Federal Records Act

Federal Records Act

Other short titles	Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 Amendments
Long title	An Act to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Federal Records Act of 1950
Enacted by	the 81st United States Congress
Effective	September 5, 1950
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–754
Statutes at Large	64 Stat. 578 aka 64 Stat. 583
Codification
Titles amended	44 U.S.C.: Public Printing and Documents
U.S.C. sections created	44 U.S.C. ch. 31 § 3101 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3959 by John Little McClellan (D-AR) on July 24, 1950 Committee consideration by Senate Expenditures Passed the Senate on July 26, 1950 (Passed) Passed the House on August 7, 1950 (Passed, in lieu of H.R. 9129) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 25, 1950; agreed to by the House on August 31, 1950 (Agreed) and by the Senate on August 31, 1950 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on September 5, 1950

The Federal Records Act of 1950 is a United States federal law that was enacted in 1950. It provides the legal framework for federal records management, including record creation, maintenance, and disposition.^[1]