113 HR 5181 IH: RECORD Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-07-23
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1.This Act may be cited as the Retention of Electronic Correspondence Of Regulatory Decisions Act of 2014
or as the RECORD Act of 2014
.
2.Retention of records of high level officialsSection 3102 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in paragraph (2), by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon;
(2)in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(3)by adding at the end the following:
(4)the identification of electronic mail accounts that should be preserved because such accounts are
most likely to contain records that should be preserved as permanent
Federal records and the automatic retention of those records, including
the accounts of each head of a Federal agency, the deputies and assistants
of such head, the head of each program office and staff office, each
assistant secretary, each administrator, each commissioner, each director
of an office, bureau, or the equivalent, each principal regional official,
each staff assistant to such official (such as a special assistant,
confidential assistant, and administrative assistant), each career Federal
employee, each political appointee, and each member of the Armed Forces
serving in equivalent or comparable positions; and
(5)electronic capture, management, and preservation of the electronic mail accounts described in
paragraph (4) in accordance with the records disposal requirements of
chapter 33 of this title such that—
(A)electronic records are readily accessible for retrieval through electronic searches; and
(B)there are mandatory minimum functional requirements for electronic records management systems to
ensure compliance with this section..
3.Review by the Comptroller General of the United StatesSection 3107 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—
(1)by striking Chapters 21
and inserting (a) In general.—Chapters 21
; and
(2)by adding at the end the following:
(b)Comptroller General evaluationThe Comptroller General shall evaluate and report to Congress not less than every two years on
agency management of electronic mail records required under paragraphs (4)
and (5) of section 3102..
4.Review by Inspector GeneralSection 4(a) of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(1)in paragraph (4), by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon;
(2)in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(6)to review existing and proposed legislation and regulations relating to records retention
requirements under the chapters 21, 29, 31 and 33 of title 44, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the Federal Records Act) for programs
and operations of such establishment and to make recommendations in the
semiannual reports required by section 5(a) concerning compliance with
records retention requirements..
5.This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on December 31, 2014.