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10 U.S.C. § 934 — Art. 134. General article
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Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “crimes and offenses not capital” includes any conduct engaged in outside the United States, as defined in [section 5 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section5&num=0&edition=prelim), that would constitute a crime or offense not capital if the conduct had been engaged in within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in [section 7 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section7&num=0&edition=prelim).
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Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “crimes and offenses not capital” includes any conduct engaged in outside the United States, as defined in [section 5 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section5&num=0&edition=prelim), that would constitute a crime or offense not capital if the conduct had been engaged in within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in [section 7 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section7&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice):
(1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force.
(3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers.
(4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority.
(5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
(6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy.
(7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service.
(8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces.
(9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused.
(10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-
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The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.
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The term “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States”, as used in this title, includes:
(1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, when such vessel is within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State.
(2) Any vessel registered, licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where the same constitutes the International Boundary Line.
(3) Any lands reserved or acquired for the use of the United States, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building.
(4) Any island, rock, or key containing deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.
(5) Any aircraft belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or any State, Territory, district, or possession thereof, while such aircraft is in flight over the high seas, or over any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States a
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**(a) Action on Complaints Alleging Sexual Harassment.—** A commanding officer or officer in charge of a unit, vessel, facility, or area of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who receives from a member of the command or a civilian employee under the supervision of the officer a formal complaint alleging a claim of sexual harassment by a member of the armed forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, direct that an independent investigation of the matter be carried out in accordance with this section.
**(b) Commencement of Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge receiving such a formal complaint shall forward such complaint to an independent investigator within 72 hours after receipt of the complaint, and shall further—
(1) forward the formal complaint or a detailed description of the allegation to the next superior officer in the chain of command who is authorized to convene a general court-martial; and
(2) advise the complainant of the commencement of the investigation.
**(c) Duration of Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge shall ensure that an independent investigator receiving a formal complaint of sexual harassment under this section completes the investigation of the complaint not later than 14 days after the date on which the investigation is commenced, and that the findings of the investigation are forwarded to the commanding officer or officer in charge specified in subsection (a) for action as appropriate.
**(d) Report on Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge shall—
(1) submit a final report on the results of the independent investigation, inc
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**(a) Detail of Special Trial Counsel.—** Each Secretary concerned shall promulgate regulations for the detail of commissioned officers to serve as special trial counsel.
**(b) Qualifications.—** A special trial counsel shall be a commissioned officer who—
(1)
(A) is a judge advocate who is qualified under [section 806(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section806/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 6(a)(1)); and
(B) is certified to be qualified, by reason of education, training, experience, and temperament, for duty as a special trial counsel by—
(i) the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which the officer is a member; or
(ii) in the case of the Marine Corps, the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps; and
(2) in the case of a lead special trial counsel appointed pursuant to [section 1044f(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1044f/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), is in a grade no lower than O–7.
**(c) Duties and Authorities.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Special trial counsel shall carry out the duties described in this chapter and any other duties prescribed by the Secretary concerned, by regulation.
(2) **Determination of covered offense; related charges.—**
(A) *Authority.—* — A special trial counsel shall have exclusive authority to determine if a reported offense is a covered offense and shall exercise authority over any such offense in accordance with this chapter. Any determination to prefer or refer charges shall not act to disqualify the special trial counsel as an accuser.
(B) *Known and related offenses.—* — If a special trial counsel determines that a reported offense is a covered offense, the spe
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**(a) No Limitation for Certain Offenses.—** A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war, with murder, rape or sexual assault, or rape or sexual assault of a child, maiming of a child, kidnapping of a child, or with any other offense punishable by death, may be tried and punished at any time without limitation.
**(b) Five-year Limitation for Trial by Court-martial.—**
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section (article), a person charged with an offense is not liable to be tried by court-martial if the offense was committed more than five years before the receipt of sworn charges and specifications by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction over the command.
(2)
(A) A person charged with having committed a child abuse offense against a child is liable to be tried by court-martial if the sworn charges and specifications are received during the life of the child or within ten years after the date on which the offense was committed, whichever provides a longer period, by an officer exercising summary court-martial jurisdiction with respect to that person.
(B) In subparagraph (A), the term “child abuse offense” means an act that involves abuse of a person who has not attained the age of 16 years and constitutes any of the following offenses:
(i) Any offense in violation of section 920, 920a, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 130), unless the offense is covered by subsection (a).
(ii) Aggravated assault, assault consummated by a battery, or assault with intent to commit specified offenses in violation of [section 928 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section928&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 128).
(C) In subparagr
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Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully—
(1) seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, or carries away another person; and
(2) holds the other person against that person’s will;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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In this title, the term “covered misconduct” means—
(1) rape and sexual assault, as described in sections 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(2) sexual harassment, as described in Executive Order 14062 dated January 26, 2022, and enumerated under [section 934 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section934&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(3) abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual contact, as described in sections 920(c) and 920(d) of title 10 (articles 120(c) and 120(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(4) wrongful broadcast, dissemination, or creation of content as described in sections 917 11 So in original. Probably should be “917a”. and 920c of title 10 (articles 117a and 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(5) the child pornography offenses as described in [section 934 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section934&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(6) rape and sexual assault of a child, other sexual misconduct, and stalking, as described in sections 920b, 920c(a), and 930 of title 10 (articles 120b, 120c, and 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and
(7) domestic violence, as described in [section 928b of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section928b&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).
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### Statutory Notes
Section 671, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, defined “principal”. See [section 877 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section877&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 672, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to accessories after the fact. See [section 878 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section878&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 673, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, authorized conviction of lesser included offense. See [section 879 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section879&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 674, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 138, related to attempts. See [section 880 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section880&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 675, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 138, related to conspiracy. See [section 881 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section881&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 676, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to solicitation. See [section 882 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section882&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 677, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 134, related to fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation. See [section 883 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section883&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 678, act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1, 64 Stat. 135, related to unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation. See [section 884 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xh
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 931g
menting regulations and provisions relating to applica-
bility to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L.
114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under
section 801 of this title.
§ 931g. Art. 131g. Wrongful interference with ad-
verse administrative proceeding
Any person subject to this chapter who, hav-
ing reason to believe that an adverse adminis-
trative proceeding is pending against any person
subject to this chapter, wrongfully acts with the
intent—
(1) to influence, impede, or obstruct the con-
duct of the proceeding; or
(2) otherwise to obstruct the due administra-
tion of justice;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5449,
Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2957.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the
President, with implementing regulations and provi-
sions relating to applicability to various situations, see
section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set
out as notes under section 801 of this title.
§ 932. Art. 132. Retaliation
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person subject to this
chapter who, with the intent to retaliate against
any person for reporting or planning to report a
criminal offense, or making or planning to make
a protected communication, or with the intent
to discourage any person from reporting a crimi-
nal offense or making or planning to make a
protected communication—
(1) wrongfully takes or threatens to take an
adverse personnel action against any person;
or
(2) wrongfully withholds or threatens to
withhold a favorable personnel action with re-
spect to any person;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this s
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