---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 503.5"
title: "22"
number: "503.5"
heading: "Records available for public inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/503.5"
---

# §503.5. Records available for public inspection.

- (a) To the extent that they exist, we will make the following records of general interest available for you in paper form or electronically for inspection or copying:
  - (1) **Orders and final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions in adjudications.** (See [§ 503.8(e)](/cfr/22/503.8.md?p=e) of this part for availability of internal memoranda, including attorney opinions and advice.)
  - (2) Statements of policy and interpretations that we have adopted but which have not been published in the Federal Register.
  - (3) **Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect the public.** (We will not make available, however, manuals or instructions that reveal investigative or audit procedures as described in § [503.8(b)](/cfr/22/503.8.md?p=b) and [(g)](/cfr/22/503.8.md?p=g) of this part.)
  - (4) In addition to such records as those described in this [paragraph (a)](#a), we will make available to any person a copy of all other Agency records, in the format requested, if available, unless we determine that such records should be withheld from disclosure under [subsection (b)](#b) of the Act and §§ [503.8](/cfr/22/503.8.md) and [503.9](/cfr/22/503.9.md) of this part.
- (b) Before releasing these records, however, we may delete the names of people, or information that would identify them, if release would invade their personal privacy to a clearly unwarranted degree (See [§ 503.8(f)](/cfr/22/503.8.md?p=f)).
- (c) The Agency's FOIA Guide and Index is available electronically via the Internet, or you may request a copy of it by mail.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 Reform Act of 1986 as amended by Pub. L. 99-570; sec. 1801-1804; U.S.C. 2658; 5 U.S.C. 301; 13 U.S.C. 8, E.O. 10477, as amended; 47 FR 9320, Apr. 2, 1982, E.O. 12356. 5 U.S.C. 552 (1988 & Supp. III 1991) as amended by Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-570, Title I, sections 1801-1804, 100 Stat. 3207, 3207-48-50 (1986)(codified at 5 U.S.C. 552 (1988)); 22 U.S.C. 2658 (1988); 5 U.S.C. 301 (1988); 13 U.S.C. 8 (2988); E.O. 10477, 3 CFR 958 (1949-1953) as amended by E.O. 10822, 3 CFR 355 (1959-1963), E.O. 12292, 3 FR 134 (1982), E.O. 12356, 3 CFR 166 (1983), E.O. 12958 (1995).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 8867, Feb. 27, 2002, unless otherwise noted.