STUDY OF STALKING BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO UCMJ.

SEC. 553. STUDY OF STALKING BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO UCMJ. (a) Report Required.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the problem of stalking by persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code). In the report, the Secretary shall describe the scope of the problem of stalking within the Armed Forces and shall address whether existing procedures and punitive articles under the Uniform Code of Military Justice adequately protect members of the Armed Forces, and dependents of members of the Armed Forces, who are threatened with stalking. The Secretary shall include in the report such recommendations for changes to law and regulations as the Secretary determines to be necessary. (b) Stalking.—For purposes of the report under subsection (a), stalking shall be considered to include actions of a person 107 STAT. 1663in repeatedly following or harassing another person in a manner to induce in a reasonable person a fear of sexual battery, bodily injury, or death of that person or a member of that person’s immediate family.