{"identifier":"/us/usc/t37/s555","title":37,"num":"\u00a7\u202f555.","heading":"Secretarial review","text":"\u00a7\u202f555.\nSecretarial review\n(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), when a member of a uniformed service entitled to pay and allowances under\n(1) if the member can reasonably be presumed to be living, direct a continuance of his missing status; or\n(2) make a finding of death.\n(b) When a finding of death is made under subsection (a), it shall include the date death is presumed to have occurred for the purpose of\u2014\n(1) ending the crediting of pay and allowances;\n(2) settlement of accounts; and\n(3) payment of death gratuities.\nThat date is\u2014\n(A) the day after the day on which the 12-month period in a missing status ends; or\n(B) if the missing status has been continued under subsection (a), the day determined by the Secretary concerned, or his designee.\n(c) For the sole purpose of determining status under this section, a dependent of a member on active duty is treated as if he were a member. Any determination made by the Secretary concerned, or his designee, under this section is conclusive on all other departments and agencies of the United States. This subsection does not entitle a dependent to pay, allowances, or other compensation to which he is not otherwise entitled.\n(d) This section does not apply in a case to which\nsection 1502 of title 10","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t37/s555.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f555."},{"t":"heading","text":"Secretarial review"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Except as provided in subsection (d), when a member of a uniformed service entitled to pay and allowances under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 552 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t37/s552","tail":" has been in a missing status, and the official report of his death or of the circumstances of his absence has not been received by the Secretary concerned, he shall, before the end of a 12-month period in that status, have the case fully reviewed. After that review and the end of the 12-month period in a missing status, or after a later review which shall be made when warranted by information received or other circumstances, the Secretary concerned, or his designee, may\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" if the member can reasonably be presumed to be living, direct a continuance of his missing status; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" make a finding of death.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" When a finding of death is made under subsection (a), it shall include the date death is presumed to have occurred for the purpose of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" ending the crediting of pay and allowances;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" settlement of accounts; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" payment of death gratuities.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"That date is\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the day after the day on which the 12-month period in a missing status ends; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/b/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" if the missing status has been continued under subsection (a), the day determined by the Secretary concerned, or his designee.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" For the sole purpose of determining status under this section, a dependent of a member on active duty is treated as if he were a member. Any determination made by the Secretary concerned, or his designee, under this section is conclusive on all other departments and agencies of the United States. This subsection does not entitle a dependent to pay, allowances, or other compensation to which he is not otherwise entitled.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t37/s555/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" This section does not apply in a case to which ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1502 of title 10","href":"/us/usc/t10/s1502","tail":" applies."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}