Sec. 558. Sense of Senate on disposition of charges involving certain sexual misconduct offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice through courts-martial
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It is the sense of the Senate that— any charge regarding an offense specified in subsection
(b)should be disposed of by court-martial, rather than by non-judicial punishment or administrative action; and in the case of any charge regarding an offense specified in subsection
(b)that is disposed of by non-judicial punishment or administrative action, rather than by court-martial, the disposition authority should include in the case file a justification for the disposition of the charge by non-judicial punishment or administrative action, rather than by court-martial. An offense specified in this subsection is any of the following offenses under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice): Rape or sexual assault under subsection
(a)or
(b)of section 920 of such chapter (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). Forcible sodomy under section 925 of such chapter (article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph
(1)or (2), as punishable under section 880 of such chapter (article 80 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).