28 CFR § 37.5 - Date of receipt.

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title: "28 CFR § 37.5 - Date of receipt."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "37.5"
section_name: "Date of receipt."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR COORDINATING THE INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY SUBJECT TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 29 U.S.C. 794 (d); 42 U.S.C. 12117(b); 28 CFR 0.50(l)."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 1899-94, 59 FR 39904, 39908, Aug. 4, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 37.5 Date of receipt.

A complaint or charge of employment discrimination is deemed to be filed, for purposes of determining timeliness, on the date the complaint or charge is first received by a Federal agency with section 504 or ADA jurisdiction, regardless of whether it is subsequently transferred to another agency for processing.