2016 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Title 3— The President Executive Order 13730 of May 20, 2016 2016 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, May 20, 2016. Billing code 3295-F6-P ED26MY16.012 ED26MY16.013 ED26MY16.014 ED26MY16.015 ED26MY16.016 ED26MY16.017 ED26MY16.018 ED26MY16.019 ED26MY16.020 ED26MY16.021 ED26MY16.022 ED26MY16.023 ED26MY16.024 ED26MY16.025 ED26MY16.026 ED26MY16.027 ED26MY16.028 ED26MY16.029 ED26MY16.030 ED26MY16.031 ED26MY16.032 ED26MY16.033 ED26MY16.034 ED26MY16.035 ED26MY16.036 ED26MY16.037 ED26MY16.038 [FR Doc. 2016-12579 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am] Billing code 5000-04-C