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General Law Enforcement

Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.

Registry statusNARA & DoD

MarkingLEI

Organizational index groupLaw Enforcement

Updated2026-05-15

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Registry comparison

Field	NARA Registry	DoD Registry
Category description	Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.	Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
Category marking	LEI	LEI
Banner marking	CUI	No corresponding field
Basic or Specified	Basic	No corresponding field
Authorities	50 USC 3365(1), 28 USC 534(f)(1)	28 USC 534(f)(1), 50 USC 3365(1)
DoD applicable policies	No corresponding field	None listed
Required warning statement	No corresponding field	None listed
Required dissemination control	CUI	None listed
Examples	No corresponding field	Protection orders, National Crime information data, Uniformed crime report, Foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation
Registry date	July 29, 2025	2026-05-15

Authority analysis

Authority title: Registry authority evidence compiled; primary authority text analysis pending
Authorities: Multiple registry authorities
Source currency: NARA last reviewed: July 29, 2025 | DoD detail accessed: 2026-05-15
How the authority operates: NARA registry status: Basic. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.

Trigger conditions

NARA category scope: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.

Covered information

Protection orders
National Crime information data
Uniformed crime report
Foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation
Registry-described information: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.

Specified controls

Nara basic or specified: Basic
Nara authority rows: 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI || 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
Nara banner markings: CUI

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

NARA Registry: CUI
DoD Registry: None listed
Authority analysis: No DoD required dissemination control is listed on the registry page. Apply approved limited dissemination controls only when required or permitted by the designating agency or governing authority.
Basic or Specified: Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.

Related authorities

50 USC 3365(1): 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
28 USC 534(f)(1): 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
28 USC 534(f)(1): DoD-listed authority source:
50 USC 3365(1): DoD-listed authority source:

Authority-by-authority detail

50 USC 3365(1)

Listed by: NARA Registry, DoD Registry, Related authorities

Designation evidence

NARA authority row: 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI.
DoD authority row: 50 USC 3365(1). DoD lists this citation for the category; this DoD detail page does not display a separate Basic/Specified field.
Related authority evidence: 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
Related authority evidence: DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.
Registry designation for this category is Basic with banner CUI.

Extracted authority meaning

Page 671 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3365
Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.

Operating conditions

NARA category scope used with this authority: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
DoD category scope used with this authority: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
NARA registry status: Basic. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.
NARA category scope: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
Extracted authority condition: Foreign intelligence information (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3003 of this title) or foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any Federal law enforcement, in- telligence, protective, immigration, national de- fense, or national security official in order to as- sist the official receiving that information in the performance of his official duties.
Extracted authority condition: Con- sistent with the responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsibility of the Attorney General to protect sensitive law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information revealing a threat of actual or po- tential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, do- mestic or international sabotage, domestic or international terrorism, or clandestine intel- ligence gathering activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, within the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a crimi- nal investigation to be disclosed to any appro- priate Federal, State, local, or foreign govern- ment official for the purpose of preventing or re- sponding to such a threat.
Extracted authority condition: L. 108–458, see Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note set out under section 3001 of this title], the Director of Na- tional Intelligence shall identify an individual within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who shall be available to analysts within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to counsel, conduct arbitration, offer recommendations, and, as appro- priate, initiate inquiries into real or perceived prob- lems of analytic tradecraft or politicization, biased re- porting, or lack of objectivity in intelligence analysis. ‘‘(b) R EPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the effec- tive date of this Act, the Director of National Intel- ligence shall provide a report to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa- tives on the implementation of subsection (a).’’ § 3365.

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

NARA registry control evidence: status Basic; banner marking CUI.
Nara basic or specified: Basic
Nara authority rows: 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI || 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
Nara banner markings: CUI
No DoD required dissemination control is listed on the registry page. Apply approved limited dissemination controls only when required or permitted by the designating agency or governing authority.
Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.
Extracted authority control: Foreign intelligence information (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3003 of this title) or foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any Federal law enforcement, in- telligence, protective, immigration, national de- fense, or national security official in order to as- sist the official receiving that information in the performance of his official duties.
Extracted authority control: Con- sistent with the responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsibility of the Attorney General to protect sensitive law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information revealing a threat of actual or po- tential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, do- mestic or international sabotage, domestic or international terrorism, or clandestine intel- ligence gathering activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, within the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a crimi- nal investigation to be disclosed to any appro- priate Federal, State, local, or foreign govern- ment official for the purpose of preventing or re- sponding to such a threat.
Extracted authority control: Assistance for governmental entities and private entities in recognizing online violent extremist content (a) Assistance to recognize online violent extrem- ist content Not later than 180 days after May 5, 2017, and consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, the Director of National Intelligence shall publish on a publicly available Internet website a list of all logos, symbols, in- signia, and other markings commonly associ- ated with, or adopted by, an organization des- ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under section 1189(a) of title 8.
Extracted authority control: Any official who re- ceives information pursuant to this provision may use that information only as necessary in the conduct of that person’s official duties sub- ject to any limitations on the unauthorized dis- closure of such information, and any State, local, or foreign official who receives informa- tion pursuant to this provision may use that in- formation only consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General and Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly issue.
Extracted authority control: L. 107–296 inserted at end ‘‘Con- sistent with the responsibility of the Director of Cen- tral Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsibility of the Attorney Gen- eral to protect sensitive law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information revealing a threat of actual or potential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, domes- tic or international sabotage, domestic or inter- national terrorism, or clandestine intelligence gather- ing activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, with- in the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any appro- priate Federal, State, local, or foreign government offi- cial for the purpose of preventing or responding to such a threat.

Authority excerpts

Most relevant extracted authority passage
Foreign intelligence information (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for foreign intelligence or counterintelligence (as defined in section 3003 of this title) or foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any Federal law enforcement, in- telligence, protective, immigration, national de- fense, or national security official in order to as- sist the official receiving that information in the performance of his official duties.

Extracted authority passage 2
Con- sistent with the responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsibility of the Attorney General to protect sensitive law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information revealing a threat of actual or po- tential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, do- mestic or international sabotage, domestic or international terrorism, or clandestine intel- ligence gathering activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, within the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a crimi- nal investigation to be disclosed to any appro- priate Federal, State, local, or foreign govern- ment official for the purpose of preventing or re- sponding to such a threat.

Extracted authority passage 3
Assistance for governmental entities and private entities in recognizing online violent extremist content (a) Assistance to recognize online violent extrem- ist content Not later than 180 days after May 5, 2017, and consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, the Director of National Intelligence shall publish on a publicly available Internet website a list of all logos, symbols, in- signia, and other markings commonly associ- ated with, or adopted by, an organization des- ignated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization under section 1189(a) of title 8.

Extracted authority passage 4
Any official who re- ceives information pursuant to this provision may use that information only as necessary in the conduct of that person’s official duties sub- ject to any limitations on the unauthorized dis- closure of such information, and any State, local, or foreign official who receives informa- tion pursuant to this provision may use that in- formation only consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General and Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly issue.

Extracted authority passage 5
L. 107–296 inserted at end ‘‘Con- sistent with the responsibility of the Director of Cen- tral Intelligence to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsibility of the Attorney Gen- eral to protect sensitive law enforcement information, it shall be lawful for information revealing a threat of actual or potential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, domes- tic or international sabotage, domestic or inter- national terrorism, or clandestine intelligence gather- ing activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, with- in the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a criminal investigation to be disclosed to any appro- priate Federal, State, local, or foreign government offi- cial for the purpose of preventing or responding to such a threat.

Extracted authority passage 6
L. 108–458, see Effective Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note set out under section 3001 of this title], the Director of Na- tional Intelligence shall identify an individual within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who shall be available to analysts within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to counsel, conduct arbitration, offer recommendations, and, as appro- priate, initiate inquiries into real or perceived prob- lems of analytic tradecraft or politicization, biased re- porting, or lack of objectivity in intelligence analysis. ‘‘(b) R EPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the effec- tive date of this Act, the Director of National Intel- ligence shall provide a report to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa- tives on the implementation of subsection (a).’’ § 3365.

28 USC 534(f)(1)

Listed by: NARA Registry, DoD Registry, Related authorities

Designation evidence

NARA authority row: 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI.
DoD authority row: 28 USC 534(f)(1). DoD lists this citation for the category; this DoD detail page does not display a separate Basic/Specified field.
Related authority evidence: 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
Related authority evidence: DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.
Registry designation for this category is Basic with banner CUI.

Extracted authority meaning

Page 210 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 534
Registry designation context: Basic, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.

Operating conditions

NARA category scope used with this authority: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
DoD category scope used with this authority: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
NARA registry status: Basic. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.
NARA category scope: Related to techniques and procedures for law enforcement operations, investigations, prosecutions, or enforcement actions.
Extracted authority condition: Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; ap- pointment of officials (a) The Attorney General shall— (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; (2) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the identification of any deceased individual who has not been identified after the discovery of such deceased individual; (3) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the lo- cation of any missing person (including an un- emancipated person as defined by the laws of the place of residence of such person) and pro- vide confirmation as to any entry for such a person to the parent, legal guardian, or next of kin of that person (and the Attorney General may acquire, collect, classify, and preserve such information from such parent, guardian, or next of kin); and (4) exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized of- ficials of the Federal Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States, including State sentencing commis- sions, Indian tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions.
Extracted authority condition: (b) Any information, allegation, matter, or complaint witnessed, discovered, or received in a department or agency of the executive branch of the Government relating to violations of Fed- eral criminal law involving Government officers and employees shall be expeditiously reported to the Attorney General by the head of the depart- ment or agency, or the witness, discoverer, or recipient, as appropriate, unless— (1) the responsibility to perform an inves- tigation with respect thereto is specifically as- signed otherwise by another provision of law; or (2) as to any department or agency of the Government, the Attorney General directs otherwise with respect to a specified class of information, allegation, or complaint.
Extracted authority condition: L. 92–544, title II, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1115, which provided funds for the exchange of identification records, was editorially reclassified as section 41101 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement. § 535.
Extracted authority condition: (b) The exchange of records and information authorized by subsection (a)(4) of this section is subject to cancellation if dissemination is made outside the receiving departments or related agencies.
Extracted authority condition: (4) which read as follows: ‘‘exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government, the States, cities, and penal and other in- stitutions.’’ 1994—Subsec.

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

NARA registry control evidence: status Basic; banner marking CUI.
Nara basic or specified: Basic
Nara authority rows: 50 USC 3365(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI || 28 USC 534(f)(1) | status: Basic | banner: CUI
Nara banner markings: CUI
No DoD required dissemination control is listed on the registry page. Apply approved limited dissemination controls only when required or permitted by the designating agency or governing authority.
Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.
Extracted authority control: (2) Federal, tribal, and State criminal justice agencies authorized to enter information into criminal information databases may include— (A) arrests, convictions, and arrest warrants for stalking or domestic violence or for viola- tions of protection orders for the protection of parties from stalking or domestic violence; and (B) protection orders for the protection of persons from stalking or domestic violence, provided such orders are subject to periodic verification.
Extracted authority control: (d) I NDIANLAWENFORCEMENTAGENCIES.—The Attorney General shall permit tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement agencies— (1) to access and enter information into Fed- eral criminal information databases; and (2) to obtain information from the data- bases.
Extracted authority control: (b) The exchange of records and information authorized by subsection (a)(4) of this section is subject to cancellation if dissemination is made outside the receiving departments or related agencies.
Extracted authority control: Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; ap- pointment of officials (a) The Attorney General shall— (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; (2) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the identification of any deceased individual who has not been identified after the discovery of such deceased individual; (3) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the lo- cation of any missing person (including an un- emancipated person as defined by the laws of the place of residence of such person) and pro- vide confirmation as to any entry for such a person to the parent, legal guardian, or next of kin of that person (and the Attorney General may acquire, collect, classify, and preserve such information from such parent, guardian, or next of kin); and (4) exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized of- ficials of the Federal Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States, including State sentencing commis- sions, Indian tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions.
Extracted authority control: (b) Any information, allegation, matter, or complaint witnessed, discovered, or received in a department or agency of the executive branch of the Government relating to violations of Fed- eral criminal law involving Government officers and employees shall be expeditiously reported to the Attorney General by the head of the depart- ment or agency, or the witness, discoverer, or recipient, as appropriate, unless— (1) the responsibility to perform an inves- tigation with respect thereto is specifically as- signed otherwise by another provision of law; or (2) as to any department or agency of the Government, the Attorney General directs otherwise with respect to a specified class of information, allegation, or complaint.

Authority excerpts

Most relevant extracted authority passage
(2) Federal, tribal, and State criminal justice agencies authorized to enter information into criminal information databases may include— (A) arrests, convictions, and arrest warrants for stalking or domestic violence or for viola- tions of protection orders for the protection of parties from stalking or domestic violence; and (B) protection orders for the protection of persons from stalking or domestic violence, provided such orders are subject to periodic verification.

Extracted authority passage 2
(d) I NDIANLAWENFORCEMENTAGENCIES.—The Attorney General shall permit tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement agencies— (1) to access and enter information into Fed- eral criminal information databases; and (2) to obtain information from the data- bases.

Extracted authority passage 4
(b) The exchange of records and information authorized by subsection (a)(4) of this section is subject to cancellation if dissemination is made outside the receiving departments or related agencies.

Extracted authority passage 6
Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; ap- pointment of officials (a) The Attorney General shall— (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; (2) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the identification of any deceased individual who has not been identified after the discovery of such deceased individual; (3) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information which would assist in the lo- cation of any missing person (including an un- emancipated person as defined by the laws of the place of residence of such person) and pro- vide confirmation as to any entry for such a person to the parent, legal guardian, or next of kin of that person (and the Attorney General may acquire, collect, classify, and preserve such information from such parent, guardian, or next of kin); and (4) exchange such records and information with, and for the official use of, authorized of- ficials of the Federal Government, including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States, including State sentencing commis- sions, Indian tribes, cities, and penal and other institutions.