Under FOIA, for qualifying noncommercial, educational, scientific, or news-media requests, agencies may not charge fees for the first two hours of search time or the first 100 pages of duplication.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by DOJ FOIA Guide, FOIA.gov, NARA, and multiple agency-specific CFR regulations, all consistent with the claim. [tier=gold indep_score=0.753 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - National Archives (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.justice.gov/archives/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-fees-and-fee-waivers (corroboration)
- https://www.foia.gov/faq.html (corroboration)
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/5.53 (corroboration)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-XII/subchapter-C/part-1250/subpart-C (corroboration)