---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 1909.1"
title: "32"
number: "1909.1"
heading: "Authority and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/1909.1"
---

# §1909.1. Authority and purpose.

- (a) **Authority.** This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement [section 4.4](/cfr/32/4.4.md) of Executive Order 13526, as amended (or successor Orders); [section 1.6](/cfr/32/1.6.md) of Executive Order 12333, as amended (or successor Orders); section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended; and section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1947, as amended.
- (b) **Purpose.** This part prescribes procedures for waiving the need-to-know requirement for access to classified information with respect to persons:
  - (1) Requesting access to classified CIA information as historical researchers;
  - (2) Requesting access to classified CIA information as a former Presidential or Vice Presidential appointee or designee; or
  - (3) **Requesting access to classified CIA information as a former President or Vice President.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 81 FR 64063, Sept. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.