Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act

Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act
Citations

Other short titles	Presidential Recordings Preservation Act
Long title	An Act to protect and preserve tape recordings of conversations involving former President Richard M. Nixon and made during his tenure as President, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	PRMPA
Nicknames	Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	December 19, 1974
Public law	93-526
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 1695
Codification
Titles amended	44 U.S.C.: Public Printing and Documents
U.S.C. sections amended	44 U.S.C. ch. 21 § 2111 44 U.S.C. ch. 33 §§ 3315-3324
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 4016 by Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) on September 18, 1974 Committee consideration by Senate Government Operations, House Administration Passed the Senate on October 4, 1974 (56-7) Passed the House on December 3, 1974 (Passed) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on December 9, 1974 (Agreed) with further amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on December 9, 1974 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on December 19, 1974
United States Supreme Court cases
Nixon v. General Services Administration (1977)

The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) of 1974 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 93–526, 88 Stat. 1695, enacted December 19, 1974, codified at 44 U.S.C. § 2111, note) is an act of Congress enacted in the wake of the August 1974 resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.^[1]^[2] It placed Nixon's presidential records into federal custody to prevent their destruction. The legislative action was intended to reduce secrecy, while allowing historians to fulfill their responsibilities.

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Application

The Act applies only to President Nixon's presidential materials. Under the statute, materials related to the Abuse of Governmental Power and the constitutional and statutory duties of the President and his White House staff are retained by the National Archives. The Act mandates that the National Archives preserve and process these materials, and prepare them for public access. The National Archives was required to segregate and return to Nixon's estate those materials identified as purely "personal-private" or "personal-political" and unrelated to the President's constitutional and statutory duties.^[2] The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act's constitutionality in Nixon v. Administrator of General Services.

Legislative history

The Act was introduced as S. 4016 by Senator Gaylord Nelson on September 18, 1974; passed by both houses with amendments on December 9, 1974; and was signed into law by President Gerald Ford on December 19, 1974.^[3]

References

^ Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) of 1974, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 93–526, title I, §§ 101–106, Dec. 19, 1974, codified at 44 U.S.C. § 2111, note.
^ ^a ^b Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) of 1974 at the U.S. National Archives
^ All Actions for S. 4016, via search for Pub. L. 93-526 in 93rd Congress Public laws at Congress.gov

External links

Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act (PRMPA) of 1974 at the U.S. National Archives
Nixon Presidential Materials at the Nixon Library

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (1969–1974)
36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)
U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)
U.S. Representative for CA–12 (1947–1950)

Pre-presidency

Presidency
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Foreign policy	Nixon Doctrine Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Vietnamization Cold War period Linkage policy Tar Baby Option 1972 visit to China Shanghai Communiqué 1973 Chilean coup d'état Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Operation CHAOS Space exploration
Economic policy	Bank Secrecy Act Fair Credit Reporting Act National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 Nixon shock Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 Smithsonian Agreement Occupational Safety and Health Act National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible exposure limit U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer Product Safety Act Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act Securities Investor Protection Act Securities Investor Protection Corporation Tax Reform Act of 1969 Alternative minimum tax Revenue Act of 1971 Agricultural Act of 1970 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
Environmental policy	Council on Environmental Quality Environmental Quality Improvement Act National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Amendments of 1970 Clean Water Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Source Performance Standards Noise Control Act Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Zone Management Act Coastal Zone Management Program Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Oil Pollution Act of 1973 Water Resources Development Act of 1974
Social policy	Family Assistance Plan Revised Philadelphia Plan Minority Business Development Agency Native American policy Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Education Amendments of 1972 Title IX National Cancer Act of 1971 End Stage Renal Disease Program Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act Shafer Commission War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Cannabis policy Federal Contested Elections Act Federal Election Campaign Act Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 District of Columbia Home Rule Act
Watergate	Timeline Operation Sandwedge Operation Gemstone Saturday Night Massacre CRP White House Plumbers Watergate Seven Enemies List list of opponents White House tapes United States v. Nixon (1974) Senate Watergate Committee impeachment process "I am not a crook" Resignation speech Pardon