Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act

End advisory committee for congressional records

If enacted, this bill would end the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. The committee would be removed from Title 44 of the U.S. Code 60 days after enactment. The bill would also require an annual report on congressional records management for the prior calendar year. The first report would be due not later than February 1 of the calendar year after enactment, and then due every year. The Director of the Center for Legislative Archives would send the report to the Archivist of the United States, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, the Senate committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and on Rules and Administration, and the House committees on Oversight and Government Reform and on House Administration. Within 60 days after the Director files each report, the Archivist, the Secretary, and the Clerk would meet to review records management. They would also meet within 180 days after a new Archivist, Secretary, or Clerk begins their duties. The bill would not appropriate funds or change program eligibility.