[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 28CFR51.37]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 51--PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart E--Processing of Submissions
 
Sec. 51.37  Obtaining information from the submitting authority.

    (a) If a submission does not satisfy the requirements of Sec. 51.27, 
the Attorney General may request from the submitting authority any 
omitted information considered necessary for the evaluation of the 
submission. The request shall be made by letter and shall be made within 
the 60-day period and as promptly as possible after receipt of the 
original submission. See also Sec. 51.26(d).
    (b) A copy of the request shall be sent to any party who has 
commented on the submission or has requested notice of the Attorney 
General's action thereon.
    (c) The Attorney General shall notify the submitting authority that 
a new 60-day period in which the Attorney General may interpose an 
objection shall commence upon the receipt of a response from the 
submitting authority that provides the information requested or states 
that the information is unavailable. The Attorney General can request 
further information within the new 60-day period, but such a further 
request shall not suspend the running of the 60-day period, nor shall 
the receipt of a response to such a request operate to begin a new 60-
day period.
    (d) The receipt of a response from the submitting authority that 
neither provides the information requested nor states that such 
information is unavailable shall not commence a new 60-day period. It is 
the practice of the Attorney General to notify the submitting authority 
that its response is inadequate and to provide such notification as soon 
as possible after the receipt of the inadequate response.
    (e) If, after a request for further information is made pursuant to 
this section, the information requested becomes available to the 
Attorney General from a source other than the submitting authority, the 
Attorney General shall promptly notify the submitting authority by 
letter, and the 60-day period will commence upon the date of such 
notification.
    (f) Notice of the request for and receipt of further information 
will be given to interested parties registered under Sec. 51.32.