A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to limit the jurisdiction of courts-martial, to eliminate the death penalty, to define certain additional offenses under such chapter.

Summary

Limits the jurisdiction of courts-martial over the following crimes: (1) fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation; (2) unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation; (3) desertion; (4) absent without leave; (5) missing movement; (6) assaulting or willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer; (7) insubordinate conduct toward a warrant officer, noncommissioned offficer, or petty officer; (8) failure to obey orders or regulations; (9) cruelty and maltreatment; (10) resistence, breach of arrest, and escapes; (11) releasing prisoner without proper authority; (12) unlawful detention; (13) noncompliance with procedural rules; (14) false official statements; (15) military property of United States--loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition; (16) property other than military property of the United States--waste, spoilage, or destruction; (17) drunk on duty; (18) misbehavior of sentinel; (19) malingering; and (20) riot or breach of peace. Permits a court martial for the manufacture or possession of a narcotic drug; the carrying of a concealed weapon; and obstructing justice, adultery, and lewd, indecent, or obscene acts. Eliminates the death penalty for Federal offenses.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 July 1973

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