Historical Record Exemption Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6308
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2018-07-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives

Military history

Personnel records
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Historical Record Exemption Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes a military department to correct a military record that was created more than 175 years&nbsp;ago if the request comes from a person with a vested interest in the record.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6308 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 3, 2018 Mr. Tonko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize the Secretary of a military department to correct a military record at the request of an interested party more than 175 years after the date of the creation of the military record, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Historical Record Exemption Act of 2018 . 2. Correction of historical military records Section 1552(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking No and inserting (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) A correction may be made under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary concerned or a person the Secretary concerned determines has a vested interest in the military record files a request for the correction more than 175 years after the date of the creation of the military record. .