RECORDS Act of 2021
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021 or the RECORDS Act of 2021
This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to take specified steps to address record request backlogs.
Specifically, the office must take actions to ensure that (1) the number of individuals employed by the National Personnel Records Center is equal to or exceeds the number of such individuals employed on March 2, 2020, and (2) the percentage of such individuals regularly reporting to work in person is equal to or exceeds the percentage of such individuals regularly reporting to work in person on that date.
The office shall submit to specified congressional committees a report that
- provides a comprehensive plan to address the record request backlog of the National Personnel Records Center and improve the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at the center,
- identifies measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals, and
- describes strategies to prevent future record request backlogs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2898)
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3710: RECORDS Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3710/
"H.R. 3710: RECORDS Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3710/.
H.R. 3710, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3710/.
[H.R. 3710: RECORDS Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3710/)