2024 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States

Executive Order 14130 of December 20, 2024 2024 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. 801-946a), and in order to prescribe additions and 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, Part IV, and Part V of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, are amended as described in the Annex attached to and made a part of this order. Sec. 2 . With this order, I hereby prescribe regulations for the randomized selection of qualified personnel as members of a court-martial to the maximum extent practicable, pursuant to section 543 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Public Law 117-263 (10 U.S.C. 825(e)(4)). Sec. 3 . Except as provided in sections 4 and 5 of this order, these amendments shall take effect on the date of this order, subject to the following: (a) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to make punishable any act committed or omitted prior to the date of this order that was not punishable when committed or omitted. (b) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the date of this order, and any such nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendments had not been prescribed. Sec. 4 . The amendments to Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 908(c)(3), R.C.M. 1205(a), and R.C.M. 1209(a)(1) shall take effect on December 22, 2024, subject to the following: (a) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to make punishable any act committed or omitted prior to the effective date that was not punishable when committed or omitted. (b) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the effective date, and any such nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendments had not been prescribed. Sec. 5 . The amendment to R.C.M. 503(a)(1) shall take effect on December 23, 2024, subject to the following: (a) Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to make punishable any act committed or omitted prior to the effective date that was not punishable when committed or omitted. (b) Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the effective date, and any such nonjudicial punishment proceeding, restraint, preliminary hearing, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if this amendment had not been prescribed. BIDEN.EPS   THE WHITE HOUSE, December 20, 2024. Billing code 3395-F4-P ED27DE24.258 ED27DE24.259 ED27DE24.260 ED27DE24.261 ED27DE24.262 ED27DE24.263 ED27DE24.264 ED27DE24.265 ED27DE24.266 ED27DE24.267 ED27DE24.268 ED27DE24.269 ED27DE24.270 ED27DE24.271 ED27DE24.272 ED27DE24.273 ED27DE24.274 ED27DE24.275 ED27DE24.276 ED27DE24.277 ED27DE24.278 ED27DE24.279 ED27DE24.280 ED27DE24.281 ED27DE24.282 ED27DE24.283 ED27DE24.284 ED27DE24.285 ED27DE24.286 ED27DE24.287 ED27DE24.288 ED27DE24.289 [FR Doc. 2024-31354 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am] Billing code 6001-FR-C