10 U.S.C. § 1510: Applicability to Coast Guard

Summary

Secretary of Homeland Security must name an officer to handle missing-person cases for Coast Guard members. The Secretary must also create procedures to decide the status of members listed in section 1501(c) and to collect, analyze, review, and update their information, matching as much as possible the procedures the Secretary of Defense uses under section 1501(b).

Title 10, §1510

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(a)Designated Officer To Have Responsibility.—

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate an officer of the Department of Homeland Security to have responsibility within the Department of Homeland Security for matters relating to missing persons who are members of the Coast Guard.

(b)Procedures.—

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe procedures for the determination of the status of persons described in section 1501(c) of this title who are members of the Coast Guard and for the collection, analysis, review, and update of information on such persons. To the maximum extent practicable, the procedures prescribed under this section shall be similar to the procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under section 1501(b) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

§1510 Applicability to Coast Guard