10 U.S.C. § 8480
Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 8480, Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435762
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The policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence prescribed under this section shall include specification of the following:
Procedures that a midshipman should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, including—
For the assessment at the Academy under paragraph (1) with respect to an Academy program year that begins in an odd-numbered calendar year, the Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a survey, to be administered by the Department of Defense, of Academy personnel—
to measure—
to assess the perceptions of Academy personnel of—
Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the Academy program year covered by the report, the following:
The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection, within guidelines provided by the Secretary of Defense that—
direct the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, in coordination with the Superintendent of the military service academy to which the midshipman requests to transfer—
direct the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, in coordination with the Secretary of the military department that sponsors the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at the institution of higher education to which the midshipman requests to transfer—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007House: 398–23Senate: no recorded tally
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021