---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 537.3"
title: "25"
number: "537.3"
heading: "Fees for background investigations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/537.3"
---

# §537.3. Fees for background investigations.

- (a) A management contractor shall pay to the Commission or the contractor(s) designated by the Commission the cost of all background investigations conducted under this part.
- (b) The management contractor shall post a deposit with the Commission to cover the cost of the background investigations as follows:
  - (1) **Management contractor (party to the contract)—** $25,000
  - (2) **Each individual and entity with a financial interest in the contract—** $10,000
- (c) The management contractor shall be billed for the costs of the investigation as it proceeds; the investigation shall be suspended if the unpaid costs exceed the amount of the deposit available.
  - (1) An investigation will be terminated if any bills remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days.
  - (2) A terminated investigation will preclude the Chairman from making the necessary determinations and result in a disapproval of a management contract.
- (d) Any remaining balance of the deposit will be returned to the management contractor when all bills have been paid and the investigations have been completed or terminated.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 36938, July 27, 2009, as amended at 77 FR 47516, Aug. 9, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 81, 2706(b)(10), 2710(d)(9), 2711.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5831, Jan. 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 36938, July 27, 2009, as amended at 77 FR 47516, Aug. 9, 2012]