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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1197 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 544

Sec. 544. Assessment of clemency in the military justice system and of database of alleged offenders of sexual assault as additional duties of independent panel on review and assessment of systems to respond to sexual assault cases

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(1)of Section 576(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 1760) is amended— in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following new sentence: The comparison shall also include an assessment of the opportunities for clemency provided in the military and civilian systems, the appropriateness of clemency proceedings in the military system, the manner in which clemency is used in the military system, and whether clemency in the military justice system could be reserved until the end of the military appeals process. ; by redesignating subparagraph
(I)as subparagraph (J); and by inserting after subparagraph
(H)the following new subparagraph (I): An assessment of the means by which the name, if known, and other necessary identifying information of an alleged offender that is collected as part of a restricted report of a sexual assault could be compiled into a protected, searchable database accessible only to military criminal investigators, Sexual Assault Response Coordinators, or other appropriate personnel only for the purposes of identifying individuals who are subjects of multiple accusations of sexual assault and encouraging victims to make an unrestricted report of sexual assault in those cases in order to facilitate increased prosecutions, particularly of serial offenders. The assessment should include an evaluation of the appropriate content to be included in the database, as well as the best means to maintain the privacy of those making a restricted report. .
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Sec. 544
Assessment of clemency in the military justice system and of database of alleged offenders of sexual assault as additional duties of independent panel on review and assessment of systems to respond to sexual assault cases
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
Stat.126 Stat. 1760
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