22 CFR § 66.1 - Introduction.

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title: "22 CFR § 66.1 - Introduction."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "66.1"
section_name: "Introduction."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND EXCHANGES"
part_number: "66"
part_name: "AVAILABILITY OF THE RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 4411  Pub. L. 99-570, Secs. 1801-1804, 100 Stat. 3207-48 (1986); Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681"
regulatory_source: "51 FR 40162, Nov. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 54540, Oct. 7, 1999."
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# 66.1 Introduction.

These regulations amend the Code of Federal Regulations to conform with Pub. L. 99-93. Pub. L. 99-93 amended the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4411, et. seq.) to require the National Endowment for Democracy (hereinafter “NED”) to comply fully with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) (hereinafter “FOIA”), notwithstanding that NED is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government. NED will make information about its operation, organization, procedures and records available to the public in accordance with the provisions of FOIA.