§7595 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Army may charge a fee when someone asks for information from the United States Army Military History Institute. No fee can be charged for requests made to do a duty as a member of the armed forces or as a U.S. officer or employee, and no fee for releases under section 552 of title 5. Any fee charged cannot be more than the cost of providing the information. Money received in a fiscal year must go back to the same appropriation(s) that paid to provide the information that year. United States Army Military History Institute: the Army archive the Secretary names as the primary archive. "Officer of the United States" and "employee of the United States": have the meanings in sections 2104 and 2105 of title 5.

Title 10, §7595

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may charge a person a fee for providing the person with information from the United States Army Military History Institute that is requested by that person.

(b)A fee may not be charged under this section—

(1)to a person for information that the person requests to carry out a duty as a member of the armed forces or an officer or employee of the United States; or

(2)for a release of information under section 552 of title 5.

(c)A fee charged for providing information under this section may not exceed the cost of providing the information.

(d)Amounts received under subsection (a) for providing information in any fiscal year shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations charged the costs of providing information to the public from the United States Army Military History Institute during that fiscal year.

(e)In this section:

(1)The term “United States Army Military History Institute” means the archive for historical records and materials of the Army that the Secretary of the Army designates as the primary archive for such records and materials.

(2)The terms “officer of the United States” and “employee of the United States” have the meanings given the terms “officer” and “employee”, respectively, in section 2104 and 2105, respectively, of title 5.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7601 to 7603 were renumbered sections 8801 to 8803 of this title, respectively. A prior section 7604 was renumbered section 8804 of this title. Another prior section 7604, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–718, § 44, 80 Stat. 1120, related to profit on sales from ships’ stores, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, § 329(a)(1). Prior section 7605 and 7606 were renumbered section 8805 and 8806 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4595 of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

§7595 Army Military History Institute: fee for providing historical information to the public

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Title 10, §7595

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