---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1510"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1510"
heading: "Applicability to Coast Guard"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1510"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 76 — Missing Persons"
---

# §1510. Applicability to Coast Guard

- (a) **Designated Officer To Have Responsibility.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security shall designate an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Homeland Security to have responsibility within the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Homeland Security for matters relating to [missing persons](/usc/10/1513.md?p=1) who are members of the Coast Guard.
- (b) **Procedures.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security shall prescribe procedures for the determination of the status of [persons](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) described in [section 1501(c) of this title](/usc/10/1501.md?p=c) who are members of the Coast Guard and for the collection, analysis, review, and update of information on such [persons](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2). To the maximum extent practicable, the procedures prescribed under this section shall be similar to the procedures prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense under [section 1501(b) of this title](/usc/10/1501.md?p=b).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 569(b)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 349; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.