3.0.0 1408 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z Senate S 2017-06-22 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-22T16:44:12Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 115 1519 S 2018-03-22 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1886-1892, S1892-1931) Related bill CRS 2017-06-22 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-06-22 True Armed Forces and National Security Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Lawyers and legal services Military law Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-07T22:40:18Z This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 to require of detailed trial and defense counsel in a court-martial that there be adequate supervision and oversight to ensure effective prosecution and defense in the court-martial.

The military department concerned may assign the function of supervising and overseeing prosecution or defense in courts-martial by less experienced judge advocates to civilian employees of the department or the Department of Homeland Security, as applicable, who have extensive litigation experience.

The bill revises requirements concerning pilot programs on the professional development process for judge advocates to direct the military department concerned to assess the feasibility and advisability of a military justice career track for judge advocates under the department's jurisdiction.

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A bill to enhance effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to enhance effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1408is/xml/BILLS-115s1408is.xml 2017-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.