36 C.F.R. § 1270.38 : Parks, Forests, and Public Property — NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION — PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS — PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS — ACCESSING PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS — Public access to Presidential records

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) ).