32 CFR § 1909.1 - Authority and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1909.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 1909.1 - Authority and purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1909.1"
section_name: "Authority and purpose."
chapter_name: "CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY"
part_number: "1909"
part_name: "ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED CIA INFORMATION BY HISTORICAL RESEARCHERS AND CERTAIN FORMER GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO SEC. 4.4 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13526"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Executive Order 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR 2010 Comp., p. 298-327 (or successor Orders)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 64063, Sept. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1909"
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# 1909.1 Authority and purpose.

(a) *Authority.* This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement section 4.4 of Executive Order 13526, as amended (or successor Orders); section 1.6 of Executive Order 12333, as amended (or successor Orders); section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended; and section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1947, as amended.

(b) *Purpose.* This part prescribes procedures for waiving the need-to-know requirement for access to classified information with respect to persons:

(1) Requesting access to classified CIA information as historical researchers;

(2) Requesting access to classified CIA information as a former Presidential or Vice Presidential appointee or designee; or

(3) Requesting access to classified CIA information as a former President or Vice President.