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[CITE: 10USC946]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 47--UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE
 
   SUBCHAPTER XII--UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
 
Sec. 946. Art. 146. Code committee

    (a) Annual Survey.--A committee shall meet at least annually and 
shall make an annual comprehensive survey of the operation of this 
chapter.
    (b) Composition of Committee.--The committee shall consist of--
        (1) the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
    Armed Forces;
        (2) the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air 
    Force, the Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard, and the Staff Judge 
    Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps; and
        (3) two members of the public appointed by the Secretary of 
    Defense.

    (c) Reports.--(1) After each such survey, the committee shall submit 
a report--
        (A) to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
        (B) to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military 
    departments, and the Secretary of Transportation.

    (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
        (A) Information on the number and status of pending cases.
        (B) Any recommendation of the committee relating to--
            (i) uniformity of policies as to sentences;
            (ii) amendments to this chapter; and
            (iii) any other matter the committee considers appropriate.

    (d) Qualifications and Terms of Appointed Members.--Each member of 
the committee appointed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection 
(b)(3) shall be a recognized authority in military justice or criminal 
law. Each such member shall be appointed for a term of three years.
    (e) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I) shall not apply to the 
committee.

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1301(c), Nov. 29, 1989, 
103 Stat. 1574; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 924(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, 
title XV, Sec. 1502(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106-65, 
div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``and the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of 
the House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives''.
    1994--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces'' for ``Court of Military Appeals''.
