Sec. 547. Policy on separation of victim and accused at military service academies
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The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Superintendent of each military service academy, prescribe in regulations a policy under which a cadet or midshipman of a military service academy who is the alleged victim of a sexual assault and a cadet or midshipman who is the alleged perpetrator of such assault shall, to the extent practicable, each be given the opportunity to complete their course of study at the academy without— taking classes together; or otherwise being in close proximity to each other during mandatory activities.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the policy developed under subsection (a)— protects the alleged victim as necessary, including by prohibiting retaliatory harassment; allows both the victim and the accused to complete their course of study at the institution with minimal disruption; protects the privacy of both the victim and the accused by ensuring that information about the alleged sexual assault and the individuals involved is not revealed to third parties who are not specifically authorized to receive such information in the course of performing their regular duties, except that such policy shall not preclude the alleged victim or the alleged perpetrator from making such disclosures to third parties; and minimizes the burden on the alleged victim when taking steps to separate the alleged victim and alleged perpetrator.
The policy developed under subsection
(a)shall not preclude a military service academy from taking other administrative or disciplinary action when appropriate. In this section, the term military service academy means the following: The United States Military Academy. The United States Naval Academy. The United States Air Force Academy.