117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes.
August 5, 2022
Mr. Khanna (for himself, Ms. Herrell, Ms. Porter, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform
To amend title 44, United States Code, to remove pronouns from such title that reference the Archivist, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Modernization Act”.
Title 44, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 710, by striking “his approval” and inserting “approval by the President”;
(2) in section 711, by striking “he shall” and inserting “the Director shall”;
(A) by striking “transferred to him” and inserting “transferred to the Archivist”;
(B) by striking “appear to him” and inserting “appear to the head of the Federal agency”;
(C) by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the head of the Federal agency”;
(D) by striking “he concurs,” and inserting “the Archivist concurs”;
(E) by striking “his successor in function”, each place it appears, and inserting “the successor in function of the head of the agency”; and
(F) by striking “he determines” and inserting “the Archivist determines”;
(A) by striking “to him” and inserting “to the Archivist”; and
(B) by striking “He may” and inserting “The Archivist may”;
(A) by striking “he considers” and inserting “the Archivist considers”; and
(B) by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the Archivist”;
(A) by striking “he may”, each place it appears, and inserting “the Archivist may”;
(B) by striking “in him” and inserting “in the Archivist”;
(C) by striking “his custody” and inserting “the custody of the Archivist”; and
(D) by striking “his control” and inserting “the control of the Archivist”;
(7) in section 2307, by striking “his designee” and inserting “the designee of the Archivist”;
(8) in section 2903, by striking “by him” and inserting “by the Archivist”;
(9) in section 3308, by striking “he may” and inserting “the Archivist may”;
(10) in section 3310, by striking “he considers” and inserting “the Archivist considers”; and
(A) by striking “his legal custody” and inserting “the legal custody of the head of the agency of the United States Government”;
(B) by striking “his opinion” and inserting “the opinion of such head of such agency”;
(C) by striking “he shall” and inserting “such official shall”; and
(D) by striking “he disposed” and inserting “such official disposed”.