32 CFR § 735.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s735.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 735.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "735.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "735"
part_name: "REPORTING BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "70A Stat. 278; 80 Stat. 379, 383; 5 U.S.C. 301, 552; and 10 U.S.C. 5031."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 15321, Apr. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "735"
---


# 735.1 Purpose.

To promulgate latest guidance on reporting births and deaths, including births to which part 138 of this title is applicable.