---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1804.1"
title: "32"
number: "1804.1"
heading: "Authority and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1804.1"
---

# §1804.1. Authority and purpose.

- (a) **Authority.** This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement [§ 4.5](/cfr/32/4.5.md) of Executive Order 12958 (or successor Orders); and Presidential Decision Directive/NSC 24, U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness, dated May 3, 1994.
- (b) **Purpose.**
  - (1) **This part prescribes procedures for—**
    - (i) Requesting access to NACIC records for purposes of historical research, or
    - (ii) **Requesting access to NACIC records as a former Presidential appointee.**
  - (2) [Section 4.5](/cfr/32/4.5.md) of Executive Order 12958 and this part do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, or employees.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 (or successor Orders) and Presidential Decision Directive/NSC 24 “U.S. Counterintelligence Effectiveness,” dated May 3, 1994.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 49892, Sept. 14, 1999, unless otherwise noted.