2015 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Title 3— The President Executive Order 13696 of June 17, 2015 2015 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 801-946), and in order to prescribe amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, prescribed by Executive Order 12473 of April 13, 1984, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1 . Part II, Part III, and Part IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, are amended as described in the Annex attached and made a part of this order. Sec. 2 . These amendments shall take effect as of the date of this order, subject to the following: (a) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to make punishable any act done or omitted prior to the effective date of this order that was not punishable when done or omitted. (b) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the effective date of this order, and any such nonjudicial punishment, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendments had not been prescribed. OB#1.EPS   THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 2015. Billing code 3295-F5 ED22JN15.024 ED22JN15.025 ED22JN15.026 ED22JN15.027 ED22JN15.028 ED22JN15.029 ED22JN15.030 ED22JN15.031 ED22JN15.032 ED22JN15.033 ED22JN15.034 ED22JN15.035 ED22JN15.036 ED22JN15.037 ED22JN15.038 ED22JN15.039 ED22JN15.040 ED22JN15.041 ED22JN15.042 ED22JN15.043 ED22JN15.044 ED22JN15.045 ED22JN15.046 ED22JN15.047 ED22JN15.048 ED22JN15.049 ED22JN15.050 ED22JN15.051 ED22JN15.052 ED22JN15.053 ED22JN15.054 ED22JN15.055 ED22JN15.056 ED22JN15.057 ED22JN15.058 ED22JN15.059 ED22JN15.060 ED22JN15.061 ED22JN15.062 ED22JN15.063 ED22JN15.064 ED22JN15.065 ED22JN15.066 ED22JN15.067 ED22JN15.068 [FR Doc. 2015-15495 Filed 6-19-15; 11:15 am] Billing code 5000-04