1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Classified Documents Accountability Act . 2. Civil penalties for unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material Section 1924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who violates this section and, upon proof of such violation by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for each such violation. The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person. . 3. Certification requirement (a) Amendment Chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 2210. Certification of Presidential records (a) Requirement for Archives representative There shall be an officer or employee from the National Archives and Records Administration present in the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President to ensure proper logging and handling of Presidential records and Vice-Presidential records, as applicable. (b) Certification process (1) Screening by Archives Any record of the President and Vice President shall be screened for classified material by the National Archives and Records Administration during the Presidential transition and shall be retained by the National Archives and Records Administration. (2) Certification required Not later than the first day of a term of office of an incoming Presidential administration, the outgoing President and the Vice President, or a designee of the President and the Vice President, shall certify to the Archivist and the Attorney General whether outgoing President and Vice President have retained any classified records. This paragraph does not apply to a second