---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 137.176"
title: "42"
number: "137.176"
heading: "Are Tribal records subject to the Freedom of Information Act and Federal Privacy Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/137.176"
---

# §137.176. Are Tribal records subject to the Freedom of Information Act and Federal Privacy Act?


No, except to the extent that a Self-Governance Tribe specifies otherwise in its compact or funding agreement, the records of the Self-Governance Tribe shall not be considered Federal records for purposes of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 458 et seq.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002, unless otherwise noted.