[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 28CFR44.301]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 44--UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Enforcement Procedures
 
Sec. 44.301  Acceptance of charge.

    (a) The Special Counsel shall notify the charging party of receipt 
of a charge as defined in Sec. 44.101(a) or receipt of a submission 
deemed to be a charge under paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
    (b) The notice to the charging party shall specify the date on which 
the charge was received, state that the charging party, other than an 
officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, may file a 
complaint before an administrative law judge if the Special Counsel does 
not do so within 120 days of receipt of the charge, and state the last 
date on which such a complaint may be filed.
    (c)(1) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, if a charging 
party's submission is inadequate to constitute a charge as defined in 
Sec. 44.101(a), the Special Counsel shall notify the charging party that 
specified additional information is needed. As of the date that adequate 
information is received in writing by the Special Counsel, the charging 
party's submission shall be deemed a filed charge and the Special 
Counsel shall issue the notices required by paragraphs (b) and (e) of 
this section.
    (2) In the Special Counsel's discretion, the Special Counsel may 
deem a submission to be a filed charge as of the date of its receipt 
even though it is inadequate to constitute a charge as defined in 
Sec. 44.101(a). The Special Counsel may then obtain the additional 
information specified in Sec. 44.101(a) in the course of investigating 
the charge.
    (d)(1) If the Special Counsel receives a charge after 180 days of 
the alleged occurrence of an unfair immigration-related employment 
practice, the Special Counsel shall dismiss the charge with prejudice.
    (2) Inadequate submissions that are later deemed charges under 
paragraph (c)(1) of this section are timely filed as long as--
    (i) The original submission is filed within 180 days of the alleged 
occurrence of an unfair immigration-related employment practice; and
    (ii) Any additional information requested by the Special Counsel 
pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this section is provided in writing to 
the Special Counsel within the 180-day period or within 45 days of the 
date on which the charging party received the Special Counsel's 
notification pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section, whichever is 
later.
    (e) The Special Counsel shall serve notice of the charge on the 
respondent by certified mail within 10 days of receipt of the charge. 
The notice shall include the date, place, and circumstances of the 
alleged unfair immigration-related employment practice.

[Order No. 1225-87, 52 FR 37409, Oct. 6, 1987, as amended by Order No. 
1520-91, 57 FR 40249, Aug. 14, 1991; 57 FR 30397, July 9, 1992]