Presidential Records Act

Presidential Records Act
Other short titles	Presidential Records Act, 1978
Long title	An Act to amend title 44 to insure the preservation of and public access to the official records of the President, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	PRA
Nicknames	Presidential Records Act of 1978
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	January 20, 1981
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 95–591
Statutes at Large	92 Stat. 2523
Codification
Titles amended	Title 44—Public Printing and Documents
U.S.C. sections created	44 U.S.C. ch. 22 § 2201 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 13500 by L. Richardson Preyer (D–NC) on July 17, 1978; Committee consideration by House Administration, House Government Operations; Passed the House on October 10, 1978 (Passed/Agreed); Passed the Senate on October 13, 1978 (Passed/Agreed) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on October 14, 1978 (Passed/Agreed); Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 4, 1978;

The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201–2209, is an Act of the United States Congress governing the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents created or received after January 20, 1981, and mandating the preservation of all presidential records. Enacted November 4, 1978, the PRA changed the legal ownership of the President's official records from private to public, and established a new statutory structure under which Presidents must manage their records. The PRA was amended in 2014, to include the prohibition of sending electronic records through non-official accounts unless an official account is copied on the transmission, or a copy is forwarded to an official account shortly after creation.

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