3.0.0 2970 2019-02-20T12:35:50Z 2022-11-04T17:12:52Z Senate S S 2014-12-02 113 Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 113 2016 HR 2013-06-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 113 967 S 2013-06-04 Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-320. Related bill CRS Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 113 1752 S 2014-03-06 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 251. (consideration: CR S1349) Related bill CRS Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 113 2992 S 2014-12-10 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2014-12-03 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611. Calendars 2014-12-02 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2014-12-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N Armed Forces and National Security Crime victims Criminal procedure and sentencing Government studies and investigations Military command and structure Military law Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-12-02 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-22T16:31:52Z Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for determining whether to try by court-martial a member accused of: (1) certain UCMJ offenses for which the maximum punishment includes confinement for more than one year; or (2) a conspiracy, solicitation, or attempt to commit such offenses.

Requires courts-martial determinations for such offenses to be made by a commissioned officer available for detail as trial counsel who is outside the chain of command of the member subject to the charges. (Currently, courts-martial decisions are made by commanding officers of accused members.)

Excludes from the revised procedures that require counsel outside the chain of command to make such courts-martial determinations certain UCMJ offenses relating specifically to military service, including absence without leave, insubordination, and aiding the enemy.

Prohibits an outside counsel's determination not to proceed to trial by general or special court-martial from altering the authority of commanding officers to: (1) refer noncapital offenses to summary courts-martial with limits on the punishments that may be imposed; or (2) impose non-judicial admonitions, reprimands, or disciplinary punishment for minor offenses.

Requires military chiefs of staff to establish offices to convene general and special courts-martial. Prohibits officers in the chain of command of an accused or a victim from detailing members to serve on a resulting trial by court-martial.

]]> Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 Display Title Military Justice Improvement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2970pcs/xml/BILLS-113s2970pcs.xml 2014-12-03 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.