Sec. 547. Report on victims of sexual assault in reports of military criminal investigative organizations
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Not later than September 30, 2019, and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, with respect to the period of two years preceding the date of the submittal of the report, the following: The number of instances in which a covered individual was accused of misconduct or crimes considered collateral to the investigation of a sexual assault committed against the individual.
The number of instances in which adverse action was taken against a covered individual who was accused of collateral misconduct or crimes as described in paragraph (1). The percentage of investigations of sexual assaults that involved an accusation or adverse action against a covered individual as described in paragraphs
(1)and (2). In this section, the term covered individual means an individual who is identified as a victim of a sexual assault in the case files of a military criminal investigative organization.