Manual for Courts-Martial; Proposed Amendments

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#  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.

**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 committee 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 May 13, 2019.

**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:* Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and  Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.

*Instructions:* 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:**

Lieutenant Colonel Adam S. Kazin, USA, Executive Secretary, JSC, at (571) 256-8132 or via 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 Responsibility 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 Manual for Courts-Martial (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: March 11, 2019.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register  Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.