Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4325
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents

Personnel records

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill limits to the cost of mailing the fee that the National Archives and Records Administration may charge a veteran (or, if such individual is deceased, the individual's next of kin or immediate family) who requests his or her military service record.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4325 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 A BILL To limit the fees charged by the National Archives and Records Administration to veterans for military service records, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017 . 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. .