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10 U.S.C. 1502: Missing persons: initial report

Created in 1996 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 1501, 10 U.S.C. 1503, 10 U.S.C. 1504, 37 U.S.C. 555.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–85 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (b), (c)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(b)(1)(A), substituted "10 days" for "48 hours" and "Secretary concerned" for "theater component commander with jurisdiction over the missing person". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(b)(1)(D), struck out at end "The theater component commander through whom the report with respect to the missing person is transmitted under subsection (b) shall ensure that all pertinent information relating to the whereabouts and status of the missing person tha… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(b)(1)(B), (C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: "Transmission Through Theater Component Commander.—Upon reviewing a report under subsection (a) recommending that a person be placed in a missing status, the theater compone… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(b)(1)(C), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.