Sec. 524. Next of kin of deceased members of certain Armed Forces: database; privacy
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that establish and maintain a database of the Department of Defense that contains up-to-date contact information for the next of kin of members of the covered Armed Forces. Such regulations shall ensure that— a commander in a grade higher than O-5 may access the contact information for the next of kin of a member who died while a member of the unit under the command of such commander, regardless of whether such member served under such commander; and an individual named in such database may— elect to not be contacted by an officer described in paragraph (1); and change such election at any time.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the DD Form 93 ( Record of Emergency Data ) used in a covered Armed Force complies with the terms of section 552a of title 5, United States Code. In this section, the term covered Armed Force means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.