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[CITE: 10USC1058]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 53--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 1058. Responsibilities of military law enforcement 
        officials at scenes of domestic violence
        
    (a) Immediate Actions Required.--Under regulations prescribed 
pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary concerned shall ensure, in any 
case of domestic violence in which a military law enforcement official 
at the scene determines that physical injury has been inflicted or a 
deadly weapon or dangerous instrument has been used, that military law 
enforcement officials--
        (1) take immediate measures to reduce the potential for further 
    violence at the scene; and
        (2) within 24 hours of the incident, provide a report of the 
    domestic violence to the appropriate commander and to a local 
    military family advocacy representative exercising responsibility 
    over the area in which the incident took place.

    (b) Family Advocacy Committee.--Under regulations prescribed 
pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary concerned shall ensure that, 
whenever a report is provided to a commander under subsection (a)(2), a 
multidisciplinary family advocacy committee meets, with all due 
practicable speed, to review the situation and to make recommendations 
to the commander for appropriate action.
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating 
as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe by regulation the definition 
of ``domestic violence'' for purposes of this section and such other 
regulations as may be necessary for purposes of this section.
    (d) Military Law Enforcement Official.--In this section, the term 
``military law enforcement official'' means a person authorized under 
regulations governing the armed forces to apprehend persons subject to 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of this title) or to 
trial thereunder.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 551(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1661; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1070(a)(4), (b)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2855, 2856.)

                          Codification

    Other sections 1058 were renumbered sections 1059 and 1060 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 1070(b)(3), made technical correction to 
directory language of Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 551(a)(1), which enacted 
this section.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 1070(a)(4), substituted ``subject 
to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (chapter 47 of this title)'' for 
``subject to this chapter''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 1070(b) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective as of Nov. 30, 1993, and as if included in 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L. 
103-160, as enacted.


                   Deadline for Prescribing Procedures

    Section 551(b) of Pub. L. 103-160 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe procedures to carry out section 1058 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1993].''
