Volume 58
Public Law 78–415
To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 to permit the Commissioner to furnish copies of any part of the records or information therefrom to agencies or officials of a State without charge.
Approved September 27, 1944
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Nationality Act of 1940 to permit the Commissioner to furnish copies of any part of the records or information therefrom to agencies or officials of a State without charge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 342 (b)
Nationality Act of 1940. amendment.
Post, p. 755.
(9) of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat, 1161; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 742) is amended to read as follows:
“(9) Reasonable fees, with the approval of the Attorney General, in cases where such fees have not been established by law,
Fees for furnishing copies of records.
to cover the cost of furnishing copies, whether certified or uncertified, of any part of the records, or information from the records, of the Service. Such fees shall not exceed a maximum of 25 cents per folio, with a maximum fee of 50 cents for any one such service, in addition to a fee of $1 for any official certification furnished under seal. No such fee shall
Copies furnished without charge.
be required from officers or agencies of the United States or of any State or any subdivision thereof, for such copies or information furnished for official use in connection with the official duties of such officers or agencies.”
Approved September 27, 1944.