§ 1556. Ex parte communications prohibited

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1998

   Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

   Pub. L. 105–261 div. A title V § 543(a)(1) · 112 Stat. 1920

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1556

   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 543(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2020

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 543(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2020

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 79 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 1555, as added by section 542(a)(1), the following new section: “§1556. Ex parte communications prohibited “(a) In General.— The Secretary of each military department shall ensure that an applicant seeking corrective action by the Army Review Boards Agency, the Air Force Review Boards Agency, or the Board for Correction of Naval Records, as the case may be, is provided a copy of all correspondence and communications (including summaries of verbal communications) to or from the agency or board, or a member of the staff of the agency or board, with an entity or person outside the agency or board that pertain directly to the applicant’s case or have a material effect on the applicant’s case. “(b) Exceptions.— subsection (a) does not apply to the following: “(1) Classified information. “(2) Information the release of which is otherwise prohibited by law or regulation. “(3) Any record previously provided to the applicant or known to be possessed by the applicant. “(4) Any correspondence that is purely administrative in nature. “(5) Any military record that is (or may be) provided to the applicant by the Secretary of the military department or other source.”.

2. 2023

   Space Force Personnel Management Act

   Pub. L. 118–31 div. A title XVII § 1722(j)(2)(B) · 137 Stat. 136

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 1556(a)

   Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “the Army Review Boards Agency,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “the Army Review Boards Agency,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) Section 1556(a) is amended by inserting “the Department of” after “the Army Review Boards Agency,”.

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