REPORT ON PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR SERVICE ON COURTS-MARTIAL.

SEC. 552. REPORT ON PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR SERVICE ON COURTS-MARTIAL. (a) Report Required.— Not later than April 15, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the method of selection of members of the Armed Forces to serve on courts-martial. (b) Consideration of Alternatives.— In preparing the report, the Secretary shall examine alternatives, including random selection, to the current system of selection of members of courts-martial by the convening authority. Any alternative examined by the Secretary shall be consistent with the provisions relating to service on courts-martial specified in section 825(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 25(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The Secretary shall include in the report the Secretary’s evaluation of each alternative examined. (c) Views of Code Committee.— In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall obtain the views of the members of the committee referred to in section 946 of such title (known as the “Code Committee”).