Section 1. Part II of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, is amended as follows: . . . (gg) R.C.M. 1209(a)(1) is amended to read as follows: "(1) General and special courts-martial. A conviction in a general or special court-martial is final when— (A) Review is completed under R.C.M. 1201(a) (Article 65); (B) Review is completed by a Court of Criminal Appeals and— (i) The accused does not file a timely petition for review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the case is not otherwise under review by that court; or (ii) The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces refused to grant review of such a petition or review is completed in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and— (I) A petition for a writ of certiorari is not filed within the time limits prescribed by the Supreme Court; (II) A petition for a writ of certiorari is denied or otherwise rejected by the Supreme Court; or (III) Review is otherwise completed in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court."

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