10 U.S.C. § 919
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- (a)Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
- (b)Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being—is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.