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[CITE: 10USC1551]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER 79--CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
 
Sec. 1551. Correction of name after separation from service 
        under an assumed name
        
    The Secretary of the military department concerned shall issue a 
certificate of discharge or an order of acceptance of resignation in the 
true name of any person who was separated from the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps honorably or under honorable conditions after 
serving under an assumed name during a war with another nation or 
people, upon application by, or on behalf of, that person, and upon 
proof of his identity. However, a certificate or order may not be issued 
under this section if the name was assumed to conceal a crime or to 
avoid its consequences.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1551..................................  5:200.                               Ap
r. 14, 1890, ch. 80; restated
                                        34:597.                               J
une 25, 1910, ch. 393, 36 Stat.
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24.
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g. 22, 1912, ch. 329, 37 Stat.
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24.
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    The word ``shall'' is substituted for the words ``is authorized and 
required''. The word ``separated'' is substituted for the word 
``discharged'', since the revised section covers acceptances of 
resignations as well as certificates of discharge. The words ``enlisted 
or'' and ``while minors or otherwise'' are omitted as surplusage. The 
words ``the War of the Rebellion'' are omitted as obsolete. The word 
``with'' is substituted for the words ``between the United States and''. 
The words ``honorably or under honorable conditions'' are substituted 
for the word ``honorably''.


              Personnel Freeze for Service Review Agencies

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title V, Sec. 541, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2019, provided that:
    ``(a) Limitation.--During fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, the 
Secretary of a military department may not carry out any reduction in 
the number of military and civilian personnel assigned to duty with the 
service review agency for that military department below the baseline 
number for that agency until--
        ``(1) the Secretary submits to Congress a report that describes 
    the reduction proposed to be made, provides the Secretary's 
    rationale for that reduction, and specifies the number of such 
    personnel that would be assigned to duty with that agency after the 
    reduction; and
        ``(2) a period of 90 days has elapsed after the date on which 
    such report is submitted.
    ``(b) Baseline Number.--The baseline number for a service review 
agency under this section is--
        ``(1) for purposes of the first report with respect to a service 
    review agency under this section, the number of military and 
    civilian personnel assigned to duty with that agency as of October 
    1, 1997; and
        ``(2) for purposes of any subsequent report with respect to a 
    service review agency under this section, the number of such 
    personnel specified in the most recent report with respect to that 
    agency under this section.
    ``(c) Service Review Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
`service review agency' means--
        ``(1) with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army 
    Review Boards Agency;
        ``(2) with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Board for 
    Correction of Naval Records; and
        ``(3) with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Air 
    Force Review Boards Agency.''
