---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7595"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7595"
heading: "Army Military History Institute: fee for providing historical information to the public"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7595"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 767 — Utilities and Services"
---

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

- (a) **Authority.—** Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army may charge a person a fee for providing the person with information from the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Army Military History Institute that is requested by that person.
- (b) **Exceptions.—** 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](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) or an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1); or
  - (2) for a release of information under [section 552 of title 5](/usc/5/552.md).
- (c) **Limitation on Amount.—** A fee charged for providing information under this section may not exceed the cost of providing the information.
- (d) **Retention of Fees.—** Amounts received under [subsection (a)](#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](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Army Military History Institute during that fiscal year.
- (e) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “[United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Army Military History Institute” means the archive for historical records and materials of the Army that the [Secretary](/usc/10/7551.md?p=5) of the Army designates as the primary archive for such records and materials.
  - (2) The terms “[officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1)” and “employee of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1)” have the meanings given the terms “[officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)” and “employee”, respectively, in sections [2104](/usc/10/2104.md) and [2105](/usc/10/2105.md), respectively, of title 5.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1085(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–287, § 4595; renumbered § 7595, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

## Notes

### 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 sections 7605 and 7606 were renumbered sections 8805 and 8806 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

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

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment 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.