---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.254"
title: "43"
number: "2.254"
heading: "Exemptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.254"
---

# §2.254. Exemptions.

- (a) **Criminal law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2).** Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=j-2) the following systems of records are exempted from all of the provisions of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the regulations in this subpart except paragraphs [(b)](#b), [(c)(1)](#c-1) and [(2)](#c-2), [(e)(4)(A) through (F)](#e-4-A..e-4-F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10), (11), and (12), and (i) of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the portions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
  - (1) **INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.**
  - (2) **INTERIOR/BIA-18, Law Enforcement Services System.**
  - (3) **INTERIOR/NPS-19, Law Enforcement Statistical Reporting System.**
  - (4) **INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.**
  - (5) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**
  - (6) **INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.**
- (b) **Classified records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1).** Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=k-1), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs [(c)(3)](#c-3), (d), [(e)(1)](#e-1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
  - (1) **INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.**
  - (2) **INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.**
  - (3) **INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.**
  - (4) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**
- (c) **Law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2).** Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=k-2), the following systems of records are exempted from paragraphs [(c)(3)](#c-3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
  - (1) **INTERIOR/OIG-2, Investigative Records.**
  - (2) **INTERIOR/FWS-21, Permits System.**
  - (3) **INTERIOR/BLM-18, Criminal Case Investigation System.**
  - (4) **INTERIOR/BLM-19, Civil Trespass Case Investigations.**
  - (5) **INTERIOR/BLM-20, Employee Conduct Investigations.**
  - (6) -(7) [Reserved]
  - (8) **INTERIOR/NPS-17, Employee Financial Irregularities.**
  - (9) **INTERIOR/Reclamation-37, Trespass Cases.**
  - (10) INTERIOR/SOL-1, Litigation, Appeal and Case Files System, to the extent that it consists of investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes.
  - (11) **INTERIOR/FWS-19, Endangered Species Licenses System.**
  - (12) **INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.**
  - (13) **INTERIOR/BIA-24, Timber Cutting and Trespass Claims Files.**
  - (14) **INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.**
  - (15) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**
  - (16) **INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.**
  - (17) **INTERIOR/DOI-24, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.**
  - (18) **INTERIOR/BSEE-01, Investigations Case Management System (CMS).**
  - (19) **INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.**
  - (20) **INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.**
- (d) **Records maintained in connection with providing protective services exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3).** Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=k-3), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs [(c)(3)](#c-3), (d), [(e)(1)](#e-1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I) and (f) of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
  - (1) **INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.**
  - (2) **INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.**
  - (3) **INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.**
  - (4) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**
- (e) **Investigatory records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5).** Pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=k-5), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), [(e)(1)](#e-1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
  - (1) [Reserved]
  - (2) **INTERIOR/GS-9, National Research Council Grants Program.**
  - (3) **INTERIOR/OS-68, Committee Management Files.**
  - (4) **INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.**
  - (5) **INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.**
  - (6) **INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.**
  - (7) **INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.**
  - (8) **INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.**
  - (9) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**
- (f) **Records maintained on testing and examination material exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6).** Pursuant to U.S.C. 552a(k)(6), the following systems of records have been exempted from 5 U.S.C. [552a(c)(3)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=c-3), [(d)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=c-d), [(e)(1)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=e-1), [(e)(4)(G)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=e-4-G), [(H)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=e-4-H) and [(I)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=e-4-I), and [(f)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=e-4-f) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs.
  - (1) **INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.**
  - (2) **INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).**

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 49928, Sept. 7, 2021, as amended at 87 FR 8428, Feb. 15, 2022; 88 FR 10480, Feb. 21, 2023; 89 FR 2148, Jan. 12, 2024; 89 FR 63830, Aug. 6, 2024]

### Source

Source: 40 FR 44505, Sept. 26, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 67 FR 64530, Oct. 21, 2002. Redesignated at 77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012; 78 FR 6216, Jan. 30, 2013.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a, 553, 31 U.S.C. 3717, 43 U.S.C. 1460, 1461, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, Pub. L. 115-59, September 15, 2017.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 7305, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 49928, Sept. 7, 2021, as amended at 87 FR 8428, Feb. 15, 2022; 88 FR 10480, Feb. 21, 2023; 89 FR 2148, Jan. 12, 2024; 89 FR 63830, Aug. 6, 2024]