---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 948l"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "948l"
heading: "Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/948l"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47A — Military Commissions"
  - "Subchapter II — Composition of Military Commissions"
---

# §948l. Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters

- (a) **Court Reporters.—** Under such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may prescribe, the convening authority of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission under this chapter shall detail to or employ for the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission qualified court reporters, who shall prepare a verbatim [record](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) of the proceedings of and testimony taken before the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission.
- (b) **Interpreters.—** Under such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may prescribe, the convening authority of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission under this chapter may detail to or employ for the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission interpreters who shall interpret for the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission, and, as necessary, for trial counsel and defense counsel for the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission, and for the accused.
- (c) **Transcript; Record.—** The transcript of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission under this chapter shall be under the control of the convening authority of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission, who shall also be responsible for preparing the [record](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) of the proceedings of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) commission.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2578.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 948l, added Pub. L. 109–366, § 3(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2605, related to detail or employment of reporters and interpreters, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 111–84.