10 U.S.C. § 1503
Actions of Secretary concerned; initial board inquiry
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 1503, Actions of Secretary concerned; initial board inquiry, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433449
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An individual referred to in paragraph (1) is the following:
A board appointed to conduct an inquiry into the whereabouts and status of a missing person under this section shall—
with respect to each person covered by the inquiry, recommend to the Secretary who appointed the board that—
During the proceedings of an inquiry under this section, a board shall—
To be appointed as a missing person’s counsel, a person must—
A missing person’s counsel—
A board appointed under this section shall submit to the Secretary who appointed the board a report on the inquiry carried out by the board. The report shall include—
Upon a determination by the Secretary that a report reviewed under this subsection is complete and free of administrative error, the Secretary shall make a determination concerning the status of each person covered by the report, including whether the person shall—
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned makes a determination of the status of a person under subsection (i), the Secretary shall take reasonable actions to—
provide to the primary next of kin, the other members of the immediate family, and any other previously designated person of the person—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998