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SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 1705 OF THE FY14 NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT RELATED TO COURT-MARTIAL JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS AND MINIMUM 
SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENSES//

REF/A/DOC/PUBLIC LAW 113-66 (FY14 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT)
REF/B/DOC/UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE

POC/R. CROW/CAPT, JAGC, USN/OJAG (CODE 20)/LOC: 1254 CHARLES MORRIS STREET, 
SE, WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC/EMAIL: ROBERT.CROW@NAVY.MIL/ TEL: (202) 685-
7057, DSN 325-7057//
J. BAKER/COL, USMC/JAD/LOC: 3000 MARINE CORPS PENTAGON, RM 4D557, WASHINGTON 
DC/EMAIL: JOHN.BAKER1@USMC.MIL/ TEL: (703) 693-9304, DSN 223-9304//

RMKS/1.  In December 2013, the President signed Ref A which included more 
than 30 changes to the military justice process.  This ALNAV announces 
implementation of section 1705 of Ref A related to court-martial 
jurisdictional limits and minimum sentences for certain sex-related offenses.

2.  Ref A, section 1705.  For offenses committed on or after 24 June 2014, 
the sex offenses listed in paragraph 3, below, may only be referred to a 
general court-martial for adjudication.  Further, the adjudged sentence for 
any person found guilty of a sex offense listed in paragraph 3, below, must 
include, at a minimum, dismissal or dishonorable discharge. 

3.  The court-martial referral limitation and the mandatory minimum 
punishment discussed in paragraph 2 apply to the following offenses under Ref 
B:

    a.  Offenses charged under subsection (a) or (b) of Article 120;

    b.  Rape or sexual assault of a child under subsections (a) or (b) of 
Article 120b;

    c.  Forcible sodomy under Article 125; and,

    d.  An attempt to commit an offense specified in subsections a. through 
c. above that is punishable under Article 80.

4. Released by Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy.//
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