of 1978". The American Presidency Project ~ John Woolley and Gerhard Peters. University of California - Santa Barbara. November 6, 1978.

[2] Carter, Jimmy E. (November 6, 1978). "Presidential Records Act of 1978 ~ Statement on Signing H.R. 13500 Into Law - November 6, 1978". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 1965–1966.

[3] "Presidential Records (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22)". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2022.

[4] "Chairman's Notebook on Presidential Records Act | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

[5] Cummings, Elijah E. (November 26, 2014). "H.R.1233 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014". Congress.gov. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

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