---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1060b"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1060b"
heading: "Military ID cards: dependents and survivors of retirees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1060b"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 53 — Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits"
---

# §1060b. Military ID cards: dependents and survivors of retirees

- (a) **Issuance of Permanent ID Card.—**
  - (1) In issuing [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) ID cards to retiree [dependents](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2), the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall issue a permanent ID card (not subject to renewal) to any such retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) as follows:
    - (A) A retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) who has attained 75 years of age.
    - (B) A retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) who is permanently disabled.
  - (2) A permanent ID card shall be issued to a retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) under [paragraph (1)(A)](#a-1-A) upon the expiration, after the retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) attains 75 years of age, of any earlier, renewable [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) card or, if earlier, upon the request of the retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) after attaining age 75.
- (b) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “[military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) ID card” means a card or other form of identification used for purposes of demonstrating eligibility for any benefit from the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense.
  - (2) The term “retiree [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2)” means a [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) who is a [dependent](/usc/10/1072.md?p=2) of a retired member of the [uniformed services](/usc/10/1072.md?p=1), or a survivor of a deceased retired member of the [uniformed services](/usc/10/1072.md?p=1), who is eligible for any benefit from the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 583(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1929; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 598(a), (b)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2237.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–364, § 598(b)(1), struck out “; issuance of permanent ID card after attaining 75 years of age” after “retirees” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–364, § 598(a), amended heading and text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In issuing military ID cards to retiree dependents, the Secretary concerned shall issue a permanent ID card (not subject to renewal) to any such retiree dependent who has attained 75 years of age. Such a permanent ID card shall be issued upon the expiration, after the retiree dependent attains 75 years of age, of any earlier, renewable military ID card or, if earlier, upon the request of such a retiree dependent after attaining age 75.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 583(b), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1929, provided that: “Section 1060b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2004.”