Sec. 1001. Transfer of certain records to archivist of United States
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Subject to subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall transfer to the Archivist of the United States each record— created during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and ending December 31, 1986; and subject to Item 7 of Records Schedule N1–60–10–31 of the National Archives and Records Administration. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States may submit to the Archivist of the United States a written request to retain any record described in subsection (a), in accordance with section 1235.14 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.
The Archivist shall approve or deny each such request not later than 60 days after receiving the request. Not later than 30 days after the Archivist of the United States denies a request under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall transfer to the Archivist each record for which the request for retention has been denied. If the Attorney General fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the Archivist of the United States may bring an action in the proper district court of the United States to enforce compliance with this section.