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[CITE: 10USC1511]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                       CHAPTER 76--MISSING PERSONS
 
Sec. 1511. Return alive of person declared missing or dead

    (a) Pay and Allowances.--Any person (except for a person 
subsequently determined to have been absent without leave or a deserter) 
in a missing status or declared dead under subchapter VII of chapter 55 
of title 5 or chapter 10 of title 37 or by a board appointed under this 
chapter who is found alive and returned to the control of the United 
States shall be paid for the full time of the absence of the person 
while given that status or declared dead under the law and regulations 
relating to the pay and allowances of persons returning from a missing 
status.
    (b) Effect on Gratuities Paid as a Result of Status.--Subsection (a) 
shall not be interpreted to invalidate or otherwise affect the receipt 
by any person of a death gratuity or other payment from the United 
States on behalf of a person referred to in subsection (a) before the 
date of the enactment of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title V, Sec. 569(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 349.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. 
(b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 104-106, which was approved 
Feb. 10, 1996.
