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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 · Sec. 521

Sec. 521. LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY CONCERNED TO INITIATE APPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

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## SEC. 521 LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY CONCERNED TO INITIATE APPLICATIONS FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS Section 1552(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in the first sentence— #####
(A)by striking “or his heir or legal representative” and inserting “(or the claimant’s heir or legal representative) or the Secretary concerned”; and #####
(B)by striking “he discovers” and inserting “discovering”; and ####
(2)in the second sentence, by striking “However, a board” and inserting the following: “The Secretary concerned may file a request for correction of a military record only if the request is made on behalf of a group of members or former members of the armed forces who were similarly harmed by the same error or injustice. A board”.
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