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A bill to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jul 13, 2010
Held at the desk.
Jul 13, 2010
Received in the House.
Jul 13, 2010
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 12, 2010
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5750; text as passed Senate: CR S5750)
Jul 12, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5750; text as passed Senate: CR S5750)
Jun 21, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
Jun 21, 2010
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with amendments. With written report No. 111-213.
Dec 16, 2009
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Dec 11, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13035)
Dec 11, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13034-13035)
Dec 11, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 21, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY2010-FY2014.

Amends the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 with respect to the Federal National and Regional Records Center Revolving Fund.

Increases from 4% to 10% the maximum amount of the Fund's total income that may be retained as an operating reserve or for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment and other support systems of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Increases from 4% to 10% the threshold amount in excess of which any amounts remaining in the Fund at the close of each fiscal year that must be returned to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Amends the Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 to shift from the Commission to the Archivist the authority to make grants for establishment of state and local databases for records of servitude, emancipation, and post-civil war reconstruction. Requires the Archivist to consider Commission advice and recommendations before making such a grant.

What's happening now July 13, 2010

Held at the desk.

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