5 CFR 10400.16
§ 10400.16 Aggregation of requests for fees.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 10400.16, § 10400.16 Aggregation of requests for fees, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/11852
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When IPEC reasonably believes that a requester or a group of requesters acting in concert is attempting to divide a single request into a series of requests for the purpose of avoiding fees, IPEC may aggregate those requests and charge accordingly. IPEC may presume that multiple requests of this type made within a 30-day period have been made in order to avoid fees. For requests separated by a longer period, IPEC will aggregate them only where there is a reasonable basis for determining that aggregation is warranted in view of all the circumstances involved. Multiple requests involving unrelated matters cannot be aggregated.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.