§2504. Duties; authorization of grants for historical publications and records programs; authorization for appropriations

(a) The Commission shall make plans, estimates, and recommendations for historical works and collections of sources it considers appropriate for preserving, publishing or otherwise recording at the public expense. The Chairman of the Commission shall transmit to the President and the Congress from time to time, and at least biennially, the plans, estimates, and recommendations developed and approved by the Commission.

(b) The Commission shall cooperate with, assist and encourage appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental institutions, societies, and individuals in collecting and preserving and, when it considers it desirable, in editing and publishing papers of outstanding citizens of the United States, and other documents as may be important for an understanding and appreciation of the history of the United States.

(c) The Commission may conduct institutes, training and educational programs, and recommend candidates for fellowships related to the activities of the Commission and may disseminate information about documentary sources through guides, directories, and other technical publications.

(d) The Commission may recommend the expenditure of appropriated or donated funds for the collecting, describing, preserving, compiling and publishing (including microfilming and other forms of reproduction) of documentary sources significant to the history of the United States and for the activities described in subsection (c).

(e) The Archivist of the United States may, within the limits of available appropriated and donated funds, make grants to State and local agencies and to nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals, for those activities in subsection (d) after considering the advice and recommendations of the Commission.

(f)(1) For the purposes specified in this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission-

(A) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1989;

(B) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1990;

(C) $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993;

(D) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;

(E) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;

(F) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;

(G) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

(H) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

(I) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;

(J) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

(K) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.

(2) Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be available until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts.

( Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1294 ; Pub. L. 92–546, §1(c), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1155 ; Pub. L. 93–536, §1(c), Dec. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 1735 ; Pub. L. 96–98, §1, Nov. 1, 1979, 93 Stat. 731 ; Pub. L. 98–189, Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1323 ; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §107(b)(10), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2287 ; Pub. L. 100–365, §4, July 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 824 ; Pub. L. 103–262, §1, May 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 706 ; Pub. L. 104–274, §1, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3321 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., §393(d) (June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title V, §503(d), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(d), 64 Stat. 583 , and amended July 28, 1964, Pub. L. 88–383, 78 Stat. 335 ).

Amendments

1996-Subsec. (f)(1)(H) to (K). Pub. L. 104–274 added subpars. (H) to (K).

1994-Subsec. (f)(1)(D) to (G). Pub. L. 103–262 added subpars. (D) to (G).

1988-Pub. L. 100–365 substituted current section catchline for "Duties; authorization of grants for collection, reproduction, and publication of documentary historical source material", and amended text generally, revising and restating as subsecs. (a) to (f) provisions of former subsecs. (a) and (b).

1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–497, §107(b)(10)(A)–(D), substituted "Archivist of the United States" for "Administrator of General Services" in third sentence, substituted "Archivist" for "Administrator" in fourth sentence, inserted "and Records" after "Historical Preservation" in fourth sentence, and substituted "transmit to the President and the Congress" for "transmit to the Administrator" in last sentence.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–497, §107(b)(10)(E), substituted "National Archives and Records Administration" for "General Services Administration".

1983-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–189 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1984, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years, for provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981.

1979-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–98 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981, for provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of four succeeding fiscal years.

1974-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–536 substituted "1975" for "1973" and "$4,000,000" for "$2,000,000".

1972-Pub. L. 92–546 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 2506, 3102 of this title.