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The Presidential Records Act (PRA) defines presidential records as documentary materials, or any reasonably
segregable portion thereof, created or received by the President the President's immediate staff, or a unit or individual
of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise or 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.
The term presidential records includes any documentary materials relating to the political activities of the President or members of the
President's staff if such activities relate to or have a direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or
ceremonial duties of the President. Personal records of a purely private or nonpublic character (such as diaries orjournals) are not
considered presidential records.
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Certain components create presidential records, while others create federal records. Presidential and federal records are accessible
under different statutory mechanisms.

* White House Office
* Office of the Vice President
* Office of Policy Development
* Council of Economic Advisors
* National Security Council
* President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
* President's Intelligence Oversight Board
* National Economic Council
* Office of Administration

* Office of Management and Budget
* Office of the United StatesTrade Representative
* Council on Environmental Quality
* Office of Science and Technology Policy
* Office of National Drug Control Policy

Candidates, Presidents-elect, and their
staff do not create presidential
records. However, their communications
between agencies or components of the
EOP (e.g., transition briefing materials,
agency working files) may be captured
under the FRA or PRA.
Volumn of Presieta
The National Archives and Records
Administration administers 15
presidential libraries. The volume of
records materials has changed over
time from analog records to
electronic records.
Textual Records (Cubic feet)
Non-Textual Audio-Visual Records
(Cubic feet)
Electmonic Records
(Terabytes)

After entering office, the President and
components of the EOP create
presidentia records. However,
under Title 44, Section 2201(3)(C) of the
U.S. Code, materials relating exclusively
to the President's own election to the
presidency or to the election of
individuals to federal, state, or local
office, are not presidential records.

The President leaves office and
no longer creates presidential
records.

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