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(2) Upon good cause shown, the military judge may pennit the victim's counsel to deliver all
or part of the victim's unsworn statement.
(cc) R.C.M. 1103A(a) is amended to read as follows:
"(a) In general. If t.t:te report of preliminary hearing or record of trial contains exhibits,
proceedings, or other matter ordered sealed by the preliminary hearing officer or military
judge, counsel for the government or trial counsel shall cause such materials to be sealed so as
to prevent unauthorized viewing or disclosure. Counsel for the government or trial counsel shall
ensure that such materials are properly marked, including an annotation that the material was
sealed by order of the preliminary hearing officer or military judge, and inserted at the
appropriate place in the original record of trial. Copies of the report of preliminary hearing
or record of trial shall contain appropriate annotations that matters were sealed by order of
the preliminary hearing officer or military judge and have been inserted in the report of
preliminary hearing or original record of trial. This Rule shall be implemented in a manner
consistent with Executive Order 13526, concerning classified national security information."
(dd) R.C.M. ll03A(b)(l) is amended to read as follows:
"(1) Prior to referral. The following individuals may examine sealed materials only if
necessary for proper fulfillment of their responsibilities under the UCMJ, the MCM, governing
directives, instructions, regulations, applicable rules for practice and procedure, or rules of
professional responsibility: the judge advocate advising the convening authority who directed the
Article 32 preliminary hearing; the convening authority who directed the Article 32 preliminary
hearing; the staff judge advocate to the general court-martial convening authority; and the general
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(ee) R.C.M. ll03A(b)(5) is inserted immediatelyafter R.C.M. 1103A(b)(4)(E)(viii) and reads as
follows:
"(5) Ecamination of sealed matters. For the purpose of this mle, "examination" includes
reading, viewing, photocopying, photographing, disclosing, or manipulating the sealed matters
in any way."
(ff) R.C.M. 1105 is amended by inserting the following Note before the mle's heading:
«[Note: R.C.M. 1105(b)(l) and (b)(2)(C) apply to offenses committed on or after 24 June
20 14.]"
(gg) R.C.M. 1105(b)(1) is amended to read as follows:
"(1) The accused may submit to the convening authority any matters that may reasonably
tend to affect the convening authority's decision whether to disapprove any findings of guilty
or to approve the sentence, except as maybe limited by R.C.M. 1107(b)(3)(C). The convening
authority is· only required to consider written submissions."
(hh) R.C.M. 1105(b)(2)(C) is amended to read as follows:
'"(C) Matters in mitigation that were not available for consideration at the court-martial,
except as may be limited by R.C.M. 1107(b)(3)(B); and''
(ii) R.C.M. Il07 is amended by inserting the following Note before the rule's heading:
"[Note: Subsections (b)-(f) ofR.C.M. 1107 apply to offenses committed on or after 24 June
2014; however, if at least one offense in a case occurred prior to 24 June 2014, then the prior
version ofRCM 1 i07 applies to all offenses in the case, except that mandatory minimum
sentences under Article 56(b) and applicable mles under RCM 11 07(d)(l)(D)-(E) still apply.]"
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(jj) R.C.M. ll07(b)(l) is amended to read as follows:
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