,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #efcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 and ,mr4     
,schiff7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to prohibit the closure of ,federal     
records centers1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,national ,archives        
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting the 
closure of ,federal records centers     
,section #bijg of title #dd1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking ,the and inserting the         
following3  7a7 ,in general ,the  2 and 
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7b7 ,prohibition ,the ,archivist may  
not-- 7#a7 close or impose unreasonable 
restrictions on public access to any    
record center or archive facility       

established before the date of enactment
 of this subsection2 or  7#b7           
reconstruct1 convert1 or rehabilitate   
any such center or facility if doing so 
would require the relocation of records 
for more than #ahj days4  4