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[CITE: 10USC951]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 48--MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 951. Establishment; organization; administration

    (a) The Secretaries concerned may provide for the establishment of 
such military correctional facilities as are necessary for the 
confinement of offenders against chapter 47 of this title.
    (b) The Secretary concerned shall--
        (1) designate an officer for each armed force under his 
    jurisdiction to administer military correctional facilities 
    established under this chapter;
        (2) provide for the education, training, rehabilitation, and 
    welfare of offenders confined in a military correctional facility of 
    his department; and
        (3) provide for the organization and equipping of offenders 
    selected for training with a view to their honorable restoration to 
    duty or possible reenlistment.

    (c) There shall be an officer in command of each major military 
correctional facility. Under regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary concerned, the officer in command shall have custody and 
control of offenders confined within the facility which he commands, and 
shall usefully employ those offenders as he considers best for their 
health and reformation, with a view to their restoration to duty, 
enlistment for future service, or return to civilian life as useful 
citizens.
    (d) There may be made or repaired at each military correctional 
facility such supplies for the armed forces or other agencies of the 
United States as can properly and economically be made or repaired at 
such facilities.

(Added Pub. L. 90-377, Sec. 1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 287; amended Pub. 
L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 511(27), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2922.)


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``at such facilities'' 
for ``as such facilities''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                         Offenses Against Minors

    Pub. L. 105-119, title I, Sec. 115(a)(8)(C), Nov. 26, 1997, 111 
Stat. 2466, provided that:
    ``(i) The Secretary of Defense shall specify categories of conduct 
punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice which encompass a 
range of conduct comparable to that described in section 170101(a)(3)(A) 
and (B) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 14071(a)(3)(A) and (B)), and such other conduct as the Secretary 
deems appropriate for inclusion for purposes of this subparagraph.
    ``(ii) In relation to persons sentenced by a court martial for 
conduct in the categories specified under clause (i), the Secretary 
shall prescribe procedures and implement a system to--
        ``(I) provide notice concerning the release from confinement or 
    sentencing of such persons;
        ``(II) inform such persons concerning registration obligations; 
    and
        ``(III) track and ensure compliance with registration 
    requirements by such persons during any period of parole, probation, 
    or other conditional release or supervision related to the offense.
    ``(iii) The procedures and requirements established by the Secretary 
under this subparagraph shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be 
consistent with those specified for Federal offenders under the 
amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) [section 115(a)(8)(A), (B) 
of Pub. L. 105-119, amending sections 3563, 3583, 4042, and 4209 of 
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure].
    ``(iv) If a person within the scope of this subparagraph is confined 
in a facility under the control of the Bureau of Prisons at the time of 
release, the Bureau of Prisons shall provide notice of release and 
inform the person concerning registration obligations under the 
procedures specified in section 4042(c) of title 18, United States 
Code.''


Notification of Victims and Witnesses of Status of Prisoners in Military 
                         Correctional Facilities

    Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 552, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 
1662, provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
procedures and implement a centralized system for notice of the status 
of offenders confined in military correctional facilities to be provided 
to victims and witnesses. Such procedures shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, be consistent with procedures of the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons for victim and witness notification.
    ``(b) Deadline for Prescribing Procedures.--The Secretary of 
Defense--
        ``(1) shall prescribe the procedures required by subsection (a) 
    not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this 
    Act [Nov. 30, 1993]; and
        ``(2) shall implement the centralized system required by that 
    section not later than six months after those procedures are 
    prescribed.
    ``(c) Notification and Reporting Requirement.--(1) Upon 
implementation of the centralized system of notice under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall notify Congress of such implementation.
    ``(2) After such system has been in operation for one year, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the lessons 
learned during the first year of operation.
    ``(d) Termination of Requirement.--The requirement to establish 
procedures and implement a centralized system of notice under subsection 
(a) shall expire 90 days after the receipt of the report required by 
subsection (c)(2).''
