{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1270.38","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1270.38","heading":"Public access to Presidential records.","body":"Public access to Presidential records generally begins five years after the President leaves office, and is administered through the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), as modified by the Presidential Records Act (44 U.S.C. 2204(c)).","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER E—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS","PART 1270—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS","Subpart D—Accessing Presidential Records"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"726e23fb1bf8d8d6254e52195112a3633c8be0a7093a5ef10a4ad0a8c445d7d3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1270.32","next":"us/36-cfr-1270.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}