[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2504 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2504

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to adopt centralized procedures for providing notice to victims 
   and witnesses of the status of prisoners in military correctional 
                              facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1993

 Mr. Kyl (for himself and Mr. Skelton) 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 require the Secretary of 
Defense to adopt centralized procedures for providing notice to victims 
   and witnesses of the status of prisoners in military correctional 
                              facilities.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVED PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF VICTIMS AND 
              WITNESSES OF STATUS OF PRISONERS IN MILITARY CORRECTIONAL 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 48 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 957. Status of prisoners: procedures for notifying victims and 
              witnesses
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures and implement 
a centralized system for notice of the status of offenders confined in 
military correctional facilities to be provided to victims and 
witnesses. Such procedures shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be 
consistent with procedures of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for victim 
and witness notification.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``957. Status of prisoners: procedures for notifying victims and 
                            witnesses.''.
    (b) Deadline for Prescribing Procedures.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe the procedures required by section 957 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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