SEPARATE HOUSING FOR MALE AND FEMALE RECRUITS DURING RECRUIT BASIC TRAINING.

SEC. 521. SEPARATE HOUSING FOR MALE AND FEMALE RECRUITS DURING RECRUIT BASIC TRAINING. (a) Army.— (1) Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§4319. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits “(a) Physically Separate Housing.— (1) The Secretary of the Army shall provide for housing male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other during basic training. “(2) To meet the requirements of paragraph (1), the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for male recruits shall be physically separated from the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for female recruits by permanent walls, and the areas for male recruits and the areas for female recruits shall have separate entrances. “(3) The Secretary shall ensure that, when a recruit is in an area referred to in paragraph (2), the area is supervised by one or more persons who are authorized and trained to supervise the area. “(b) Alternative Separate Housing.— If male recruits and female recruits cannot be housed as provided under subsection 112 STAT. 2010(a) by October 1, 2001, at a particular installation, the Secretary of the Army shall require (on and after that date) that male recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for males and that female recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for females. “(c) Construction Planning.— In planning for the construction of housing to be used for housing recruits during basic training, the Secretary of the Army shall ensure that the housing is to be constructed in a manner that facilitates the housing of male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other. “(d) Basic Training Defined.— In this section, the term ‘basic training’ means the initial entry training program of the Army that constitutes the basic training of new recruits.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “4319. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits.”. (3) The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4319 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic training classes beginning not later than the first such class that enters basic training on or after April 15, 1999. (b) Navy and Marine Corps.— (1) Part III of subtitle C of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 601 the following new chapter: “CHAPTER 602— TRAINING GENERALLY “Sec. “6931. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits. “§6931. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits “(a) Physically Separate Housing.— (1) The Secretary of the Navy shall provide for housing male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other during basic training. “(2) To meet the requirements of paragraph (1), the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for male recruits shall be physically separated from the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for female recruits by permanent walls, and the areas for male recruits and the areas for female recruits shall have separate entrances. “(3) The Secretary shall ensure that, when a recruit is in an area referred to in paragraph (2), the area is supervised by one or more persons who are authorized and trained to supervise the area. “(b) Alternative Separate Housing.— If male recruits and female recruits cannot be housed as provided under subsection (a) by October 1, 2001, at a particular installation, the Secretary of the Navy shall require (on and after that date) that male recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for males and that female recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for females. 112 STAT. 2011 “(c) Construction Planning.— In planning for the construction of housing to be used for housing recruits during basic training, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the housing is to be constructed in a manner that facilitates the housing of male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other. “(d) Basic Training Defined.— In this section, the term ‘basic training’ means the initial entry training programs of the Navy and Marine Corps that constitute the basic training of new recruits.”. (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle C, and at the beginning of part III of subtitle C, of such title are amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 601 the following new item: “602. Training Generally” 6931”. (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall implement section 6931 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic training classes beginning not later than the first such class that enters basic training on or after April 15, 1999. (c) Air Force.— (1) Chapter 901 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§9319. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits “(a) Physically Separate Housing.— (1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall provide for housing male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other during basic training. “(2) To meet the requirements of paragraph (1), the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for male recruits shall be physically separated from the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for female recruits by permanent walls, and the areas for male recruits and the areas for female recruits shall have separate entrances. “(3) The Secretary shall ensure that, when a recruit is in an area referred to in paragraph (2), the area is supervised by one or more persons who are authorized and trained to supervise the area. “(b) Alternative Separate Housing.— If male recruits and female recruits cannot be housed as provided under subsection (a) by October 1, 2001, at a particular installation, the Secretary of the Air Force shall require (on and after that date) that male recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for males and that female recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for females. “(c) Construction Planning.— In planning for the construction of housing to be used for housing recruits during basic training, the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the housing is to be constructed in a manner that facilitates the housing of male recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each other. “(d) Basic Training Defined.— In this section, the term ‘basic training’ means the initial entry training program of the Air Force that constitutes the basic training of new recruits.”.112 STAT. 2012 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “9319. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits.”. (3) The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement section 9319 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic training classes beginning not later than the first such class that enters basic training on or after April 15, 1999. (d) GAO Review of Costs ok Separate Housing Facilities for Male and Female Recruits During Recruit Basic Training.— Not later than March 1, 1999, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report on the costs that would be incurred by each of the military departments if required to provide housing for male and female recruits during basic training in separate structures. The report shall be prepared separately for each of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and shall be based on reviews and cost analyses prepared independently of the Department of Defense.