I should have proofed better: Civil War pensions go to $125, not $150, although it's still a huge increase. On 3/2/07, Phillip Walker <phillip.walker@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought twice about posting anything remotely this generic to the > Claiborne County list, but I think it's rather critical, and it's most > definitely real. The National Archives and Records Administration has issued > proposed regulations that would, among other things, raise the fee for a > Civil War pension from the already somewhat high $37 to $150, with fees for > other mail requests also going up by large amounts; Revolutionary War > pensions, for instance, jump to $60. > > NASA published the proposed changes in the 26 February 2007 edition of the > Federal Register (pages 8327-8329), and public comments are requested until > 27 April 2007. You can read the proposed regulations and file public > comments on the Web, and I strongly suggest that everyone do so; letters to > Congress wouldn't be a bad idea, either. > > To read the proposed new fees and to file public comments: > > 1. Go to http://www.regulations.gov/ > > 2. Type "NARA-07-0001" (without the quotes) into the "Keyword or ID" box > and click the "Submit" button. > > 3. Click either the PDF or Text icon on the screen that appears to read > the actual proposed rules and fees. > > 4. Click the balloon under "Comments" to make your opinion known. > > Again, public comments are closed on 27 April 2007; there's no need to > send this message along to anyone else after that date. > > -- > Phillip > -- Phillip A. Walker phillip.walker@gmail.com