Sec. 563. Prohibition of retaliation against members of the Armed Forces for reporting a criminal offense
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The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe regulations, or require the Secretaries of the military departments to prescribe regulations, that prohibit retaliation against an alleged victim or other member of the Armed Forces who reports a criminal offense. The regulations shall prescribe that a violation of the regulations is an offense punishable under section 892 of title 10, United States Code (article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the recommendations of the Secretary as to whether chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), should be amended to prohibit retaliation against an alleged victim or other member of the Armed Forces who reports a criminal offense. For purposes of this section, retaliation shall include, as a minimum, taking or threatening to take any adverse personnel action, or failing to take or threatening not to take a favorable personnel action, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces because the member reported a criminal offense.