Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act

This bill, titled the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act, would sunset (end) the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress by removing its statutory framework from Title 44 of the U.S. Code. The effective date is 60 days after enactment. After sunset, the bill requires an annual reporting process about how the records of Congress are managed and preserved, with reports directed to key archival and legislative oversight entities (the Archivist, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, and two Senate and two House committees). It also creates a mandated review process by the Archivist, the Secretary, and the Clerk, both shortly after the Director of the National Archives’ Center for Legislative Archives submits a report and after any new person begins serving in those roles. The bill defines the roles involved, clarifying who is considered the Archivist, Clerk, Director, and Secretary. In short, the bill dissolves the specific Advisory Committee that previously managed or advised on the Records of Congress and shifts to a formal annual reporting and review framework overseen by the National Archives’ Legislative Archives leadership and congressional committees.