---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 97.10"
title: "32"
number: "97.10"
heading: "Procedures—fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/97.10"
---

# §97.10. Procedures—fees.


Parties seeking official information by litigation request or demand may be charged reasonable fees in accordance with Volume 11A, Chapter 4 of DoD 7000.14-R, “Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation: Reimbursable Operations Policy: User Fees,” July 2016 (available at http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/documents/fmr/current/11a/11a_04.pdf), to reimburse expenses associated with the Government's response. These reimbursable expenses may include the cost of:

- (a) **Materials and equipment used to search for, copy, and produce responsive information.**
- (b) **Personnel time spent processing and responding to the request or demand.**
- (c) Attorney time spent assisting with the Government's response, to include reviewing the request or demand and the potentially responsive information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 113.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 57827, Sept. 22, 2022, unless otherwise noted.