[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1206.704]

[Page 66]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1206_AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY RECORDS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC--Table of 
 
             Subpart 7_Search, Review, and Duplication Fees
 
Sec.  1206.704  Advance payments.

    (a) NASA will not require a requester to make an advance payment, 
i.e., payment before work is commenced or continued on a request, 
unless:
    (1) NASA estimates or determines that the allowable charges are 
likely to exceed $250. NASA will notify the requester of the likely cost 
and obtain satisfactory assurance of full payment where the requester 
has a history of prompt payment of FOIA fees, or require an advance 
payment of an amount up to the full estimated charges in the case of 
requesters with no history of payment; or
    (2) A requester has previously failed to pay a fee in a timely 
fashion (within 30 days of billing), then NASA may require the requester 
to pay the full amount owed plus any applicable interest as provided 
below (see Sec.  1206.706(a)), or demonstrate that he/she has, in fact, 
paid the fee, and to make an advance payment of the full amount of the 
estimated fee before the Agency begins to process a new request or a 
pending request from that requester.
    (b) When NASA acts under paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, 
the administrative time limits will begin only after NASA has received 
the fee payments described in paragraph (a) of this section.