---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 900.503"
title: "7"
number: "900.503"
heading: "Request for records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/900.503"
---

# §900.503. Request for records.

- (a) Requests for records under [5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a-3) shall be made in accordance with [§ 1.3(a)](/cfr/7/1.3.md?p=a) of this title. Authority to make determinations regarding initial requests in accordance with [§ 1.4(c)](/cfr/7/1.4.md?p=c) of this title is delegated to the Freedom of Information Act Officer of AMS. Requests should be submitted to the FOIA Officer at the following address:
- (b) The request shall identify each record with reasonable specificity as prescribed in [§ 1.3](/cfr/7/1.3.md) of this title.
- (c) The FOIA Officer is authorized to receive requests and to exercise the authority to
  - (1) Make determinations to grant requests or deny initial requests,
  - (2) Extend the administrative deadline,
  - (3) Make discretionary release of exempt records, and
  - (4) **Make determinations regarding charges pursuant to the fee schedule.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 39151, July 5, 1979, as amended at 88 FR 82231, Nov. 24, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674; 7 U.S.C. 7401; 5 U.S.C. 301, 552; and 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35.

### Source

Source: 25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 39151, July 5, 1979, as amended at 88 FR 82231, Nov. 24, 2023]