Sec. 529. Policy on separation of victim and accused at military service academies and degree-granting military educational institutions
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The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Superintendent of each military service academy, and the head of each degree-granting military educational institution, prescribe in regulations a policy under which association between a cadet or midshipman of a military service academy, or a member of the Armed Forces enrolled in a degree-granting military educational institution, who is the alleged victim of a sexual assault and the accused is minimized while both parties complete their course of study at the academy or institution concerned.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the policy developed under subsection (a)— is fair to the both the alleged victim and the accused; provides for the confidentiality of the parties involved; provide that notice of the policy, including the elements of the policy and the right to opt out of coverage by the policy, is provided to the alleged victim upon the making of an allegation of a sexual assault covered by the policy; and provide an alleged victim the right to opt out of coverage by the policy in connection with such sexual assault.
The term military service academy means the following: The United States Military Academy. The United States Naval Academy. The United States Air Force Academy. The United States Coast Guard Academy.