36 CFR § 1235.30 - How may records in the National Archives of the United States be used?

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title: "36 CFR § 1235.30 - How may records in the National Archives of the United States be used?"
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title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
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section_name: "How may records in the National Archives of the United States be used?"
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part_name: "TRANSFER OF RECORDS TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES"
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# 1235.30 How may records in the National Archives of the United States be used?

(a) NARA will enforce restrictions that are consistent with FOIA (5 U.S.C. 552(b) as amended) for both official use of the records by Federal agencies and research by the public.

(b) NARA regulations in Subchapter C of this chapter apply to Federal agency personnel using transferred records for official Government purposes, and to the public at large.