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HR 5865 111th Congress House

Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010

Official title: To amend title 44, United States Code, to prohibit the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-Federal records.

Introduced: July 27, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
Jul 27, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 27, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 30, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Archivist of the United States from making grants to preserve or publish non-federal records.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Issa, Darrell
California · Jul 27, 2010
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 27, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5865: Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5865/
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"H.R. 5865: Stop Wasting Archive Grants Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5865/.
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H.R. 5865, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5865/.
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