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[CITE: 10USC1505]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                       CHAPTER 76--MISSING PERSONS
 
Sec. 1505. Further review

    (a) Subsequent Review.--The Secretary concerned shall conduct 
subsequent inquiries into the whereabouts and status of any person 
determined by the Secretary under section 1504 of this title to be in a 
missing status.
    (b) Frequency of Subsequent Reviews.--The Secretary concerned shall 
conduct inquiries into the whereabouts and status of a person under 
subsection (a) upon receipt of information that may result in a change 
of status of the person. The Secretary concerned shall appoint a board 
to conduct such inquiries.
    (c) Action Upon Discovery or Receipt of Information.--(1) Whenever 
any United States intelligence agency or other element of the Government 
finds or receives information that may be related to a missing person, 
the information shall promptly be forwarded to the office established 
under section 1501 of this title.
    (2) Upon receipt of information under paragraph (1), the head of the 
office established under section 1501 of this title shall as 
expeditiously as possible ensure that the information is added to the 
appropriate case file for that missing person and notify (A) the 
designated missing person's counsel for that person, and (B) the primary 
next of kin and any previously designated person for the missing person 
of the existence of that information.
    (3) The head of the office established under section 1501 of this 
title, with the advice of the missing person's counsel notified under 
paragraph (2), shall determine whether the information is significant 
enough to require a board review under this section.
    (d) Conduct of Proceedings.--If it is determined that such a board 
should be appointed, the appointment of, and activities before, a board 
appointed under this section shall be governed by the provisions of 
section 1504 of this title with respect to a board appointed under that 
section.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title V, Sec. 569(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 345; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 578(c), 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2536.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-201 reenacted heading without change 
and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(1) In the case of a missing person who was last known to be alive 
or who was last suspected of being alive, the Secretary shall appoint a 
board to conduct an inquiry with respect to a person under this 
subsection--
        ``(A) on or about three years after the date of the initial 
    report of the disappearance of the person under section 1502(a) of 
    this title; and
        ``(B) not later than every three years thereafter.
    ``(2) In addition to appointment of boards under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall appoint a board to conduct an inquiry with respect to a 
missing person under this subsection upon receipt of information that 
could result in a change of status of the missing person. When the 
Secretary appoints a board under this paragraph, the time for subsequent 
appointments of a board under paragraph (1)(B) shall be determined from 
the date of the receipt of such information.
    ``(3) The Secretary is not required to appoint a board under 
paragraph (1) with respect to the disappearance of any person--
        ``(A) more than 30 years after the initial report of the 
    disappearance of the missing person required by section 1502 of this 
    title; or
        ``(B) if, before the end of such 30-year period, the missing 
    person is accounted for.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1504, 1507, 1508, 1509 of 
this title.
