[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 236 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 85881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27073]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Manual for Courts-Martial; Publication of Supplementary Materials

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

ACTION: Publication of supplementary materials accompanying the Manual 
for Courts-Martial (MCM), United States (2024 ed.).

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SUMMARY: The JSC hereby announces the publication of the supplementary 
materials accompanying the MCM. These supplemental materials have been 
approved by the JSC and the General Counsel of the DoD and shall be 
applied in conjunction with the rule with which they are associated. 
The supplemental materials are separated into 5 ``TABs'' (alternatively 
called ``ANNEXES''), TABs A through E.

DATES: The supplemental materials in TABs A, C, D, and E should be 
consulted on or after December 27, 2023, when utilizing the MCM (2024 
edition). The amendments to the Discussion sections of Parts II and III 
of the MCM, found in TAB B, are effective insofar as the rules they 
supplement are effective. Refer to the text of E.O. 14103 (July 28, 
2023) for further information on the effective date of the rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Anthony M. DeStefano, U.S. 
Coast Guard, Executive Secretary, JSC, (202) 372-3807 (voice), 
[email protected] (email). The JSC website is located at 
http://jsc.defense.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplementary materials, as amended by 
the President in Executive Order (E.O.) 12473 (April 13, 1984) to 
present, including Executive Order (E.O.) 14062 (January 26, 2022) and 
E.O. 14103 (July 28, 2023) [hereinafter ``MCM (2024 ed.)''], are 
available on the internet at https://jsc.defense.gov/Military-Law/Changes-Since-2012-MCM/. These changes have not been coordinated within 
the DoD under DoD Directive 5500.1, ``Preparation, Processing, and 
Coordinating Legislation, E.O. Proclamations, Views Letters and 
Testimony,'' June 15, 2007, and do not constitute the official position 
of the DoD, the Military Departments, or any other department or agency 
of the U.S. government.

    Dated: December 5, 2023.
Natalie M. Ragland,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-27073 Filed 12-8-23; 8:45 am]
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