Us Code § 9420 - Recruit basic training: privacy

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§ 9420. 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.

(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §522(c)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2013, §9320; renumbered §9420, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)


Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9320 of this title as this section.


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Implementation

Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §522(c)(3), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2013, provided that: "The Secretary of the Air Force shall implement section 9320 [now 9420] 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."

CHAPTER 953—UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY

Sec.
9431.
Establishment; Superintendent; faculty.
9432.
Departments and professors: titles.
9433.
Superintendent; faculty: appointment and detail.
9433a.
Superintendent: condition for detail to position.
9434.
Command and supervision.
9435.
Dean of the Faculty.
9436.
Permanent professors; director of admissions.
9438.
Civilian faculty: number; compensation.
9441.
Faculty and other officers: leaves of absence.
9441a.
Cadets: appointment by the President.
9442.
Cadets: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution.
9442a.
Cadets: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate.
9443.
Cadets: appointment; to bring to full strength.
9446.
Cadets: requirements for admission.
9447.
Cadets; nominees: effect of redistricting of States.
9448.
Cadets: agreement to serve as officer.
9449.
Cadets: organization; service; instruction.
9450.
Cadets: clothing and equipment.
9451.
Cadets: deficiencies in conduct or studies; effect of failure on successor.
9452.
Cadets: hazing.
9453.
Cadets: degree and commission on graduation.
9454.
Buildings and grounds: buildings for religious worship.
9455.
Board of Visitors.
9456.
Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects.
9457.
Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees.
9459.
Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds.
9460.
Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation.
9461.
Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence.
9462.
Support of athletic programs.

        

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior chapter 953, consisting of sections 9831 to 9842, related to accountability and responsibility, prior to renumbering as chapter 983 of this title.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, §553(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1738, added item 9442a.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §806(d)(2), (e)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833, redesignated chapter 903 of this title as this chapter and items 9331 to 9336, 9338 to 9343, and 9346 to 9362 as 9431 to 9436, 9438 to 9443, and 9446 to 9462, respectively.

2016—Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, §591(b), title XII, §1248(b)(2)(C), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2152, 2525, struck out items 9337 "Chaplain", 9344 "Selection of persons from foreign countries", 9345 "Exchange program with foreign military academies", and 9345a "Foreign and cultural exchange activities".

2009—Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, §528(b), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2290, added item 9362.

2008—Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, §541(c)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4456, added item 9345a.

2006—Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, §1071(g)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2402, made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 108–375, §544(c)(2). See 2004 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, §532(d)(3), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2206, added item 9361.

2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §545(c)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1909, added item 9360.

Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §544(c)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1907, as amended by Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, §1071(g)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2402, added item 9359.

1999—Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, §532(a)(4)(F), div. B, title XXVIII, §2871(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 604, 877, added items 9333a and 9356.

1998—Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, §1063(c)(2), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2132, added item 9357.

1997—Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, §542(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1743, added item 9345.

1996—Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, §533(c)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 315, struck out item 9356 "Athletics program: athletic director; nonappropriated fund account".

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, §556(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2775, added item 9356.

1993—Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §533(b)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1658, added item 9338.

1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title V, §515(b)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1441, substituted "director of admissions" for "registrar" in item 9336.

1983—Pub. L. 98–94, title X, §1004(c)(3), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 660, substituted "Selection of persons from foreign countries" for "Selection of persons from Canada and American Republics" in item 9344, and struck out item 9345 "Selection of Filipinos".

1981—Pub. L. 97–60, title II, §203(c)(2)(B), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1006, added item 9341a.

1958—Pub. L. 85–600, §1(23), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 524, inserted "; registrar" in item 9336.

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