22 CFR § 504.2 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s504.2"
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title: "22 CFR § 504.2 - Applicability."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "504.2"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA"
part_number: "504"
part_name: "TESTIMONY BY BBG EMPLOYEES, PRODUCTION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 6204."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 19798, Apr. 20, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 504.2 Applicability.

This part applies to demands and requests to current and former employees for factual or expert testimony relating to official information or official duties or for production of official records or information, in legal proceedings in which the BBG is not a named party. This part does not apply to:

(a) Demands upon or requests for a BBG employee to testify as to facts or events that are unrelated to his or her official duties or that are unrelated to the functions of the BBG;

(b) Demands upon or requests for a former BBG employee to testify as to matters in which the former employee was not directly or materially involved while at the BBG;

(c) Requests for the release of records under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, or the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a; or

(d) Congressional demands and requests for testimony, records or information.