10 U.S.C. § 1557
Section 1557 · Timeliness standards for disposition of applications before Corrections Boards
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Bigrow v. Hiatt (1947)
Most recently applied in Roe v. Shanahan (February 2019)
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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. |
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.
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.
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.
The Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 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.
In this section, the term “Corrections Board” means—
with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records;
with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Board for Correction of Naval Records; and
with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records.
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “Air Force,”.
2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “Final” for “Effective October 1, 2002, final”.
1999—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in subsec. (e) of this section requiring submittal of report to Congress, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.