---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1.7"
title: "7"
number: "1.7"
heading: "Records responsive to records requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1.7"
---

# §1.7. Records responsive to records requests.

- (a) In determining which records are responsive to a request, a component ordinarily will include only records in its possession as of the date that the component begins its search.
- (b) **A component is not required to create a new record in order to fulfill a request for records.** The FOIA does not require agencies to do research, to analyze data, or to answer written questions in response to a request.
- (c) Creation of records may be undertaken voluntarily.
- (d) A component will provide a record in the format specified by a requester, if the record is readily reproducible by the component in the format requested.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 56100, Oct. 21, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, unless otherwise noted.