CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES.

SEC. 522. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (a) Codification of Current Confidential Process.— (1) Codification.—Chapter 79 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1554a a new section 1554b consisting of— (A) [10 U.S.C. 1554b] a heading as follows: “SEC. 1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members of the armed forces who are victims of sex-related offenses” ; and (B) a text consisting of the text of section 547 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note). (2) [10 U.S.C. 1551] Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1554a the following new item: “1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of members of the armed forces who are victims of sex-related offenses.” . (3) Conforming repeal.—Section 547 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10 U.S.C. 1553 note) is repealed. (b) Clarification of Applicability to Individuals Who Allege Sex-related Offenses During Military Service.—Subsection (a) of section 1554b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking “sex-related offense” and inserting the following: “sex-related offense, or alleges that the individual was the victim of a sex-related offense,”. (c) Conforming Amendments.—Section 1554b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is further amended— (1) by striking “Armed Forces” each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting “armed forces”; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “boards for the correction of military records of the military department concerned” and inserting “boards of the military department concerned established in accordance with this chapter”; and (B) by striking “such an offense” and inserting “a sex-related offense”; (3) in subsection (b), striking “boards for the correction of military records” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting “boards of the military department concerned established in accordance with this chapter”; and (4) in subsection (d)— (B) in paragraph (1), by striking “title 10, United States Code” and inserting “this title”; and (C) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking “such title” and inserting “this title”.