§1074l — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must tell the right members of Congress when a service member pulled out of a combat area is admitted to any military hospital. The service member must give permission before notice goes out. If they cannot, next of kin may give permission. "Right members of Congress" means the state's Senators and the House Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for the member's home district or another location the member names.

Title 10, §1074l

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(a)The Secretary concerned shall provide notification of the hospitalization of any member of the armed forces evacuated from a theater of combat and admitted to any military medical treatment facility to the appropriate Members of Congress.

(b)In this section, the term “appropriate Members of Congress”, with respect to the member of the armed forces about whom notification is being made, means the Senators representing the State, and the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of Representatives representing the district, that includes the member’s home of record or a different location as provided by the member.

(c)The notification under subsection (a) may be provided only with the consent of the member of the armed forces about whom notification is to be made. In the case of a member who is unable to provide consent, information and consent may be provided by next of kin.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “admitted to any military medical treatment facility” for “admitted to a military treatment facility within the United States”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 Amendment Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVI, § 1617(a)(2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 449, provided that: “The notification requirement under section 1074l(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 28, 2008].”

§1074l Notification to Congress of Hospitalization of Combat Wounded Members