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== Background and role == The Archivist is appointed by the [[President of the United States|President]] with the [[advice and consent]] of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and is responsible for safeguarding and making available for study all the permanently valuable records of the federal government, including the original [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] and [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]], which are displayed in the Archives' main building in [[Washington, D.C.]] Under Public Law No. 98-497, the Archivist also must maintain custody of [[State legislature (United States)|state]] ratifications of [[Constitutional amendment#United States|amendments]] to the Constitution. It is the Archivist's duty to issue a certificate [[Promulgation|proclaiming]] a particular amendment duly ratified and part of the Constitution if the legislatures of at least three-quarters of the states approve the proposed amendment.<ref>{{USPL|98|497}}</ref> The Amendment and its certificate of ratification are then published in the ''[[Federal Register]]'' and the amendment is included in the [[United States Statutes at Large]]. Before the enactment of that statute in 1984, that duty was vested in the [[General Services Administration]], and, before the establishment of that agency in 1949, it formed part of the duties of the United States Secretary of State. In accordance with Title 1, Chapter 2 §106a of the [[United States Code]], the Archivist of the United States also receives the original version of all statutes of the United States, once enacted.<ref>{{USC|1|106a}}</ref> [[Joint resolution]]s and [[acts of Congress]] signed into law by the president are delivered by the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Office of the President]] to the National Archives. The same happens if a bill becomes law because the president fails to approve or [[Veto power in the United States|veto]] it. If the president vetoes a bill but the presidential veto is overridden, the new law is transmitted to the National Archives not by the office of the president, but by Congress: in this case, the presiding officer of the last house to consider the bill certifies that the presidential objection was overridden, and sends the new law to the Archivist. In all cases, the National Archives maintains custody of the original document and (by means of the [[Office of the Federal Register]], a division of the National Archives), assigns the new Act of Congress a public law number, provides for its publication as a slip law and for the inclusion of the new statute in the ''United States Statutes at Large''. The actual printing and circulation of the slip law and of the volumes of the ''[[United States Statutes at Large]]'' is the responsibility of the [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Publishing Office]], headed by the [[Director of the Government Publishing Office]]. By means of the Office of the Federal Register, the National Archives also publishes documents of the Executive Branch, such as presidential proclamations and executive orders, retaining custody of the original signed documents. The National Archives also has many duties regarding the preservation of presidential papers and materials. In all United States presidential elections, the Archivist also has duties concerning the custody of [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] documents, such as [[certificates of ascertainment]] declaring the names of the presidential electors chosen in each state, and of the certificates of vote produced by the electors of each state.<ref>{{usc|3|6|13}}</ref> In practice, these administrative responsibilities are delegated to the Director of the Federal Register.<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/roles.html#ofr U. S. Electoral College: Roles and Responsibilities]</ref>
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