(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or de-
nied’’ after ‘‘granted’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) TITLE 10.—Section 867a(a) of title 10, 
United States Code (article 67a of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘The Supreme Court may not review by a 
writ of certiorari under this section any action 
of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces in refusing to grant a petition 
for review.’’. 
(B) TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF 
CERTIORARI.—Section 2101(g) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 Crimi-
nal 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.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the amendments made by this section shall take ef-
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fect upon the expiration of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply to any petition granted or denied by the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
Forces on or after that effective date. 
(2) AUTHORITY
TO
PRESCRIBE
RULES.—The 
authority of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules to 
carry out section 2101(g) of title 28, United States 
Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2)(B) of this 
Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 14. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF CRIMINAL 
INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military 
departments, shall develop and implement uniform guid-
ance to modify the systems used by Defense criminal in-
vestigative organizations to document records of criminal 
investigations (commonly known as ‘‘title systems’’) to en-
sure that a record identifying a member of the Armed 
Forces as the subject of a criminal investigation is re-
moved from such system if that member is cleared of 
wrongdoing as described in subsection (d). 
(b) DOCUMENTATION
BY JUDGE ADVOCATE.—As 
soon as practicable after a member of the Armed forces 
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is cleared of wrongdoing as described in subsection (d), 
a judge advocate in the chain of command of the member 
shall submit to the Defense criminal investigative organi-
zation concerned a written notice verifying that the mem-
ber has been cleared of wrongdoing. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR REMOVAL.—A record described in 
subsection (a) shall be removed from the title system of 
a Defense criminal investigative organization not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the organization re-
ceives the notice described in subsection (b). 
(d) DISPOSITION OF INVESTIGATIONS.—A member of 
the Armed Forces who is the subject of a criminal inves-
tigation shall be considered to have been cleared of wrong-
doing for purposes of subsection (a) if— 
(1) the member is found not guilty, not respon-
sible, or it is found that the reasons specified for the 
proceeding are unsupported by the evidence of the 
offense for which the member was under investiga-
tion— 
(A) through a court-martial or other pro-
ceeding brought under the chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice); 
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(B) through an administrative proceeding 
within the Department of Defense or the Armed 
Force concerned; or 
(C) by a civilian court; or 
(2) the Government makes a final determina-
tion not to prosecute the member for the criminal of-
fense for which the member was under investigation. 
(e) DEFENSE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZA-
TION DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Defense crimi-
nal investigative organization’’ means any organization or 
element of the Department of Defense or an Armed Force 
that is responsible for conducting criminal investigations, 
including— 
(1) the Army Criminal Investigation Command; 
(2) the Naval Criminal Investigative Service; 
(3) the Air Force Office of Special Investiga-
tions; 
(4) the Coast Guard Investigative Service; and 
(5) the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. 
Æ 
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