IMPROVED PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF STATUS OF PRISONERS IN MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

SEC. 552. IMPROVED PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF STATUS OF PRISONERS IN MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures and implement a centralized system for notice of the status of offenders confined in military correctional facilities to be provided to victims and witnesses. Such procedures shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with procedures of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for victim and witness notification. (b) Deadline for Prescribing Procedures.—The Secretary of Defense— (1) shall prescribe the procedures required by subsection (a) not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) shall implement the centralized system required by that section not later than six months after those procedures are prescribed. (c) Notification and Reporting Requirement.—(1) Upon implementation of the centralized system of notice under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify Congress of such implementation. (2) After such system has been in operation for one year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the lessons learned during the first year of operation. (d) Termination of Requirement.—The requirement to establish procedures and implement a centralized system of notice under subsection (a) shall expire 90 days after the receipt of the report required by subsection (c)(2).