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10 U.S.C. 865: Art. 65. Transmittal and review of records

Created in 1967 by Public Law 90-179. Changed by 7 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (d)

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–159, §563(1), substituted "forward—" for "forward", inserted subpar. (A) designation before "the record", and added subpar. (B). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §563(2)(A)(i), substituted "shall, upon written request of the accused" for "shall" in introductory provisions. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §563(2)(A)(ii), struck out ", upon request of the accused," after "review the case and". (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §563(2)(A)(iii), struck out "upon written request of the accused," before "forward a copy". (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §563(2)(B), substituted "accused" for "accused—", struck out cl. (i) designation before "waives", and struck out cl. (ii) which read as follows: "declines in writing the detailing of appellate defense counsel under subparagraph (A)(i)." (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)

2021

  • Pub. L. 117–81 substituted "impracticable" for "impractical" in subpar. heading, designated existing provisions as cl. (i), inserted cl. (i) heading, substituted "Subject to clause (ii), if the Judge Advocate General" for "If the Judge Advocate General" and "impracticable" for "i… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (e)

2017

  • Pub. L. 115–91 substituted "section 866(b)(3) of this title (article 66(b)(3))" for "section 866(b)(2) of this title (article 66(b)(2))". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) Law text · (b)

2016

  • Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to disposition of records. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text

1983

  • Pub. L. 98–209 amended section generally, substituting "Disposition of records" for "Disposition of records after review by the convening authority" in section catchline, and, in text, substituting provisions relating to disposition of records for prior provisions relating to disposition of records…

1980

  • Pub. L. 96–513 substituted "Department of Transportation" for "Department of the Treasury". · (c)

1968

  • Pub. L. 90–632 substituted "Court of Military Review" for "board of review" wherever appearing. · (b)

1967

  • Pub. L. 90–179 inserted reference to judge advocate of the Marine Corps and substituted reference to judge advocate of the Navy for reference to law specialist of the Navy. · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.