<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idbaab5997-0c74-11e6-b8d9-9cd3c2bce231" identifier="/us/usc/t4/s144"><num value="144">§ 144.</num><heading> Cooperation of departments and agencies</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The heads of the several executive departments and independent agencies and establishments shall cooperate with the Archivist in the work prescribed by <ref href="/us/usc/t4/s141">section 141 of this title</ref> by permitting access to any records deemed by him to be necessary to the completion of such work.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idbaab5998-0c74-11e6-b8d9-9cd3c2bce231">(Added <ref href="/us/act/1951-10-31/ch655">Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655</ref>, § 12, <ref href="/us/stat/65/714">65 Stat. 714</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/98/497/tI">Pub. L. 98–497, title I</ref>, § 107(f), <date date="1984-10-19">Oct. 19, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/2292">98 Stat. 2292</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="idbaab599a-0c74-11e6-b8d9-9cd3c2bce231"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1984—<ref href="/us/pl/98/497">Pub. L. 98–497</ref> substituted “Archivist” for “Administrator”.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="idbaab599b-0c74-11e6-b8d9-9cd3c2bce231"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Amendment by <ref href="/us/pl/98/497">Pub. L. 98–497</ref> effective <date date="1985-04-01">Apr. 1, 1985</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/98/497/s301">section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t44/s2102">section 2102 of Title 44</ref>, Public Printing and Documents.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I85" topic="miscellaneous" id="idbaab599c-0c74-11e6-b8d9-9cd3c2bce231">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Similar Provisions; Repeal; Saving Clause; Delegation of Functions; Transfer of Property and Personnel</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">See note preceding <ref href="/us/usc/t4/s141">section 141 of this title</ref>.</p>
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