2015 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs (Sections 1 - 2252)
Chapter 9 - Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Sections 301 - 399f)
Subchapter VII - General Authority (Sections 371 - 379dd-2)
Part C - Fees (Sections 379f - 379j-62)
Subpart 1 - Freedom of Information Fees (Sections 379f - 379f)
Sec. 379f - Recovery and retention of fees for freedom of information requests
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER 9 - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT SUBCHAPTER VII - GENERAL AUTHORITY Part C - Fees subpart 1 - freedom of information fees Sec. 379f - Recovery and retention of fees for freedom of information requests |
Contains | section 379f |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1938, ch. 675, §731, formerly §711, as added Pub. L. 101-635, title II, §201, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4584; renumbered §731, Pub. L. 102-571, title I, §106(6), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4499. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 4584 106 Stat. 4499 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 101-635, Public Law 102-571 |
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The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, may—
(1) set and charge fees, in accordance with section 552(a)(4)(A) of title 5, to recover all reasonable costs incurred in processing requests made under section 552 of title 5 for records obtained or created under this chapter or any other Federal law for which responsibility for administration has been delegated to the Commissioner by the Secretary;
(2) retain all fees charged for such requests; and
(3) establish an accounting system and procedures to control receipts and expenditures of fees received under this section.
(b) Use of feesThe Secretary and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall not use fees received under this section for any purpose other than funding the processing of requests described in subsection (a)(1) of this section. Such fees shall not be used to reduce the amount of funds made to carry out other provisions of this chapter.
(c) Waiver of feesNothing in this section shall supersede the right of a requester to obtain a waiver of fees pursuant to section 552(a)(4)(A) of title 5.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, §731, formerly §711, as added Pub. L. 101–635, title II, §201, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4584; renumbered §731, Pub. L. 102–571, title I, §106(6), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4499.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 379c of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 102–571.
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