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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 · Sec. 536

Sec. 536. AUTHORITY FOR RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO FILE A RESTRICTED REPORT BEFORE CONCLUSION OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS

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## SEC. 536 AUTHORITY FOR RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO FILE A RESTRICTED REPORT BEFORE CONCLUSION OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS Section 586 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended— ####
(1)by redesignating subsection
(f)as subsection (e); ####
(2)in subsection (e), as so redesignated, in the subsection heading, by inserting “in Unrestricted Reporting Cases” after “Proceedings”; and ####
(3)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(f) Return of Personal Property in Restricted Reporting Cases > > > ####
(1)> > The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures under which a victim who files a restricted report on an incident of sexual assault may request, at any time, the return of any personal property of the victim obtained as part of the sexual assault forensic examination. > > > #### “(2) > > The procedures shall ensure that— > > > ##### “(A) > > a request of a victim under paragraph
(1)may be made on a confidential basis and without affecting the restricted nature of the restricted report; and > > > ##### “(B) > > at the time of the filing of the restricted report, a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator or Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate— > > > ###### “(i) > > informs the victim that the victim may request the return of personal property as described in paragraph (1); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > advises the victim that such a request for the return of personal property may negatively impact a subsequent case adjudication, if the victim later decides to convert the restricted report to an unrestricted report. > > > #### “(3) > > Except with respect to personal property returned to a victim under this subsection, nothing in this subsection shall affect the requirement to retain a sexual assault forensic examination
(SAFE)kit for the period specified in subsection (c)(4)(A).” > . **[**Section 537 was repealed by section 539E(g) of division A of Pubic Law 117–81.**]**
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