49 CFR § 1520.19 - Destruction of SSI.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1520.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 1520.19 - Destruction of SSI."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1520.19"
section_name: "Destruction of SSI."
chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "SECURITY RULES FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "1520"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70102-70106, 70117; 49 U.S.C. 114, 40113, 44901-44907, 44913-44914, 44916-44918, 44935-44936, 44942, 46105."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 28082, May 18, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1520"
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# 1520.19 Destruction of SSI.

(a) *DHS.* Subject to the requirements of the Federal Records Act (5 U.S.C. 105), including the duty to preserve records containing documentation of a Federal agency's policies, decisions, and essential transactions, DHS destroys SSI when no longer needed to carry out the agency's function.

(b) *Other covered persons*—(1) *In general.* A covered person must destroy SSI completely to preclude recognition or reconstruction of the information when the covered person no longer needs the SSI to carry out transportation security measures.

(2) *Exception.* Paragraph (b)(1) of this section does not require a State or local government agency to destroy information that the agency is required to preserve under State or local law.