[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 33 (Monday, February 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 10551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03454]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2021-OS-0005]


Manual for Courts-Martial; Proposed Amendments

AGENCY: Joint Service Committee on Military Justice (JSC), DoD.

ACTION: Annual review of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities found in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice, the JSC is conducting its annual 
review of the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), United States. The JSC 
invites members of the public to suggest changes to the MCM. Please 
provide supporting rationale for any proposed changes.

DATES: Proposed changes must be received no later than April 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due 
to the COVID-19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the 
docket listed above.
    Instructions: Comments must be submitted by one of the above 
methods to ensure they are received, documented, and considered by the 
JSC. All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number for this Federal Register document. The general policy for 
comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make 
these submissions available for public viewing on the internet at 
http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Major Joy E. Hewitt, USAF, Executive 
Secretary, JSC, via phone at 240-612-4820 or email at 
[email protected]. The JSC public website is located at http://jsc.defense.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Executive Order 12473, ``Manual 
for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984,'' and Department of Defense 
Instruction 5500.17, ``Role and Responsibilities of the Joint Service 
Committee on Military Justice (JSC) (available at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/550017_5C.PDF?ver=2018-02-21-074422-370),'' the JSC is conducting its 
annual review of the MCM, United States.
    The committee invites members of the public to suggest changes to 
the MCM. Please provide supporting rationale for any proposed changes.

    Dated: February 16, 2021.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2021-03454 Filed 2-19-21; 8:45 am]
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