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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 · Sec. 1743

Sec. 1743. EIGHT-DAY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN RESPONSE TO UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES

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## SEC. 1743 EIGHT-DAY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN RESPONSE TO UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES **[**[10 U.S.C. 1561 note](/us/usc/t10/s1561)**]** ###
(a)Incident Reporting Policy Requirement The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish and maintain a policy to require the submission by a designated person of a written incident report not later than eight days after an unrestricted report of sexual assault has been made in which a member of the Armed Forces is the victim. At a minimum, this incident report shall be provided to the following: ####
(1)The installation commander, if such incident occurred on or in the vicinity of a military installation. ####
(2)The first officer in the grade of 0-6, and the first general officer or flag officer, in the chain of command of the victim. ####
(3)The first officer in the grade of 0-6, and the first general officer or flag officer, in the chain of command of the alleged offender if the alleged offender is a member of the Armed Forces. ###
(b)Purpose of Report The purpose of the required incident report under subsection
(a)is to detail the actions taken or in progress to provide the necessary care and support to the victim of the assault, to refer the allegation of sexual assault to the appropriate investigatory agency, and to provide initial notification of the serious incident when that notification has not already taken place. ###
(c)Elements of Report ####
(1)In general The report of an incident under subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, the following: #####
(A)Time/Date/Location of the alleged incident. #####
(B)Type of offense alleged. #####
(C)Service affiliation, assigned unit, and location of the victim. #####
(D)Service affiliation, assigned unit, and location of the alleged offender, including information regarding whether the alleged offender has been temporarily transferred or removed from an assigned billet or ordered to pretrial confinement or otherwise restricted, if applicable. #####
(E)Post-incident actions taken in connection with the incident, including the following: ######
(i)Referral of the victim to a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator for referral to services available to members of the Armed Forces who are victims of sexual assault, including the date of each such referral. ######
(ii)Notification of incident to appropriate military criminal investigative organization, including the organization notified and date of such notification. ######
(iii)Receipt and processing status of a request for expedited victim transfer, if applicable. ######
(iv)Issuance of any military protective orders in connection with the incident. ####
(2)Modification #####
(A)In general The Secretary of Defense may modify the elements required in a report under this section regarding an incident involving a member of the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard when it is operating as service in the Department of the Navy) if the Secretary determines that such modification will facilitate compliance with best practices for such reporting as identified by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office of the Department of Defense. #####
(B)Coast guard The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may modify the elements required in a report under this section regarding an incident involving a member of the Coast Guard if the Secretary determines that such modification will facilitate compliance with best practices for such reporting as identified by the Coast Guard Office of Work-Life Programs. ###
(d)Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
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Sec. 1743
EIGHT-DAY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN RESPONSE TO UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
U.S.C.§ 1561
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