Sec. 547. Plans for uniform document management system, tracking pretrial information, and assessing changes in law

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy), the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Judge Advocates specified in subsection (e), shall publish a plan pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense shall establish a single document management system for use by each Armed Force to collect and present information on matters within the military justice system, including information collected and maintained for purposes of section 940a of title 10, United States Code (article 140a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

The plan under subsection

(a)shall meet the following criteria: The plan shall ensure that each Armed Force uses consistent data collection fields, definitions, and other criteria for the document management system described in subsection (a). The plan shall include a strategy for incorporating into the document management system the features of the case management and electronic case filing system of the Federal courts to the greatest extent possible. The plan shall require the document management system to be used for the collection and presentation of information about matters occurring after the date of the implementation of the system. The plan shall not require the collection and presentation of historical data about matters occurring before the implementation date of the system. The plan shall include an estimate of the resources (including costs, staffing, and other resources) required to implement the document management system. The plan shall include an analysis of any legislative actions, including any changes to law, that may be required to implement the document management system for each Armed Force. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy), the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Judge Advocates specified in subsection (e), shall publish a plan addressing how the Armed Forces will collect, track, and maintain pretrial records, data, and other information regarding the reporting, investigation, and processing of all offenses under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), arising in any Armed Force in a manner such that each Armed Force uses consistent data collection fields, definitions, and criteria. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy), the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Judge Advocates specified in subsection (e), shall publish a plan addressing the manner in which the Department of Defense will analyze the effects of the changes in law and policy required under subtitle D and the amendments made by such subtitle with respect to the disposition of offenses over which a special trial counsel at any time exercises authority in accordance with section 824a of title 10, United States Code (article 24a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) (as added by section 531 of this Act). Not less frequently than once every 90 days during the covered period, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy), the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Judge Advocates specified in subsection (e), shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the status of the development of the plans required under subsections

(a)through (c). In this subsection, the term covered period means the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Judge Advocates specified in this subsection are the following: The Judge Advocate General of the Army. The Judge Advocate General of the Navy. The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force. The Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard.