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28 CFR § 513.30 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s513.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 513.30 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "513.30"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "513"
part_name: "ACCESS TO RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a; 13 U.S.C.; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to conduct occurring on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984, as to conduct occurring after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 31 U.S.C. 3711(f); 5 CFR part 297; 28 CFR 0.95-0.99 and parts 16 and 301."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 44228, June 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "513"
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# 513.30 Purpose and scope.

This subpart establishes procedures for the release of requested records in possession of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“Bureau”). It is intended to implement provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and to supplement Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations concerning the production or disclosure of records or information, 28 CFR part 16.