HR10131Referred to Committee

National Archives Protection Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-08-20

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Kevin Mullin

Democrat · CA · Representative

Votes with party: 98.0% (598 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001225

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Cosponsors (5)

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2026-08-20

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House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-08-20

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10131 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10131 To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the closure of Federal records centers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 20, 2026 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the closure of Federal records centers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Archives Protection Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE CLOSURE OF FEDERAL RECORDS CENTERS. Section 2907 of title 44, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--The''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(b) Prohibition.--The Archivist may not-- ``(1) close or impose unreasonable restrictions on public access to any record center or archive facility established before the date of the enactment of this subsection; or ``(2) reconstruct, convert, or rehabilitate any such center or facility if doing so would require the relocation of records for more than 180 days.''. <all>

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