---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1225.20"
title: "36"
number: "1225.20"
heading: "When do agencies have to get GAO approval for schedules?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1225.20"
---

# §1225.20. When do agencies have to get GAO approval for schedules?

- (a) If an agency requests a deviation from the GRS related to accountable officer records that would authorize a retention period shorter than the retention period provided in the GRS, the agency must obtain approval from the Comptroller General.
- (b) This approval must be obtained before NARA will approve the proposed agency records schedule.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 35008, May 1, 2024, as amended at 89 FR 47468, June 3, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2111, 2904, 2905, 3102, and Chapter 33.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 35008, May 1, 2024, as amended at 89 FR 47468, June 3, 2024]