1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 8 - AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Sec. 138 - Records and archives

The records and archives of the Commission, shall, when no longer required by the Commission, be deposited with the National Archives in accordance with the provisions of section 2107 of title 44.

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 283, §9, formerly §11, 42 Stat. 1510; June 26, 1946, ch. 502, 60 Stat. 318; renumbered §9 and amended July 25, 1956, ch. 721, §§2(c), 4(a), 70 Stat. 640, 641.)

“Section 2107 of title 44” substituted in text for “the Federal Records Act of 1950 (44 U.S.C. 397)” on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, §2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, the first section of which enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, and Pub. L. 98–497, title I, §102(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2280, which renumbered section 2103 of Title 44 (as enacted by Pub. L. 90–620) as section 2107.

1956—Act July 25, 1956, §4(a), substituted “when no longer required by the Commission” for “upon the termination of its duties” and required deposit of records and archives in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (44 U.S.C. 397).

1946—Act June 26, 1946, amended section generally. Former provisions of this section are covered by section 138a of this title.

National Archives Establishment transferred to General Services Administration by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §104(a), 63 Stat. 381. On Dec. 11, 1949, National Archives and Records Service, under direction of Archivist of the United States, established by Administrator of General Services to succeed National Archives Establishment. National Archives and Records Service of General Services Administration transferred to National Archives and Records Administration, see section 2102 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, and sections 103 to 106 and 108 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as notes under section 2102 of Title 44.

Transfer of functions as effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

This section is referred to in sections 121, 125, 127, 128, 138a, 138b of this title.