East Texas Family Records, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 1984 Page: 2
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EAST TEXAS FAMILY RECORDS VOL. 8, NO. 1, SPRIES 1984
NATIONA ACHVES ND RECRS ADMINiSTRATI.ON ACT OF 1983
In the very near future the U. S. House and Senate will be considering legislation
effecting the National Archives and Records Administration that is very important
to historians and genealogists.
Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, and Rep. Glenn English, D-Oklahoma, have introduced
H.R. 3987, which would establish the National Archives and Records Administration
as a independent agency. Brooks' statement as recorded in The Congressional Record
of the House on September 27, 1983: "Mr. Speaker, today Congressman Glenn
English and I are introducing the National Archives and Records Administration
Act of 1983. This bill will establish the National Archives as an independent
agency responsible for insuring the preservation and public availability of our
nation's documentary history."
"This bill will restore the archives to the independent status it held when it
was created in 1934. Fifteen years later, the Archives was incorporated into the
newly formed General Services Administration in response to the first Hoover Commission's
recommendation that the federal government's housekeeping functions
should be put under one roof,"
"Although the original Hoover Commission concept of bureaucratic consolidation
resulted in improvements in many federal government functions, in the case of the
National Archives and GSA, the arrangement has been fraught with problems for a
number of years. Restoring the archives to independent status will enable it to
carry out is vital document preservation, maintenance and distribution functions
more effectively."
"This action will be especially appropriate in commenoration of the 50th Anniversary
of the National Archives in 1984. I hope my colleagues will join Congressman
English and me in supporting this important measure."
In short, this bill would make the National Archives and Records Administration
and independent establishment in the executive branch by transferring the functions,
duties and authority of the General Services Administration, under which
it operates to the administration and the archivist. As currently drafted this
bill will not restrict the use of the archives by the public but on the contrary
will probably improve its operations and distribution process.
In the Senate, the bill on the same subject is S. 905 and there are currently
43 senators co-sponsoring the legislation.
If you havte not already done so, you still have time to let your voice be heard.
We urge you to contact your representatives and senators requesting their support
of this legislation. To write your senator just address it The Honorable ___
U.S. Senate, Washington, De C. 20510 and for your Representative, The Honorable
_______,_ U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, D, C. 20515.
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