Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/1503
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10 U.S. Code § 1503 - Actions of Secretary concerned; initial board inquiry | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Actions of Secretary concerned; initial board inquiry
(a)Determination by Secretary.—
Upon receiving a recommendation under section 1502(a) of this title that a person be placed in a missing status, the Secretary receiving the recommendation shall review the recommendation and, not later than 10 days after receiving such recommendation, shall appoint a board under this section to conduct an inquiry into the whereabouts and status of the person.
(b)Inquiries Involving More Than One Missing Person.—
If it appears to the Secretary who appoints a board under this section that the absence or missing status of two or more persons is factually related, the Secretary may appoint a single board under this section to conduct the inquiry into the whereabouts and status of all such persons.
(d)Duties of Board.—A board appointed to conduct an inquiry into the whereabouts and status of a missing person under this section shall—
(e)Board Proceedings.—During the proceedings of an inquiry under this section, a board shall—
(f)Counsel for Missing Person.—
(2) To be appointed as a missing person’s counsel, a person must—
have the qualifications specified in section 827(b) of this title (article 27(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) for trial counsel or defense counsel detailed for a general court-martial;
(3) A missing person’s counsel—
(g)Access to Proceedings.—
The proceedings of a board during an inquiry under this section shall be closed to the public (including, with respect to the person covered by the inquiry, the primary next of kin, other members of the immediate family, and any other previously designated person of the person).
(1) A board appointed under this section shall submit to the Secretary who appointed the board a report on the inquiry carried out by the board. The report shall include—
(i)Determination by Secretary.—
(j)Report to Family Members and Other Interested Persons.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned makes a determination of the status of a person under subsection (i), the Secretary shall take reasonable actions to—
an unclassified summary of the unit commander’s report with respect to the person under section 1502(a) of this title; and
(k)Treatment of Determination.—
Any determination of the status of a missing person under subsection (i) shall be treated as the determination of the status of the person by all departments and agencies of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 569(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 338; amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 578(a)(2), (b)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2536; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 599(a)(2), (d), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1767, 1769.)
1997—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105–85, § 599(a)(2)(A), substituted “one individual described in paragraph (2)” for “one military officer”.
Subsec. (c)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 105–85, § 599(a)(2)(B), (C), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 105–85, § 599(d)(2), inserted at end “The primary next of kin of a missing person and any other previously designated person of the missing person shall have the right to submit information to the missing person’s counsel relative to the disappearance or status of the missing person.”
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–201, § 578(b)(2), substituted “section 1502(a)” for “section 1502(b)”.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104–201, § 578(a)(2)(A), substituted “one military officer” for “one individual described in paragraph (2)”.
Subsec. (c)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 104–201, § 578(a)(2)(B), (C), redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “An individual referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: