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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 · Sec. 573

Sec. 573. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL VICTIM CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF CERTAIN SPECIAL VICTIM OFFENSES

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## SEC. 573 ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL VICTIM CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF CERTAIN SPECIAL VICTIM OFFENSES **[**[10 U.S.C. 1561 note](/us/usc/t10/s1561)**]** ###
(a)Establishment Required Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary concerned shall establish special victim capabilities for the purposes of— ####
(1)investigating and prosecuting allegations of child abuse, serious domestic violence, or sexual offenses; and ####
(2)providing support for the victims of such offenses. ###
(b)Personnel The special victim capabilities developed under subsection
(a)shall include specially trained and selected— ####
(1)investigators from the Army Criminal Investigative Command, Naval Criminal Investigative Service,,7 Air Force Office of Special Investigations, or Coast Guard Investigative Services; 7The double commas in paragraph
(1)are so in law. See amendment made by section 7523(a)(2) of division G of Public Law 119–60. ####
(2)judge advocates; ####
(3)victim witness assistance personnel; and ####
(4)administrative paralegal support personnel. ###
(c)Training, Selection, and Certification Standards The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when not operating as a service in the Navy shall prescribe standards for the training, selection, and certification of personnel who will provide special victim capabilities for a military department. ###
(d)Discretion Regarding Extent of Capabilities ####
(1)In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of a military department or the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall determine the extent to which special victim capabilities will be established within the military department or the Coast Guard and prescribe regulations for the management and use of the special victim capabilities. ####
(2)Required elements At a minimum, the special victim capabilities established within a military department or the Coast Guard must provide effective, timely, and responsive world-wide support for the purposes described in subsection (a). ###
(e)Time for Establishment ####
(1)Implementation plan Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing— #####
(A)the plans and time lines of the Secretaries of the military departments for the establishment of the special victims capabilities; and #####
(B)an assessment by the Secretary of Defense of the plans and time lines. ####
(2)Initial capabilities Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of each military department shall have available an initial special victim capability consisting of the personnel specified in subsection (b). ###
(f)Evaluation of Effectiveness Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— ####
(1)prescribe the common criteria to be used by the Secretaries of the military departments to measure the effectiveness and impact of the special victim capabilities from the investigative, prosecutorial, and victim’s perspectives; and ####
(2)require the Secretaries of the military departments to collect and report the data used to measure such effectiveness and impact. ###
(g)Special Victim Capabilities Defined In this section, the term “special victim capabilities” means a distinct, recognizable group of appropriately skilled professionals who work collaboratively to achieve the purposes described in subsection (a). This section does not require that the special victim capabilities be created as separate military unit or have a separate chain of command. ###
(h)Time for Establishment for Coast Guard Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing all the items described in subsections
(e)and
(f)as applied to the Coast Guard.
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Sec. 573
ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL VICTIM CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF CERTAIN SPECIAL VICTIM OFFENSES
U.S.C.§ 1561
Pub. L.Pub. L. 119-60
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