Sec. 578. GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER REVIEW OF AND CONCURRENCE IN SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MAKING AN UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
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## SEC. 578 GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER REVIEW OF AND CONCURRENCE IN SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MAKING AN UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT **[**[10 U.S.C. 1561 note](/us/usc/t10/s1561)**]** ###
(a)Review Required The Secretary of Defense shall develop a policy to require a general officer or flag officer of the Armed Forces to review the circumstances of, and grounds for, the proposed involuntary separation of any member of the Armed Forces who— ####
(1)made an Unrestricted Report of a sexual assault; ####
(2)within one year after making the Unrestricted Report of a sexual assault, is recommended for involuntary separation from the Armed Forces; and ####
(3)requests the review on the grounds that the member believes the recommendation for involuntary separation from the Armed Forces was initiated in retaliation for making the report. ###
(b)Concurrence Required If a review is requested by a member of the Armed Forces as authorized by subsection (a), the concurrence of the general officer or flag officer conducting the review of the proposed involuntary separation of the member is required in order to separate the member. ###
(c)Submission of Policy Not later than 180 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 the policy developed under subsection (a). ###
(d)Application of Policy The policy developed under subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of the submission of the policy to Congress under subsection
(c)and apply to members of the Armed Forces described in subsection
(a)who are proposed to be involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces on or after that date.
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GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER REVIEW OF AND CONCURRENCE IN SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MAKING AN UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
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