SESSIONS.

SEC. 5222. SESSIONS. Section 839 of title 10, United States Code (article 39 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking “if permitted by regulations of the Secretary concerned,”; and (ii) by striking “and” at the end; (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): “(4) conducting a sentencing proceeding and sentencing the accused in non-capital cases unless the accused requests sentencing by members under section 825 of this title (article 25); and” ; and (2) in the second sentence of subsection (c), by striking “, in cases in which a military judge has been detailed to the court,”.