An Act to Establish the National Archives and Records Administration

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Description

Signed by President Ronald Reagan on October 14, 1984, Public Law 98-497 established an independent National Archives and Records Administration on April 1, 1985. Although President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the National Archives as an independent agency in 1934, a 1950 law subsequently placed it under a newly created U.S. General Services Administration. The 1984 law restored the Archives’ independence.

Citation

This primary source comes from the General Records of the United States Government.

National Archives Identifier: 598392

Full Citation: An Act to Establish the National Archives and Records Administration; 10/19/1984; (98 Stat. 2280); Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789–2017; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/act-establish-national-archives/, February 17, 2026]

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