H.R. 6669: To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff shall be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Archives and Records Administration. Specifies such property as any part of the collection of documents, papers, and memorabilia relating to Roosevelt, or any member of his family or staff, which was originally in the possession of Grace Tully and retained by her at the time of her death, and included in her estate.

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To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6669.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6669 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110