AFTER-HOURS PRIVACY FOR RECRUITS DURING BASIC TRAINING.

SEC. 522. AFTER-HOURS PRIVACY FOR RECRUITS DURING BASIC TRAINING. (a) Army.— (1) Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 4319, as added by section 521(a)(1), the following new section: “§4320. Recruit basic training: privacy “The Secretary of the Army shall require that access by drill sergeants and other training personnel to a living area in which recruits are housed during basic training shall be limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to drill sergeants and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 4319, as added by section 521(a)(2), the following new item: “4320. Recruit basic training: privacy”. (3) The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4320 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.— (1) Chapter 602 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 521(b)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§6932. Recruit basic training: privacy “The Secretary of the Navy shall require that access by recruit division commanders and other training personnel to a living area 112 STAT. 2013in which Navy recruits are housed during basic training shall he limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to recruit division commanders and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “6932. Recruit basic training: privacy”. (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall implement section 6932 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) Force.— (1) Chapter 901 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 9319, as added by section 521(c)(1), the following new section: “§9320. Recruit basic training: privacy “The Secretary of the Air Force shall require that access by military training instructors and other training personnel to a living area in which recruits are housed during basic training shall be limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to military training instructors and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.” (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 9319, as added by section 521(c)(2), the following new item: “9320. Recruit basic training: privacy”. (3) The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement section 9320 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.