Sec. 522. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES
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## SEC. 522 CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES ###
(a)Codification of Current Confidential Process ####
(1)Codification Chapter 79 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1554a a new section 1554b consisting of— #####
(A)**[**[10 U.S.C. 1554b](/us/usc/t10/s1554b)**]** a heading as follows: > > ## “SEC. 1554b Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members of the armed forces who are victims of sex-related offenses” > ; and #####
(B)a text consisting of the text of section 547 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note). ####
(2)Clerical amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 1551](/us/usc/t10/s1551)**]** The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1554a the following new item:" “1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members of the armed forces who are victims of sex-related offenses.” ". ####
(3)Conforming repeal Section 547 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note) is repealed. ###
(b)Clarification of Applicability to Individuals Who Allege Sex-related Offenses During Military Service Subsection
(a)of section 1554b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)of this section, is amended by striking “sex-related offense” and inserting the following: “sex-related offense, or alleges that the individual was the victim of a sex-related offense,”. ###
(c)Conforming Amendments Section 1554b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is further amended— ####
(1)by striking “Armed Forces” each place it appears in subsections
(a)and
(b)and inserting “armed forces”; ####
(2)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)by striking “boards for the correction of military records of the military department concerned” and inserting “boards of the military department concerned established in accordance with this chapter”; and #####
(B)by striking “such an offense” and inserting “a sex-related offense”; ####
(3)in subsection (b), striking “boards for the correction of military records” in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)and inserting “boards of the military department concerned established in accordance with this chapter”; and ####
(4)in subsection (d)— #####
(B)in paragraph (1), by striking “title 10, United States Code” and inserting “this title”; and #####
(C)in paragraphs
(2)and (3), by striking “such title” and inserting “this title”.
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CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES
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