CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE B—Other Regulations Relating to National Defense > CHAPTER XIX—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (parts 1900 to 1910) > PART 1909—ACCESS BY HISTORICAL RESEARCHERS AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES PURSUANT TO § 4.5 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958 > 1909.01—Authority and purpose.

1909.01—Authority and purpose.

(a) Authority. This part is issued under the authority of and in order to implement § 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 (or successor Orders); the CIA Information Act of 1984 (50 U.S.C. 431 ); sec. 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 403 ); and sec. 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended (50 U.S.C. 403g ).
(b) Purpose. (1) This part prescribes procedures for:
(i) Requesting access to CIA records for purposes of historical research, or
(ii) Requesting access to CIA records as a former Presidential appointee.
(2) Section 4.5 of Executive Order 12958 and these regulations do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, or employees.