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44 U.S.C. § 2114

Preservation of audio and visual records

United States · Title 44 — PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · Status: effective

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44 U.S.C. § 2114, Preservation of audio and visual records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486904
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The Archivist may make and preserve audio and visual records, including motion-picture films, still photographs, and sound recordings, in analog, digital, or any other form, pertaining to and illustrative of the historical development of the United States Government and its activities, and provide for preparing, editing, titling, scoring, processing, duplicating, reproducing, exhibiting, and releasing for non-profit educational purposes, motion-picture films, still photographs, and sound recordings in the Archivist’s custody.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 98-497(S. 905)1984-10-19
    National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-187(H.R. 1233)2014-11-26
    Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014
    House: 420–0Senate: no recorded tally