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10 U.S.C. § 928b — Art. 128b. Domestic violence

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10 U.S.C. § 928b — Art. 128b. Domestic violence

**(a) In General.—** Any person who— (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person; (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person— (A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or (B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal; (3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; (4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or (5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the terms “dating partner”, “immediate family”, and “intimate partner” have the meanings given such terms in [section 930 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section930&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 130).

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**(a) In General.—** Any person who— (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person; (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person— (A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or (B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal; (3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; (4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or (5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person by strangling or suffocating; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the terms “dating partner”, “immediate family”, and “intimate partner” have the meanings given such terms in [section 930 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section930&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 130).

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10 U.S.C. § 930 — Art. 130. Stalking

**(a) In General.—** Any person subject to this chapter— (1) who wrongfully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself, to a member of his or her immediate family, to his or her intimate partner, or to his or her dating partner; (2) who has knowledge, or should have knowledge, that the specific person will be placed in reasonable fear of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself, to a member of his or her immediate family, to his or her intimate partner, or to his or her dating partner; and (3) whose conduct induces reasonable fear in the specific person of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself, to a member of his or her immediate family, to his or her intimate partner, or to his or her dating partner; is guilty of stalking and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) The term “conduct” means conduct of any kind, including use of surveillance, the mails, an interactive computer service, an electronic communication service, or an electronic communication system. (2) The term “course of conduct” means— (A) a repeated maintenance of visual or physical proximity to a specific person; (B) a repeated conveyance of verbal threat, written threats, or threats implied by conduct, or a combination of such threats, directed at or toward a specific person; or (C) a pattern of conduct composed of repeated acts evidencing a continuity of purpose. (3) The term “dating partner”, in the case of a specific person, means a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with such specific person bas

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10 U.S.C. § 801 — Article 1. Definitions

In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice): (1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force. (3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers. (4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority. (5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command. (6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy. (7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service. (8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces. (9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused. (10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-

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10 U.S.C. § 1781 — Office of Military Family Readiness Policy

**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Military Family Readiness Policy (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The Office shall be headed by the Director of Military Family Readiness Policy, who shall serve within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. **(b) Duties.—** The Office— (1) shall coordinate programs and activities of the military departments to the extent that they relate to military families; and (2) shall make recommendations to the Secretaries of the military departments with respect to programs and policies regarding military families. **(c) Staff.—** The Office shall have not less than five professional staff members. **(d) Non-medical Counseling Services.—** (1) In carrying out its duties under subsection (b), the Office may coordinate programs and activities to provide non-medical counseling services to military families through the Department of Defense Military and Family Life Counseling Program. (2) A mental health care professional described in paragraph (3) may provide non-medical counseling services at any location in a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, without regard to where the professional or recipient of such services is located or delivery of such services is provided (including face-to-face and telehealth), if the provision of such services is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of the professional. (3) A non-medical mental health professional described in this subsection is a person who is— (A) a currently licensed mental health care provider who holds a license that is— (i) issued by a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States;

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14 U.S.C. § 2539 — Covered misconduct defined

In this title, the term “covered misconduct” means— (1) rape and sexual assault, as described in sections 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); (2) sexual harassment, as described in Executive Order 14062 dated January 26, 2022, and enumerated under [section 934 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section934&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); (3) abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual contact, as described in sections 920(c) and 920(d) of title 10 (articles 120(c) and 120(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); (4) wrongful broadcast, dissemination, or creation of content as described in sections 917 11 So in original. Probably should be “917a”. and 920c of title 10 (articles 117a and 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); (5) the child pornography offenses as described in [section 934 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section934&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); (6) rape and sexual assault of a child, other sexual misconduct, and stalking, as described in sections 920b, 920c(a), and 930 of title 10 (articles 120b, 120c, and 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and (7) domestic violence, as described in [section 928b of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section928b&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

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10 U.S.C. § 928b — Art. 128b. Domestic violence

Page 833 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 930 bility to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title. § 928b. Art. 128b. Domestic violence (a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who— (1) commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that per- son; (2) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that per- son— (A) commits an offense under this chapter against any person; or (B) commits an offense under this chapter against any property, including an animal; (3) with intent to threaten or intimidate a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that per- son, violates a protection order; (4) with intent to commit a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family member of that person, violates a protection order; or (5) assaults a spouse, an intimate partner, a dating partner, or an immediate family mem- ber of that person by strangling or suffocating; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘dating partner’’, ‘‘immediate family’’, and ‘‘in- timate partner’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 930 of this title (article 130). (Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 532(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1759; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(20), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1813; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 531(d)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 259.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Pub. L. 118–31 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted

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