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[CITE: 44USC2103]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
        CHAPTER 21--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 2103. Officers

    (a) The Archivist of the United States shall be appointed by the 
President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
Archivist shall be appointed without regard to political affiliations 
and solely on the basis of the professional qualifications required to 
perform the duties and responsibilities of the office of Archivist. The 
Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President 
shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the 
Congress.
    (b) The Archivist shall be compensated at the rate provided for 
level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.
    (c) There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Archivist of the 
United States, who shall be appointed by and who shall serve at the 
pleasure of the Archivist. The Deputy Archivist shall be established as 
a career reserved position in the Senior Executive Service within the 
meaning of section 3132(a)(8) of title 5. The Deputy Archivist shall 
perform such functions as the Archivist shall designate. During any 
absence or disability of the Archivist, the Deputy Archivist shall act 
as Archivist. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the Archivist, 
the Deputy Archivist shall act as Archivist until an Archivist is 
appointed under subsection (a).

(Added Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 102(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2280.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2103 was renumbered section 2107 of this title.


                             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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2101, 3102, 3317 of this 
title.
