[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5181 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5181

  To amend title 44, United States Code, to require the retention of 
        records of high level officials, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2014

  Ms. Speier (for herself and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 44, United States Code, to require the retention of 
        records of high level officials, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Retention of Electronic 
Correspondence Of Regulatory Decisions Act of 2014'' or as the ``RECORD 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. RETENTION OF RECORDS OF HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS.

    Section 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.''.

SEC. 3. REVIEW BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 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 Evaluation.--The 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.''.

SEC. 4. REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    Section 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.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
December 31, 2014.
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