,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjag ,mrs4 ,ernst 7for herself and     
,mrs4 ,gillibrand7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to enhance       
effective prosecution and defense in    
courts-martial1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,enhancement of effective           
prosecution and defense in              
courts-martial and related matters  7a7 
,additional element in program for      
effective prosecution and defense       
,subsection 7a77#a7 of section #edb of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjag 7,public   
,law #aad-cbi2 #acj ,stat4 #babf2 #aj   
,u4,s4,c4 #hbg note7 is amended by      
inserting before the semicolon the      
following3 or there is adequate         
supervision and oversight of trial      
counsel and defense counsel so detailed 
to ensure effective prosecution and     

defense in the court-martial4  7b7      
,assignment of civilian employees ,to   
supervise less experienced judge        
advocates in prosecution and defense    
,such section is further amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating subsections 7c7 and 7d7
 as subsections 7d7 and 7e71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subsection 7b7 the following new  
subsection 7c73  7c7 ,assignment of     
civilian employees ,to supervise less   
experienced judge advocates in          
prosecution and defense  7#a7           
,assignment authorized ,the ,secretary  
concerned may assign the function of    
supervising and overseeing prosecution  
or defense in courts-martial by less    
experienced judge advocates to civilian 
employees of the military department    
concerned or the ,department of         
,homeland ,security1 as applicable1 who 
have extensive litigation expertise4    
7#b7 ,status as supervisor ,a civilian  
employee assigned to supervise and      
oversee the prosecution or defense in a 

court-martial pursuant to this          
subsection is not required to be        
detailed to the case1 but must be       
reasonably available for consultation   
during court-martial proceedings4  4    
7c7 ,pilot programs on professional     
developmental process for judge         
advocates ,subsection 7d7 of such       
section1 as redesignated by subsection  
7b77#a7 of this section1 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 striking        
establishing and all that follows and   
inserting a military justice career     
track for judge advocates under the     
jurisdiction of the ,secretary42  7#b7  
by redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as      
paragraph 7#e72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#c7 the following new  
paragraph 7#d73  7#d7 ,elements ,each   
pilot program shall include the         
following3 7,a7 ,a military justice     
career track for judge advocates that   
leads to judge advocates with military  
justice expertise in the grade of       
colonel1 or in the grade of captain in  

the case of judge advocates of the      
,navy1 to prosecute and defend complex  
cases in military courts-martial4  7,b7 
,the use of skill identifiers to        
identify judge advocates for            
participation in the pilot program from 
among judge advocates having appropriate
 skill and experience in military       
justice matters4  7,c7 ,guidance for    
promotion boards considering the        
selection for promotion of officers     
participating in the pilot program in   
order to ensure that judge advocates who
 are participating in the pilot program 
have the same opportunity for promotion 
as all other judge advocate officers    
being considered for promotion by such  
boards4  7,d7 ,such other matters as the
 ,secretary concerned considers         
appropriate4  4