10 U.S.C. § 828
Section 828 · Art. 28. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2005)
Most recently applied in United States v. Best (September 2005)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry shall detail or employ qualified court reporters, who shall record the proceedings of and testimony taken before that court or commission. Under like regulations the convening authority of a court-martial, military commission, or court of inquiry may detail or employ interpreters who shall interpret for the court or commission. This section does not apply to a military commission established under chapter 47A of this title.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The words “Secretary concerned” are substituted for the words “Secretary of the Department”. The words, “detail or employ” are substituted for the word “appoint”, since the filling of the position involved is not appointment to an office in the constitutional sense.
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–366 inserted last sentence.