---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1908.01"
title: "32"
number: "1908.01"
heading: "Authority and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1908.01"
---

# §1908.01. Authority and purpose.

- (a) **Authority—** This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement [section 3.5](/cfr/32/3.5.md) of E.O. 13526 (or successor Orders); the CIA Information Act of 1984), as amended ([50 U.S.C. 431](/usc/50/431.md); section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended ([50 U.S.C. 403](/usc/50/403.md)); and section 6 of the CIA Act of 1949, as amended ([5 U.S.C. 403g](/usc/5/403g.md)).
- (b) **Purpose—** This part prescribes procedures, subject to limitations set forth below, for members of the public to request a declassification review of information classified under the Executive Order 13526 or predecessor Orders. [Section 3.5](/cfr/32/3.5.md) of Executive Order 13526 and these regulations are not intended to and do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 59033, Sept. 23, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: Executive Order 13526 75 FR 707, 3 CFR 2010 Comp., p. 298-327 (or successor orders).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32495, June 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 59033, Sept. 23, 2011]