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trial under Articles 64, 66, 67, or examination of the record of trial under Article 69. The
convening authority shall personally sign any supplementary or corrective action. A written
explanation is required for any modification of initial action that: 1) sets aside any finding of
guilt or dismisses or changes any charge or specification for an offense; or 2) disapproves,
commutes, or suspends, in whole or in part, the sentence. The written explanation shall be made
a part of the record of trial and action thereon."
(uu) R.C.M. 1107(g) is amended to read as follows:
"(g) Incomplete. ambiguous, or erroneous action. When the action of the convening
authority or of a higher authority is incomplete
or ambiguous or contains error, the authority who
took the incomplete, ambiguous, or erroneous action may be instructed by an authority acting
under Articles 64, 66, 67, 67a, or 69 to withdraw the original action and substitute a corrected
action."
(vv) R.C.M. 1108(b) is amended to insert the following before the rule's text:
"[Note: R.C.M. ll08(b) applies to offenses committed on or aftei.- 24 June 2014.]"
(ww) R.C.M. 1108(b) is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Who may suspend and remit. The convening authority may, after approving the
·sentence, suspend the execution of all. or any part of the sentence of a court-martial, except for
a sentence of death or as prohibited under R.C.M. 11 07(d). The general court-martial convening
authority over the accused at the time of the court-martial may, when taking action under
R.C.M. 1112(f), suspep.d or remit any part of the sentence. The Secretary concerned and,
when designated by the Secretary concerned, any Under Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Judge
Advocate General, or commanding officer may suspend or remit any part or amount of the
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unexecuted. part ·of any sentence other than a sentence approved by the President or a
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sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole that has been ordered executed.
The Secretary concerned may, however, suspend or remit the unexecuted part of a sentence of
confinement for life without eligibility for parole after the service of a period of confinement
of not less than 20 years. The commander of the accused who has the authority to convene a
court-martial of the kind that adjudged the sentence may suspend or remit any part of the
unexecuted part of any sentence by summary court-martial or of any sentence by special courtmartial that does not include a bad-conduct discharge regardless of whether the person acting
has previously approved the sentence. The "unexecuted part of any sentence'' is that part that
has been approved and ordered executed but that has not actually been carried out"
(xx) R.C.M. 1301(c) is amended to insert the following before the rule's text:
"[Note: R.C.M. 1301(c) applies to offenses committed on or after 24 June 2014.]"
(yy) R.C.M. t30t(c) is amended to number the current paragraph as (1), and a new R.C.M.
1301(c)(2) is inserted after the new R.C.M. 130l(c)(l) and reads as follows:
"(2) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(l) of this Rule, summary courts-martial do not have
jurisdiction over offenses under Articles 120(a), 120(b), 120b(a), 120b(b), forcible sodomy under
Article 125, and attempts thereof under Article 80. Such offenses shall not be referred to a
summary court-martial."
(zz) R.C.M. 406(b)(2) and R.C.M. 1103 are amended by changing "report of investigation" to
"report of preliminary hearing".
(aaa) R.C.M. 603(b) and R.C.M. 912(f)(l)(F) are amended by changing "an investigating
officer" to "a preliminary hearing officer".
(bbb) R.C.M. 705{c)(2)(E), R.C.M. 905(b)(l), and R.C.M. 906(b)(3) are amended by changing
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