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[CITE: 44USC2910]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
CHAPTER 29--RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
                BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 2910. Preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records

    The Archivist shall preserve the records of the Bureau of Refugees, 
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly referred to as the ``Freedmen's 
Bureau'', by using--
        (1) microfilm technology for preservation of the documents 
    comprising these records so that they can be maintained for future 
    generations; and
        (2) the results of the pilot project with the University of 
    Florida to create future partnerships with Howard University and 
    other institutions for the purposes of indexing these records and 
    making them more easily accessible to the public, including 
    historians, genealogists, and students, and for any other purposes 
    determined by the Archivist.

(Added Pub. L. 106-444, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1929.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2910, Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1297, 
provided for final authority of Administrator in records practices, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94-575, Sec. 2(a)(4), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2726.