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[CITE: 10USC6522]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 577--DEATH BENEFITS; CARE OF THE DEAD
 
Sec. 6522. Disposition of effects

    (a) If money or other personal property of a deceased member of the 
naval service is in the custody of the Department of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall keep it in safe custody and make a diligent 
effort to determine and locate the heirs or next of kin of the deceased 
member. Property remaining unclaimed two years after the death of the 
member shall be sold, and the proceeds, together with any of his money 
held in custody, shall be covered into the Treasury.
    (b) Within five years after the date the money and proceeds are 
covered into the Treasury, any claim that is presented therefor 
supported by competent proof shall be certified to Congress for 
consideration.
    (c) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the administration 
of this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 419.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6522..................................  34 U.S.C. 942.                       Ma
r. 29, 1918, ch. 31, 40 Stat.
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    In subsection (a) the word ``shall'' is substituted for the words 
``authorized and directed''; the word ``effort'' is substituted for the 
word ``inquiry''; the words ``determine and locate'' are substituted for 
the words ``ascertain the whereabouts''; the words ``personal property'' 
are substituted for the words ``all articles of value, papers, 
keepsakes, and other similar effects''. The phrase ``to the credit of 
the Navy pension fund'' is omitted since this fund was abolished by 
Sec. 9 of the Act of June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 48 Stat. 1229. The 
application of this section is confined to the money and other personal 
property of the deceased member in the custody of the Department of the 
Navy to make it clear that disposition is made only of property held by 
the Department of the Navy and not of property which may be under other 
custody, over which the Department of the Navy would have no control.
    In subsection (b) the word ``covered'' is substituted for the word 
``deposited''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2575 of this title; title 5 
section 5564; title 37 section 554.
