To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the timeliness of information used in considering a member of the Armed Forces for an administrative separation, and for other purposes.

Requires that, if a member of the Armed Forces is being considered for administrative separation, incidents involving the member and information regarding actions of the member occurring more than 10 years before the date of the proceedings may not be taken into consideration, except when: (1) the member consents to the consideration of earlier information; or (2) the information was concealed by the member or another person acting on behalf of the member.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6177 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6177

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the timeliness of 
  information used in considering a member of the Armed Forces for an 
           administrative separation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2010

   Mr. Djou introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the timeliness of 
  information used in considering a member of the Armed Forces for an 
           administrative separation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF CURRENT INFORMATION IN CONSIDERING A MEMBER OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1179. Administrative separation: use of current information 
              regarding member
    ``(a) Timeliness of Information Considered.--If a member of the 
armed forces is being considered under applicable regulations for 
administrative separation, incidents involving the member and 
information regarding the actions of the member occurring more than 10 
years before the date of the proceedings may not be taken into 
consideration.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply if--
            ``(1) the member consents to the consideration of the 
        earlier information; or
            ``(2) the information was concealed by the member or 
        another person acting on behalf of the member.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by at the end the following new item:

``1179. Administrative separation: use of current information regarding 
                            member.''.
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