Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Historical Record Exemption Act of 2018”.
Historical Record Exemption Act of 2018
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of a military department to correct a military record at the request of an interested party more than 175 years after the date of the creation of the military record, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Correction of historical military records
Section 1552(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
by striking “No” and inserting “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) A correction may be made under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary concerned or a person the Secretary concerned determines has a vested interest in the military record files a request for the correction more than 175 years after the date of the creation of the military record.”