Sec. 554. REPORTS BY OFFICERS AND SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL LAW
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## SEC. 554 REPORTS BY OFFICERS AND SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL LAW **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** ###
(a)Requirement for Reports ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations a requirement that each covered member of the Armed Forces shall submit to an authority in the military department concerned designated pursuant to such regulations a timely report of any conviction of such member by any law enforcement authority of the United States for a violation of a criminal law of the United States, whether or not the member is on active duty at the time of the conduct that provides the basis for the conviction. The regulations shall apply uniformly throughout the military departments. ####
(2)Covered members In this section, the term “**covered member of the Armed Forces**” means a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is on the active-duty list or the reserve active-status list and who is— #####
(A)an officer; or #####
(B)an enlisted member in a pay grade above pay grade E–6. ###
(b)Law Enforcement Authority of the United States For purposes of this section, a law enforcement authority of the United States includes— ####
(1)a military or other Federal law enforcement authority; ####
(2)a State or local law enforcement authority; and ####
(3)such other law enforcement authorities within the United States as the Secretary shall specify in the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). ###
(c)Criminal Law of the United States ####
(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of this section, a criminal law of the United States includes— #####
(A)any military or other Federal criminal law; #####
(B)any State, county, municipal, or local criminal law or ordinance; and #####
(C)such other criminal laws and ordinances of jurisdictions within the United States as the Secretary shall specify in the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). ####
(2)Exception For purposes of this section, a criminal law of the United States shall not include a law or ordinance specifying a minor traffic offense (as determined by the Secretary for purposes of such regulations). ###
(d)Timeliness of Reports The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection
(a)shall establish requirements for the timeliness of reports under this section. ###
(e)Forwarding of Information The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection
(a)shall provide that, in the event a military department receives information that a covered member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of another military department has become subject to a conviction for which a report is required by this section, the Secretary of the military department receiving such information shall, in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary of Defense shall establish in such regulations, forward such information to the authority in the military department having jurisdiction over such member designated pursuant to such regulations. ###
(f)Convictions In this section, the term “**conviction**” includes any plea of guilty or nolo contendere. ###
(g)Deadline for Regulations The regulations required by subsection (a), including the requirement in subsection (e), shall go into effect not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(h)Applicability of Requirement The requirement under the regulations required by subsection
(a)that a covered member of the Armed Forces submit notice of a conviction shall apply only to a conviction that becomes final after the date of the enactment of this Act. ## subtitle G Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education * * * * * * *
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