45 CFR § 1171.12 - Preservation of records.

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title: "45 CFR § 1171.12 - Preservation of records."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1171.12"
section_name: "Preservation of records."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1171"
part_name: "PUBLIC ACCESS TO NEH RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552; 20 U.S.C. 959; 31 U.S.C. 3717; E.O. 12600."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 9415, Feb. 19, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1171.12 Preservation of records.

NEH will preserve all correspondence pertaining to the requests that it receives as well as copies of all requested records, until disposition or destruction is authorized by the agency's General Records Schedule of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or other NARA-approved records schedule. Records will not be disposed of while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or lawsuit under the Act.