Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Justice for Our 
Military Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF AP-
PEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1259 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 867a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘The Supreme Court may not review by 
a writ of certiorari under this section any action of the 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in refusing to 
grant a petition for review.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equal Justice for Our 
Military Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF AP-
PEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1259 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE 10.—Section 867a(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The Su-
preme Court may not review by a writ of certiorari 
under this section any action of the Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces in refusing to grant a petition 
for review.’’. 
(2) TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CER-
TIORARI.—Section 2101(g) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) The time for application for a writ of certiorari 
to review a decision of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces, or the decision of a Court of Criminal 
Appeals that the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces refuses to grant a petition to review, shall 
be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the ex-
piration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply to any petition grant-
ed or denied by the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces on or after that effective date. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE RULES.—The author-
ity of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules to carry out 
section 2101(g) of title 28, United States Code, as amended 
by section 2(b)(2) of this Act, shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 312 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 569 
[Report No. 111–547] 
A BILL 
To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to 
allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied 
relief or review by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces. 
JULY 15, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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