WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

The law › Title 10, Armed Forces › Chapter 76

10 U.S.C. 1509: Program to resolve missing person cases

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.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 1501, 10 U.S.C. 1508, 10 U.S.C. 1513.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(f)(1), substituted "Program to resolve missing person cases" for "Program to resolve preenactment missing person cases" in section catchline. (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(1)(A), struck out "Process" after "Implementation" in heading. (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(1)(B), substituted "through the designated Agency Director" for "POW/MIA accounting community". (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(1)(C), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which defined "POW/MIA accounting community". (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(2)(A), inserted "; Centralized Database" after "Files" in heading. (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(2)(B), added par. (4). (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(3)(A), substituted "In carrying out the program, the designated Agency Director shall ensure coordination" for "In establishing and carrying out the program, the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate". (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(3)(B), inserted "staff" after "National Security Council" and struck out "POW/MIA accounting community" after "Department of Defense". (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 113–291, §916(d)(3)(C), added par. (3). (Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015) Law text · (f)

    2009

    • Pub. L. 111–84 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (d) relating to review of status of missing person cases arising before enactment of this chapter. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010) Law text

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "November 18, 1997," for "the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (a), (B)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–85, §599(e)(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–85, §599(e)(2), added subsec. (d). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) Law text · (d)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(f)(2)(A), struck out ", special interest" after "Preenactment" in section catchline. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text
    • Pub. L. 104–201, §578(f)(1), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text · (c), (d)

    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.