---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 9206"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "9206"
heading: "Rules of construction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/9206"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart H — Access to Criminal History Record Information"
  - "Chapter 92 — Prohibition on Criminal History Inquiries Prior to Conditional Offer"
---

# §9206. Rules of construction


Nothing in this chapter may be construed to—

- (1) authorize any officer or [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) of an [agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1) to request the disclosure of information described under subparagraphs [(B)](/usc/5/9201.md?p=4-B) and [(C)](/usc/5/9201.md?p=4-C) of section 9201(4); or
- (2) create a private right of action for any [person](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XI, § 1122(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1607.)