10 U.S.C. § 1506
10 U.S.C. § 1506
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2013-Subsec. (d)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 113-66, §582(a)(1), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively.Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 113-66, §582(a)(2), substituted "paragraphs (3) and (4)" for "paragraphs (2) and (3)".2001-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-107 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted "of all missing persons from the conflict or period of war to which the classified information pertains" before period at end, and added subpar. (B). 1999-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106-65 added subsec. (f).1997-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-85, §599(f), designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2).Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 105-85, §599(g)(1), inserted "or about unnamed missing persons" after "the debriefing report" in first sentence, substituted "each missing person named in the debriefing report" for "the missing person" in second sentence, and inserted at end "Any information contained in the extract of the debriefing report that pertains to unnamed missing persons shall be made reasonably accessible to the primary next of kin, members of the immediate family, and the previously designated person."Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 105-85, §599(g)(2), inserted ",or part of a debriefing report," after "a debriefing report".1996-Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 104-201 redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "WRONGFUL WITHHOLDING.-Except as provided in subsections (a) through (d), any person who knowingly and willfully withholds from the personnel file of a missing person any information relating to the disappearance or whereabouts and status of a missing person shall be fined as provided in title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."
- Secretary concerned
- The term "Secretary concerned" means-(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Department of the Navy;(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force; and(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.
- classified information
- The term "classified information" means any information the unauthorized disclosure of which (as determined under applicable law and regulations) could reasonably be expected to damage the national security.
- missing person
- The term "missing person" means-(A) a member of the armed forces on active duty who is in a missing status; or(B) a civilian employee of the Department of Defense or an employee of a contractor of the Department of Defense who serves in direct support of, or accompanies, the armed forces in the field under orders and who is in a missing status.Such term includes an unaccounted for person described in subsection (a) of section 1509 of this title who is required by subsection (c) of such section to be considered a missing person.
- survival, evasion, resistance, and escape debriefing
- The term "survival, evasion, resistance, and escape debriefing" means an interview conducted with a person described in section 1501(c) of this title who is returned to United States control in order to record the person's experiences while surviving, evading, resisting interrogation or exploitation, or escaping.