[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4325 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4325

    To limit the fees charged by the National Archives and Records 
Administration to veterans for military service records, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2017

 Mr. Higgins of New York (for himself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To limit the fees charged by the National Archives and Records 
Administration to veterans for military service records, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Military Service Records 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEES CHARGED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 
              ADMINISTRATION TO VETERANS FOR MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS.

    Section 2116 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), in the case of a military 
service record of an individual, the Archivist may not charge to such 
individual (or, if such individual is deceased, the next of kin or 
immediate family of such individual) more than the cost of mailing such 
record.''.
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