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Definition[]

Presidential records are

documentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion thereof, created or received by the President, his immediate staff, or a unit or individual of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise and assist the President, in the course of conducting activities which relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President.[1]

Overview[]

"Excluded are Federal agency records, personal papers, stocks of publications and stationery, and extra copies of documents produced only for convenience of reference and clearly identified as such."[2]

References[]

  1. 44 U.S.C. §2201.
  2. EPA, Vocabulary Catalog List Detail - Records Glossary (full-text).
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