32 CFR § 1804.1 - Authority and purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1804.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 1804.1 - Authority and purpose."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1804.1"
section_name: "Authority and purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CENTER"
part_number: "1804"
part_name: "ACCESS BY HISTORICAL RESEARCHERS AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.5 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 (or successor Orders) and Presidential Decision Directive/NSC 24 “U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness,” dated May 3, 1994."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 49892, Sept. 14, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1804"
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# 1804.1 Authority and purpose.
(a) *Authority.* This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement § 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 (or successor Orders); and Presidential Decision Directive/NSC 24, U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness, dated May 3, 1994.
(b) *Purpose.* (1) This part prescribes procedures for:
(i) Requesting access to NACIC records for purposes of historical research, or
(ii) Requesting access to NACIC records as a former Presidential appointee.
(2) Section 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 and this part do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, or employees.