28 U.S.C. § 1733 : US Code - Section 1733: Government records and papers; copies

Search 28 U.S.C. § 1733 : US Code - Section 1733: Government records and papers; copies

(a) Books or records of account or minutes of proceedings of any
department or agency of the United States shall be admissible to
prove the act, transaction or occurrence as a memorandum of which
the same were made or kept.
(b) Properly authenticated copies or transcripts of any books,
records, papers or documents of any department or agency of the
United States shall be admitted in evidence equally with the
originals thereof.
(c) This section does not apply to cases, actions, and
proceedings to which the Federal Rules of Evidence apply.