3.0.0 5059 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z 2023-01-11T13:43:46Z Senate S 2020-12-17 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-12-17T23:16:43Z PAST Act 116 9022 HR 2020-12-17 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Identical bill CRS 2020-12-17 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computer security and identity theft Congressional committees Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Digital media Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal district courts Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Historical and cultural resources Judicial review and appeals Libraries and archives Military operations and strategy National Archives and Records Administration Presidential administrations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Telephone and wireless communication Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-22T21:38:27Z Promoting Accountability and Security in Transitions Act of 2020 or the PAST Act

This bill revises requirements for preservation of presidential records and requires that information be made available to the next administration in a timely fashion.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires the President to receive written guidance from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) before destroying any records, (2) prohibits White House staff from using nonofficial electronic messaging accounts that cannot be easily copied or forwarded to official accounts, (3) establishes consequences for former Presidents who destroy presidential records, (4) requires former Presidents to cover the cost of digitizing records for display in a presidential library, and (5) requires NARA to ensure that newly inaugurated Presidents are granted easy access to national security information.

]]> PAST Act Display Title PAST Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PAST Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Accountability and Security in Transitions Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, to ensure Presidential records are preserved, duly created when non-official electronic messaging accounts are used, and made available to the public and the next administration in a timely fashion to advance national security and accountability, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s5059is/xml/BILLS-116s5059is.xml 2020-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.