Bill > S1789

This bill, the Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019, aims to reform procedures for determinations on the disposition of charges and the convening of courts-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The key provisions include: requiring the Secretaries of the military departments and the Department of Homeland Security to provide determinations on the preferral, disposition, and referral of charges for certain offenses with a maximum punishment of more than one year's confinement; authorizing certain commissioned officers to make these determinations; modifying the officers authorized to convene general and special courts-martial for these offenses; and requiring the Secretary of Defense to recommend changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial to ensure compliance. The bill also requires monitoring and assessment of the implementation and efficacy of these changes by the Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces.