Sec. 522. Privacy Act exclusion for courts-martial to allow for public access to dockets, filings, and court records
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Section 940a of title 10, United States Code (article 140a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— by striking The Secretary of Defense and inserting
(a)The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, ; in subsection
(a)(as designated by paragraph
(1)of this section) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting (including with respect to the Coast Guard) after military justice system ; in paragraph
(4)of subsection
(a)(as so designated), by inserting public before access to docket information ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections: Section 552a of title 5 shall not apply to records of trial produced or distributed within the military justice system or docket information, filings, and records made publicly accessible in accordance with the uniform standards and criteria for conduct established by the Secretary under subsection (a). Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide public access to docket information, filings, or records that are classified, subject to a judicial protective order, or ordered sealed. . The Secretary of Homeland Security shall apply to the Coast Guard the standards and criteria for conduct established by the Secretary of Defense under section 940a of title 10, United States Code (article 140a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act until such time as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, prescribes revised standards and criteria for conduct under such section that implement the amendments made by subsection
(a)of this section.