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10 U.S.C. 1506: Personnel files
Created in 1996 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106). Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 1509.
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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2013
- Pub. L. 113–66, §582(a)(1), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 113–66, §582(a)(2), substituted "paragraphs (3) and (4)" for "paragraphs (2) and (3)". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014) Law text · (f)
2001
- Pub. L. 107–107 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted "of all missing persons from the conflict or period of war to which the classified information pertains" before period at end, and added subpar. (B). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002) Law text · (b)
1999
- Pub. L. 106–65 added subsec. (f). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (f)
1997
- Pub. L. 105–85, §599(f), designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 105–85, §599(g)(1), inserted "or about unnamed missing persons" after "the debriefing report" in first sentence, substituted "each missing person named in the debriefing report" for "the missing person" in second sentence, and inserted at end "Any information contained in th… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 105–85, §599(g)(2), inserted ", or part of a debriefing report," after "a debriefing report". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (d)
1996
- Pub. L. 104–201 redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Wrongful Withholding.—Except as provided in subsections (a) through (d), any person who knowingly and willfully withholds from the personnel file of a missing person any info… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (e), (f)
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.