36 CFR § 1206.30 - What is the scope and purpose of records grants?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1206.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 1206.30 - What is the scope and purpose of records grants?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1206.30"
section_name: "What is the scope and purpose of records grants?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES"
part_number: "1206"
part_name: "NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C. 2501-2506; 2 CFR 200, and as noted in specific sections."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 27624, May 12, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1206"
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# 1206.30 What is the scope and purpose of records grants?
(a) Records grants support projects designed to preserve and facilitate use of historical records of national, state, or local significance for the purpose of furthering an understanding and appreciation of United States history and assuring the rights of American citizens to free and equal access to government records.
(b) The Commission also supports projects to develop methods, tools, techniques, and practices to improve and advance the archival profession in the United States, and to support continuing education of archivists, records managers, and other keepers of historical records.