Each federal agency issues its own regulations for handling FOIA requests. These regulations can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations and are listed for each agency below.
Last updated Nov. 5, 2024
Cabinet agencies
Department of Agriculture: 7 C.F.R. §§ 1.1-1.25
Agricultural Research Service: 7 C.F.R. §§ 510.1-510.6
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: 7 C.F.R. §§ 370.1-370.7
Economic Research Service: 7 C.F.R. §§ 3701.1-3701.7
Farm Service Agency: 7 C.F.R. §§ 798.1-798.6
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: 7 C.F.R. §§ 412.1-412.6
National Agricultural Statistics Service: 7 C.F.R. §§ 3601.1-3601.7
Natural Resources Conservation Service: 7 C.F.R. §§ 661.1-661.5
Office of Finance and Management: 7 C.F.R §§ 3011.1-3011.6
Office of Information Resources Management: 7 C.F.R. §§ 2710.1-2710.5
Office of Inspector General: 7 C.F.R. §§ 2620.1-2620.5
Office of Operations: 7 C.F.R. §§ 2811.1-2811.6
World Agricultural Outlook Board: 7 C.F.R. §§ 3801.1-3801.6
Department of Commerce: 15 C.F.R. §§ 4.1.-4.11
U.S. Patent and Trade Office: 37 C.F.R. §§ 102.1-102.11
Department of Defense: 32 C.F.R. Part 286
Department of Education: 34 C.F.R. Part 5
Department of Energy: 10 C.F.R. §§ 1004.1-1004.12
Department of Health and Human Services: 45 C.F.R. Part 5
Food and Drug Administration: 21 C.F.R. Part 20
Department of Homeland Security: 6 C.F.R. Part 5
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 24 C.F.R. Part 15
Office of Inspector General: 24 C.F.R. Part 2002
Department of the Interior: 43 C.F.R. §§ 2.3-2.70
Department of Justice: 28 C.F.R. Part 16
Department of Labor: 29 C.F.R. Part 70
Department of State: 22 C.F.R. Part 171
Department of Transportation: 49 C.F.R. Part 7
Department of the Treasury: 31 C.F.R. Part 1
Internal Revenue Service: 26 C.F.R. § 601.702
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: 12 C.F.R. §§ 4.11-4.18
Department of Veterans Affairs: 38 C.F.R. Part 1
Other agencies
Administrative Conference of the United States: 1 C.F.R. Part 304
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: 36 C.F.R. §§ 810.1-810.6
African Development Foundation: 22 C.F.R. §§ 1502.1-1502.10
U.S. Agency for International Development: 22 C.F.R. Part 212
American Battle Monuments Commission: 36 C.F.R. §§ 404.1-404.10
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: 12 C.F.R. §§ 261-261.17
Central Intelligence Agency: 32 C.F.R. §§ 1900.01-1900.45
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: 40 C.F.R. §§ 1601.01-1601.33
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 12 C.F.R. §§ 1072.10-1072.22
Consumer Product Safety Commission: 16 C.F.R. §§ 1015.1-1015.19
Council on Environmental Quality: 40 C.F.R. §§ 1515.1-1515.16
Commission on Civil Rights: 45 C.F.R. §§ 704.1-704.4
Commission of Fine Arts: 45 C.F.R. 2105.1-2105.5
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled: 41 C.F.R. Part 51-8
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 17 C.F.R. Part 145
Corporation for National and Community Service: 45 C.F.R. §§ 2507.1-2507.12
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency: 5 C.F.R. §§ 9800.1-9800.18
Council on Environmental Quality, 40 C.F.R. Part 1515
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency: 28 C.F.R. §§ 802.2-802.10
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: 10 C.F.R. §§ 1703.101-1703-112
Election Assistance Commission: 11 C.F.R. §§ 9405.1-9405.12
Environmental Protection Agency: 40 C.F.R. Part 2
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: 29 C.F.R. §§ 1610.1-1610.21
Export-Import Bank: 12 C.F.R. §§ 404.1-404.11
Farm Credit Administration: 12 C.F.R. §§ 602.1-602-16
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation: 12 C.F.R. Part 1402
Federal Communications Commission: 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.441-0.470
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 12 C.F.R. Part 309
Federal Election Commission: 11 C.F.R. §§ 4.1-4.9
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: 18 C.F.R. Part 388
Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council: 12 C.F.R. Part 1101
Federal Housing Finance Agency: 12 C.F.R. §§ 1202.1-1202.12
Federal Maritime Commission: 46 C.F.R. Part 503
Federal Labor Relations Authority: 5 C.F.R. §§ 2411.1-2411.15
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service: 29 C.F.R. §§ 1401.20-1401.36
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: 29 C.F.R. §§ 2702.1-2702.8
Federal Open Market Committee: 12 C.F.R. §§ 271.1-271.9
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: 5 C.F.R. §§ 1631.1-1631.18
Federal Trade Commission: 16 C.F.R. §§ 4.8 and 4.11
Financial Stability Oversight Council: 12 C.F.R. §§ 1301.1-1301.12
General Services Administration: 41 C.F.R. Part 105-60
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council: 40 C.F.R. Part 185
Institute of Museum and Library Services: 45 C.F.R. §§ 1184.1-1184.10
Inter-American Foundation: 22 C.F.R. §§ 1002.1-1002.9
International Boundary and Water Commission: 22 C.F.R§§ 1102.1-1102.10
Legal Services Corporation: 45 C.F.R. §§ 1602.1-1602.14
Marine Mammal Commission: 50 C.F.R. §§ 520.1-520.7
Merit System Protection Board: 5 C.F.R. Part 1204
Millennium Challenge Corporation: 22 C.F.R. §§ 1304.1-1304.9
Morris K. Udall & Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 36 C.F.R. Part 1600
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 14 C.F.R. Part 1206
National Archives and Records Administration: 36 C.F.R. Part 1250
National Capital Planning Commission: 1 C.F.R. Part 602
National Commission on Military, National and Public Service: 1 C.F.R. Part 426
National Council on Disability, 5 C.F.R. Part 10000
National Credit Union Administration: 12 C.F.R. §§ 792.01-792.32
National Endowment for Democracy, 22 C.F.R. Part 66.
National Endowment for the Humanities: 45 C.F.R. §§ 1171.1-1171.13
National Indian Gaming Commission: 25 C.F.R. §§ 517.1-517.9
National Mediation Board: 29 C.F.R. Part 1208
National Labor Relations Board: 29 C.F.R. § 102.117
National Science Foundation: 45 C.F.R. §§ 612.1-612.11
National Transportation Safety Board: 49 C.F.R. Part 801
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, 24 C.F.R. § 4100.4
Nuclear Regulatory Commission: 10 C.F.R. §§ 9.11-9.45
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: 10 C.F.R. §§ 1303.101-1303.116
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: 29 C.F.R. §§ 2201.1-2201.10
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: 32 C.F.R. §§ 1700.1-1700.14
Office of Government Ethics: 5 C.F.R. Part 2604
Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, 5 C.F.R. Part 10400
Office of Management and Budget: 5 C.F.R. Part 1303
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation: 25 C.F.R. §§ 700.235-700.251
Office of National Drug Control Policy: 21 C.F.R. §§ 1401.1-1401.13
Office of Personnel Management: 5 C.F.R. §§ 294.101-294.112
Office of Special Counsel: 5 C.F.R. §§ 1820.1-1820.10
Office of Science and Technology Policy: 32 C.F.R. §§ 2402.1-2402.11
Office of the United States Trade Representative: 15 C.F.R. §§ 2004.1-2004.11
Peace Corps: 22 C.F.R. §§ 303.1-303.13
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: 29 C.F.R. Part 4901
Postal Regulatory Commission: 39 C.F.R. Part 3004
Presidio Trust: 36 C.F.R. Part 1007
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: 6 C.F.R. §§ 1001.1-1001.10
Railroad Retirement Board: 20 C.F.R. § 200.4
Securities and Exchange Commission: 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80 and 200.83
Selective Service System: 32 C.F.R. §§ 1662.1-1662.6
Small Business Administration: 13 C.F.R. §§ 102.1-102.10
Social Security Administration: 20 C.F.R. §§ 402.5-402.205
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: 5 C.F.R. §§ 9031.1-9031.11
Surface Transportation Board: 49 C.F.R. Part 1001
Tennessee Valley Authority: 18 C.F.R. §§ 1301.1-1301.10
U.S. Access Board, 36 C.F.R. Part 1120
U.S. African Development Foundation, 22 C.F.R. Part 1502
U.S. Agency for Global Media (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors): 22 C.F.R. §§ 503.1-503.9
U.S. Copyright Office: 37 C.F.R. §§ 203.1-203.6
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (formerly Overseas Private Investment Corp.) 22 C.F.R. Part 706
U.S. International Trade Commission: 19 C.F.R. §§ 201.17-201.21
U.S. Postal Service: 39 C.F.R. §§ 265.1-265.12