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§2106 Reports to Congress

Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION › § 2106

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Summary

The Archivist must send Congress a report every January and whenever else needed. The report must explain how the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the National Archives Trust Fund are run and how money is spent (both Congress-funded and other funds); list research and publications by Commission and Trust Fund grantees with details on funds received and used; show, by account, the money, securities, and other personal property held by the Trust Fund Board and the reasons funds were transferred to NARA for use by other Federal agencies; and include the matters in section 2904(c)(8) of this title.

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Title 44, §2106

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The Archivist shall submit to the Congress, in January of each year and at such other times as the Archivist finds appropriate, a report concerning the administration of functions of the Archivist, the Administration, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the National Archives Trust Fund. Such report shall describe—
(1)program administration and expenditures of funds, both appropriated and nonappropriated, by the Administration, the Commission, and the Trust Fund Board;
(2)research projects and publications undertaken by Commission grantees, and by Trust Fund grantees, including detailed information concerning the receipt and use of all appropriated and nonappropriated funds;
(3)by account, the moneys, securities, and other personal property received and held by the National Archives Trust Fund Board, and of its operations, including a listing of the purposes for which funds are transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration for expenditure to other Federal agencies; and
(4)the matters specified in section 2904(c)(8) of this title.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 2106 was renumbered section 2110 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1984 Amendment note under section 2102 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this section relating to the requirement that the Archivist submit a report to Congress in January of each year, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the last item on page 179 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

44 U.S.C. § 2106

Title 44Public Printing and Documents

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73