10 U.S.C. § 7420 — Recruit basic training: privacy

Page 3050 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7420 Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4319 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, § 521(a)(3), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2010, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4319 [now 7419] 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.’’ § 7420. Recruit basic training: privacy The Secretary of the Army shall require that access by drill sergeants and other training per- sonnel 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 cir- cumstance, to drill sergeants and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the re- cruits 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(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2012, § 4320; renumbered § 7420, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 7420 was renumbered section 8720 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4320 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(a)(3), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2012, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4320 [now 7420] 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.’’ § 7421. Degree granting authority for United States Army War College (a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the Commandant of the United States Army War College may, upon the recommendation of the faculty and dean of the college, confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the degree require- ments. (b) LIMITATION.—A degree may not be con- ferred under this section unless— (1) the Secretary of Education has rec- ommended approval of the degree in accord- ance with the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies; and (2) the United States Army War College is accredited by the appropriate civilian aca- demic accrediting agency or organization to award the degree, as determined by the Sec- retary of Education. (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRE- MENTS.—(1) When seeking to establish degree granting authority under this section, the Sec- retary of Defense shall submit to the Commit- tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives— (A) a copy of the self assessment question- naire required by the Federal Policy Gov- erning Granting of Academic Degrees by Fed- eral Agencies, at the time the assessment is submitted to the Department of Education’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; and (B) the subsequent recommendations and ra- tionale of the Secretary of Education regard- ing the establishment of the degree granting authority. (2) Upon any modification or redesignation of existing degree granting authority, the Sec- retary of Defense shall submit to the Commit- tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the ra- tionale for the proposed modification or redesig- nation and any subsequent recommendation of the Secretary of Education on the proposed modification or redesignation. (3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen- ate and House of Representatives a report con- taining an explanation of any action by the ap- propriate academic accrediting agency or orga- nization not to accredit the United States Army War College to award any new or existing de- gree. (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 542(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 607, § 4321; amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 543(d)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4459; renumbered § 7421, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 7421 was renumbered section 8721 of this title. A prior section 7426, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 459; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(7), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(32)(A), (B), Dec. 12,