[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2978 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2978

  To amend title 44, United States Code, to reauthorize the National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
and Mr. Cummings) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 44, United States Code, to reauthorize the National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission, 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 ``National Historical Publications and 
Records Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
              COMMISSION.

    (a) Composition of Commission.--Section 2501(a) of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``15'' and inserting ``16''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) the Council of State Archivists; and''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2504(g)(1) of title 
44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g)(1) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes 
specified in this section, there is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated to the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.''.
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