---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 911.101"
title: "5"
number: "911.101"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/911.101"
---

# §911.101. Scope and purpose.

- (a) The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has the right to criminal history record information of State and local criminal justice agencies to determine whether a person may—
  - (1) Be eligible for access to classified information;
  - (2) Be assigned to sensitive national security duties; or
  - (3) **Continue to be assigned to sensitive national security duties.**
- (b) This part sets out the conditions under which OPM may sign an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless a State or locality against claims for damages, costs, and other monetary loss caused by disclosure or use of criminal history record information by OPM.
- (c) The procedures set forth in this part do not apply to situations when OPM seeks access to the criminal history records of another Federal agency.
- (d) By law these provisions implementing [5 U.S.C. 9101(b)(3)](/usc/5/9101.md?p=b-3) will expire December 4, 1988, unless the duration of this section is extended or limited by Congress.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Title VIII, Access to Criminal History Records for National Security Purposes, of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986, Pub. L. 99-169, sections 801-803, 99 Stat. 1002, 1008-1011 (1985) (codified in part at 5 U.S.C. 9101).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 4491, Feb. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.