§ 1557. Timeliness standards for disposition of applications before Corrections Boards

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 § 544(a) · 112 Stat. 1920

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1557

   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 544(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2021

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 544(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2021

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 79 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 1556, as added by section 543(a)(1), the following new section: “§1557. Timeliness standards for disposition of applications before Corrections Boards “(a) Ten-Month Clearance Percentage.— Of the applications received by a Corrections Board during a period specified in the following table, the percentage on which final action by the Corrections Board must be completed within 10 months of receipt (other than for those applications considered suitable for administrative correction) is as follows: “For applications received during— The percentage on which final Correction Board action must be completed within 10 months of receipt is— the period of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 50 the period of fiscal years 2003 and 2004 60 the period of fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007 70 the period of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 80 the period of any fiscal year after fiscal year 2010 90 “(b) Clearance Deadline for All Applications.— Effective October 1, 2002, final action by a Corrections Board on all applications received by the Corrections Board (other than those applications considered suitable for administrative correction) shall be completed within 18 months of receipt. “(c) Waiver Authority.— The Secretary of the military department concerned may exclude an individual application from the timeliness standards prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) if the Secretary determines that the application warrants a longer period of consideration. The authority of the Secretary of a military department under this subsection may not be delegated. “(d) Failure To Meet Timeliness Standards Not To Affect Any Individual Application.— Failure of a Corrections Board to meet the applicable timeliness standard for any period of time under subsection (a) or (b) does not confer any presumption or advantage with respect to consideration by the board of any application. “(e) Reports on Failure To Meet Timeliness Standards.— The Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report not later than June 1 following any fiscal year during which the Corrections Board of that Secretary’s military department was unable to meet the applicable timeliness standard for that fiscal year under subsections (a) and (b). The report shall specify the reasons why the standard could not be met and the corrective actions initiated to ensure compliance in the future. The report shall also specify the number of waivers granted under subsection (c) during that fiscal year. “(f) Corrections Board Defined.— In this section, the term ‘Corrections Board’ means— “(1) with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records; “(2) with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Board for Correction of Naval Records; and “(3) with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records.”.

2. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–65 div. A title X § 1067(1) · 113 Stat. 512

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 1557(e)

   Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Title 10, United States Code.

3. 2004

   Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

   Pub. L. 108–375 div. A title X § 1084(d)(12) · 118 Stat. 1811

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 1557(b)

   Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Final” for “Effective October 1, 2002, final”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Final” for “Effective October 1, 2002, final”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (12) Section 1557(b) is amended by striking “Effective October 1, 2002, final” and inserting “Final”.

4. 2023

   Space Force Personnel Management Act

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

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 1557(f)(3)

   Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “Air Force,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “Air Force,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) Sections 1555(c)(3) and 1557(f)(3) are amended by inserting “the Department of” after “Air Force,”.

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