[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR204.8]

[Page 383-384]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 204_USER FEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 204.8  Benefits for which no fee shall be assessed.

    (a) Documents and information requested by members of the Armed 
Forces is required by such personnel in their capacity as Service 
members.
    (b) Documents and information requested by members of the Armed 
Forces who are in a casualty status, or requested by their next of kin 
or legal representative.
    (c) The provisions of the address of record of a member or former 
member of the Armed Forces when the address is readily available through 
a directory (locator) service, and when the address is requested by a 
member of the Armed Forces or by a relative or a legal representative of 
a member of the Armed Forces, or when the address of record is requested 
by any source for the purpose of paying monies or forwarding property to 
a member or former member of the Armed Forces.
    (d) Services requested by, or on behalf of, a member or former 
member of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense (where applicable) or, if deceased, his or her next of kin or 
legal representative that pertain to the provision of:
    (1) Information required to obtain financial benefits regardless of 
the terms of separation from the Service.
    (2) Document showing membership and military record in the Armed 
Forces if discharge or release was under honorable conditions, except as

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shown in paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(4) of this section.
    (3) Information relating to a decoration or award or required for 
memoralization purposes.
    (4) Information relating to the review or change in type of 
discharge or correction of records.
    (5) Personal documents, such as birth certificates, when such 
documents are required to be furnished by the member.
    (6) Services furnished free according to statutes or Executive 
Orders.
    (7) Information from or copies of medical and dental records or x-
ray films of patients or former patients of military medical or dental 
facilities, when such information is required for further medical or 
dental care, and requests for such data are submitted by an accredited 
medical facility, physician, or dentist, or requested by the patient, 
his or her next of kin, or legal representative. Other requests subject 
to the Privacy Act shall be according to 32 CFR part 310 (see Sec. 
204.3(c)(1)(xi) of this part).
    (8) Services requested by, and furnished to, a member of Congress 
for official use.
    (9) Services requested by state, territorial, county, or municipal 
government, or an agency thereof, that is performing a function related 
to or furthering a DoD objective.
    (10) Services requested by a court, when such services will serve as 
a substitute for personal court appearance of a military or civilian 
employee of the Department of Defense.
    (11) Services requested by a nonprofit organization that is 
performing a function related to or furthering an objective of the 
Federal Government or is in the interest of public health and welfare, 
including education.
    (12) Services requested by donors in connection with the conveyance 
or transfer of a gift to the Department of Defense.
    (13) Occasional and incidental services (including requests from 
residents of foreign countries), not requested often, when it is 
determined administratively that a fee would be inappropriate for the 
occasional and incidental services rendered.
    (14) Administrative services offered by reference or reading rooms 
to inspect public records, excluding copies of records or documents 
furnished.
    (15) Services rendered in response to requests for classification 
review of DoD classified records, submitted under Executive Order 12065, 
``National Security Information,'' and implemented by DoD 5200.1-R. Such 
services consist of the work performed in conducting the classification 
review or in granting and completing an appeal from a denial of 
declassification following such review.
    (16) Services of a humanitarian nature performed in such emergency 
situations as life-saving transportation for non-Armed Forces patients, 
search and rescue operations, and airlift of personnel and supplies to a 
disaster site. This does not mean that inter- and intra-governmental 
agreements to recover all or part of costs shall not be negotiated. 
Rather, it means the recipients or beneficiary will not be assessed a 
``user fee''.