Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 22 - Foreign Relations last revised: Oct 28, 2024
§ 171.5 - Archival records.

The Department ordinarily transfers records designated as historically significant to the National Archives when they are 25 years old. Accordingly, requests for some Department records 25 years old or older should be submitted to the National Archives by mail addressed to Special Access and FOIA Staff (RD-F), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500, College Park, MD 20740-6001; by fax to (301) 837-1864; or by email to [email protected]. The Department's website, www.foia.state.gov, has additional information regarding archival records.

authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 5 U.S.C. 552,552a; E.O. 12600 (52 FR 23781); Pub. L. 114-185; Pub. L. 95-521, 92 Stat. 1824 (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. Ch. 131); 5 CFR part 2634
cite as: 22 CFR 171.5