Order Text:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the lawsof the United States of America, including chapter 47 of title 10, UnitedStates Code (Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 801-946), and inorder to prescribe amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, UnitedStates, prescribed by Executive Order 12473 of April 13, 1984, as amended,it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, UnitedStates, are amended as described in the Annex attached and made a part ofthis order.
Section 2. These amendments shall take effect 30 days from the date of thisorder.
(a) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to make punishable anyact done or omitted prior to the effective date of this order that was notpunishable when done or omitted.
(b) Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate anynonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraint, investigation, referral ofcharges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun priorto the effective date of this order, and any such nonjudicial punishment,restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial, or other action mayproceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendmentshad not been prescribed.
GEORGE W. BUSH
