---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 171.30"
title: "22"
number: "171.30"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/171.30"
---

# §171.30. Purpose and scope.


This subpart sets forth the process by which persons may request access to public financial disclosure reports filed with the Department in accordance with sections [101](/cfr/22/101.md) and [103(l)](/cfr/22/103.md?p=l) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, recodified at 5 U.S.C. [13103](/usc/5/13103.md) and [13105](/usc/5/13105.md). The retention, public availability, and improper use of these reports are governed by 5 U.S.C. [13107](/usc/5/13107.md) and [5](/usc/5/5.md) CFR 2634.603. It also sets forth the prohibition on access to confidential financial disclosure reports filed under [5 CFR 2634](/cfr/5/2634.md), [subpart I](/cfr/22/subpartI.md), in accordance with [sections 107(a)](/cfr/22/107.md?p=a) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. [13109](/usc/5/13109.md) and [5](/usc/5/5.md) CFR 2634.604.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; E.O. 12600 (52 FR 23781); Pub. L. 114-185; Pub. L. 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824 (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. Ch. 131); 5 CFR part 2634.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 71740, Oct. 18, 2023, unless otherwise noted.