---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 948h"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "948h"
heading: "Who may convene military commissions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/948h"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47A — Military Commissions"
  - "Subchapter II — Composition of Military Commissions"
---

# §948h. Who may convene military commissions


[Military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commissions under this chapter may be convened by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense or by any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or official of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) designated by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) for that purpose.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2576.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 948h, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2603, related to who may convene military commissions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.