32 CFR § 1911.1 - Authority and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1911.1"
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title: "32 CFR § 1911.1 - Authority and purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1911.1"
section_name: "Authority and purpose."
chapter_name: "CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY"
part_number: "1911"
part_name: "SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR DISCRETIONARY ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED HISTORICAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RECORDS REQUESTED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "50 U.S.C. 3001  50 U.S.C. 3141  Executive Order 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR 2010 Comp., p. 298-327, (or successor Orders); Executive Order 12333, 40 FR 235, 3 CFR 1981 Comp., p. 200 (or successor Orders)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 52591, Aug. 9, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1911"
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# 1911.1 Authority and purpose.

(a) *Authority.* This part is issued under the authority of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended, Executive Order 13526 (or successor Orders), and section 1.6 of Executive Order 12333, as amended (or successor Orders).

(b) *Purpose.* This part prescribes procedures for providing, as a matter of discretion, appropriately cleared staff and contractor personnel of other Federal agencies with access to classified historical CIA records that their agency has requested when such access is not expressly required by statute.