[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR171.15]

[Page 710]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 171_AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC
--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Freedom of Information Act Provisions
 
Sec. 171.15  Fees to be charged--categories of requesters.

    Under the FOIA, there are four categories of requesters: Commercial 
use requesters, educational and non-commercial scientific institutions, 
representatives of the news media, and all other requesters. The fees 
for each of these categories are:
    (a) Commercial use requesters. When the Department receives a 
request for documents for commercial use as defined in Sec. 171.11(l), 
it will assess charges that recover the full direct costs of searching 
for, reviewing for release, and duplicating the record sought. 
Commercial use requesters are not entitled to two hours of free search 
time or 100 free pages of reproduction of documents. The Department may 
recover the cost of searching for and reviewing records even if there is 
ultimately no disclosure of records (see Sec. 171.16(b)).
    (b) Educational and non-commercial scientific institution 
requesters. The Department shall provide documents to requesters in this 
category for the cost of reproduction alone, excluding charges for the 
first 100 pages. To be eligible for inclusion in this category, a 
requester must show that the request is being made as authorized by and 
under the auspices of a qualifying institution, as defined in Sec. 
171.11(m) and (n), and that the records are not sought for a commercial 
use, but are sought in furtherance of scholarly (if the request is from 
an educational institution) or scientific (if the request is from a non-
commercial scientific institution) research.
    (c) Representatives of the news media. The Department shall provide 
documents to requesters in this category for the cost of reproduction 
alone, excluding charges for the first 100 pages. To be eligible for 
inclusion in this category, a requester must meet the criteria in Sec. 
171.11(o), and the request must not be made for a commercial use. A 
request for records supporting the news dissemination function of the 
requester shall not be considered to be a commercial use request.
    (d) All other requesters. The Department shall charge requesters who 
do not fit into any of the categories above fees that recover the full 
reasonable direct cost of searching for and reproducing records that are 
responsive to the request, except that the first 100 pages of 
reproduction and the first two hours of search time shall be furnished 
without charge.