---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1401.13"
title: "21"
number: "1401.13"
heading: "Fees to be charged—categories of requesters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1401.13"
---

# §1401.13. Fees to be charged—categories of requesters.

- (a) **There are three categories of FOIA requesters—** Commercial use requests; educational, non-commercial scientific institutions or representatives of the news media; and all other requesters.
- (b) **The specific levels of fees for each of these categories are—**
  - (1) **Commercial use request.** ONDCP will recover the full direct cost of providing search, review and duplication services. Commercial use requests will not receive free search-time or free reproduction of documents.
  - (2) **Educational and non-commercial scientific institution request.** ONDCP will charge the cost of reproduction, excluding charges for the first 100 pages. Requesters must demonstrate the request is authorized by and under the auspices of a qualifying institution and that the records are sought for scholarly or scientific research not a commercial use.
  - (3) **Request from representative of the news media.** ONDCP will charge the cost of reproduction, excluding charges for the first 100 pages. Requesters must meet the criteria in [§ 1401.3](/cfr/21/1401.3.md), and the request must not be made for a commercial use. A request that supports the news dissemination function of the requester shall not be considered a commercial use.
  - (4) **All other requesters.** ONDCP will recover the full direct cost of the search and the reproduction of records, excluding the first 100 pages of reproduction and the first two hours of search time.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552

### Source

Source: 85 FR 65696, Oct. 16, 2020, unless otherwise noted.