3.0.0 538 2019-02-20T12:30:25Z 2019-02-23T15:19:15Z Senate S S 2013-03-12 113 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2013-06-04T12:40:02Z Referred to 2013-03-12T21:37:44Z 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 2013-06-04 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-320. Committee 2013-03-12 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (consideration: CR S5461) IntroReferral 2013-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2013-05-09 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-05-13 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2013-05-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Criminal procedure and sentencing Military law Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2013-04-01T19:54:29Z Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to require a convening authority (the official acting on the sentence of a court-martial), when taking any action other than approving a sentence, to prepare a written justification of such action which shall be made part of the record of the court-martial.

Prohibits a convening authority (or person acting in such capacity) from: (1) dismissing or setting aside a finding of guilty, or (2) reducing a finding of guilty to a finding of guilty to a lesser included offense. Repeals an inconsistent UCMJ provision.

]]> A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the findings and sentences of courts-martial. Display Title A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the findings and sentences of courts-martial. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the findings and sentences of courts-martial. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s538is/xml/BILLS-113s538is.xml 2013-06-04 Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-320. 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.