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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2814 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 545

Sec. 545. Revision from statutory requirement to discretionary authority for designation by military judge of an individual to assume the rights of the victim of an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice when the victim is a minor, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased

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Section 806b(c) of title 10, United States Code (article 6b(c) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking shall and inserting may .
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