32 CFR § 1660.1 - Purpose.

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title: "32 CFR § 1660.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1660.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1660"
part_name: "RELEASE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION IN LITIGATION AND PRESENTATION OF WITNESS TESTIMONY BY SSS PERSONNEL (TOUHY REGULATION)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 50 U.S.C. 3809; and E.O. 11623, 36 FR 19963, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 614, as amended by E.O. 13286, 68 FR 10619, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 166."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 59451, Aug. 29, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1660.1 Purpose.

This part establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the release of official information in litigation and the presentation of witness testimony by Selective Service System (SSS) personnel pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 301 and the Supreme Court's decision in *United States ex rel. Touhy* v. *Ragen,* 340 U.S. 462 (1951).