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[CITE: 44USC3101]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
           CHAPTER 31--RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCIES
 
Sec. 3101. Records management by agency heads; general duties

    The head of each Federal agency shall make and preserve records 
containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, 
functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions 
of the agency and designed to furnish the information necessary to 
protect the legal and financial rights of the Government and of persons 
directly affected by the agency's activities.

(Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1297.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Sec. 396(a) (June 30, 1949, ch. 
288, title V, Sec. 506(a), as added Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(d), 
64 Stat. 583).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3102 of this title.
