---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1260.1"
title: "36"
number: "1260.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1260.1"
---

# §1260.1. What is the purpose of this part?

- (a) This subchapter defines the responsibilities of NARA and other Federal agencies for declassification of classified national security information in the holdings of NARA. This part also describes NARA's procedures for:
  - (1) Operation of the National Declassification Center,
  - (2) Processing referrals to other agencies,
  - (3) Facilitating systematic reviews of NARA holdings, and
  - (4) **Processing mandatory declassification review requests for NARA holdings.**
- (b) Regulations for researchers who wish to request access to materials containing classified national security information are found in [36 CFR part 1256](/cfr/36/part1256.md).
- (c) For the convenience of the user, the following table provides references between the sections contained in this part and the relevant sections of the Order and the Implementing Directive.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101 to 2118; 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298; Presidential Memorandum of December 29, 2009 “Implementation of the Executive Order, Classified National Security Information,” 75 FR 733, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 412; 32 CFR Part 2001.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 81828, Dec. 29, 2011, unless otherwise noted.