---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1907.01"
title: "32"
number: "1907.01"
heading: "Authority and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1907.01"
---

# §1907.01. Authority and purpose.

- (a) **Authority—** This Part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement [section 1.8](/cfr/32/1.8.md) of E.O. 13526, section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, and section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949.
- (b) **Purpose—** This part prescribes procedures for non-Agency personnel who are authorized holders of CIA information, to challenge the classification status, whether classified or unclassified, based on a good faith belief that the current status of CIA information is improper. This part and [section 1.8](/cfr/32/1.8.md) of Executive Order 13526 confer no rights upon members of the general public or individuals who are not authorized holders of CIA information.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 59031, Sept. 23, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: Executive Order 13526 75 FR 707, 3 CFR 2010 Comp., P. 298-327; section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947; section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32494, June 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 59031, Sept. 23, 2011]