36 C.F.R. Subpart C—Disposal of Presidential Records
Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property
A President may, while in office, dispose of any Presidential records which in his opinion lack administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value if one of the following two sets of requirements is satisfied: (a)(1) The President has obtained the written views of the Archivist concerning the proposed disposal; and (2) The Archivist states in his written views to the President that he does not intend to request, with respect to the President's proposed disposal of Presidential records, the advice of the Committees on Rules and Administration and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on House Administration and Government Operations of the House of Representatives because he does not consider— (i) The records proposed for disposal to be of special interest to the Congress; or (ii) Consultation with the Congress concerning the proposed disposal to be in the public interest; or (b)(1) The President has obtained the written views of the Archivist concerning the proposed disposal; (2) The Archivist states in his written views either— (i) That the records proposed for disposal may be of special interest to the Congress; or (ii) That consultation with the Congress concerning the proposed disposal is in the public interest; and (3) The President submits copies of the proposed disposal schedule to the Committees on Rules and Administration and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on House Administration and Government Operations of the House of Representatives at least 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress in advance of the proposed disposal date. For the purpose of this section, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the days in which Congress is in continuous session. (a) The Archivist may dispose of Presidential records which he has appraised and determined to have insufficient administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value to warrant their continued preservation. (b) When Presidential records are scheduled for disposal pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the Archivist shall publish a notice of this disposal in the (c) The notice required by paragraph (b) of this section, shall include the following: (1) A reasonably specific description of the records scheduled for disposal; and (2) A concise statement of the reason for disposal of the records. (d) Publication in the
Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
PART 1270—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
Subpart C—Disposal of Presidential Records
§ 1270.30 Disposal of Presidential records by incumbent President.
§ 1270.32 Disposal of Presidential Records in the custody of the Archivist.
