lowing statement: ‘‘If within 30 days you are not no-
tified of an arrest in your case, you may call (the 
military law enforcement agency’s telephone num-
ber) for information on the status of your case.’’. 
(6) The right to be notified by military law en-
forcement authorities of the arrest of the suspect, if 
the suspect is arrested, regardless of whether the 
suspect is an adult or a juvenile. 
(7) The right to be to informed, in a case in 
which the suspect is an adult and has been arrested, 
of the suspect’s release, of the scheduled time, place, 
and date for initial court appearances of the suspect, 
and of the victim’s right to be heard. 
(b) NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO BE PROVIDED.—As soon 
after an allegation of a domestic violence, sexual assault, 
family violence, or stalking offense as possible without 
interfering with an investigation or arrest, a representa-
tive of the military law enforcement agency that has re-
sponsibility for investigating the offense shall provide the 
victim with a multicopy form that includes the following: 
(1) A form for the victim to request or waive 
applicable rights to information to which the victim 
is entitled, on request, under this section. 
(2) A means for the victim to designate a lawful 
representative selected by the victim. 
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(3) Notice to the victim of the following: 
(A) Victims’ rights under section 502(b) of 
the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 10606(b)). 
(B) The availability of crisis intervention 
services and resources and medical services and, 
when applicable, that medical services arising 
out of the need to secure evidence may be reim-
bursed. 
(C) The legal procedures and resources 
available for the protection of the victim, in-
cluding military no contact orders and protec-
tion orders, the provisions of section 1561a of 
title 10, United States Code, and the full faith 
and credit provisions of the Violence Against 
Women Act as defined by section 2265 of title 
18, United States Code. 
(D) The names and telephone numbers of 
public and private assistance programs, includ-
ing victim compensation programs, transitional 
compensation programs, and programs that 
provide counseling, treatment, shelter, and sup-
port services. 
(E) The military law enforcement agency 
report number for the case, if available, other 
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identifying information, and the following state-
ment: ‘‘If within 30 days you are not notified 
of an arrest in your case, you may call (the 
military law enforcement agency’s telephone 
number) for information on the status of your 
case.’’. 
(F) Regardless of whether the suspect is 
an adult or a juvenile, a statement that the vic-
tim will be notified by military law enforcement 
authorities of the arrest of the suspect, if the 
suspect is arrested. 
(G) If the suspect is an adult and has been 
arrested, a statement that the victim will be in-
formed of the suspect’s release, of the scheduled 
time, place, and date for initial court appear-
ances of the suspect and of the victim’s right to 
be heard, and that to exercise those rights, the 
victim may contact the custodial agency regard-
ing the suspect’s status or contact the com-
mand regarding any changes. 
(c) EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL STATUS OF VICTIM.— 
If at the time of contact with a military law enforcement 
agency representative under subsection (a), a victim is 
emotionally unable to request or to waive applicable rights, 
the military law enforcement agency representative shall 
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so designate that on the multicopy form and any entity 
that is subsequently involved in the case shall presume 
that the victim invoked the applicable rights to which the 
victim is entitled and, on request, the victim may later 
waive those rights. 
SEC. 232. AVAILABILITY OF INCIDENT REPORTS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—A military law enforcement 
agency shall provide, without charge, to a victim of domes-
tic violence, sexual assault, family violence, or stalking (or 
to the representative of such a victim, if the victim is de-
ceased) a copy of the incident report in the case, a copy 
of the incident report summary (referred to as a ‘‘face 
sheet’’), or both, in accordance with subsection (b). 
(b) TIME FOR AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) SUMMARIES.—A copy of an incident report 
summary shall be made available during regular 
business hours to a victim or the victim’s representa-
tive no later than 48 hours after being requested by 
the victim or the victim’s representative, unless the 
military law enforcement agency informs the victim 
or representative of the reasons why the summary is 
not available, in which case the summary shall be 
made available to the victim or representative no 
later than five working days after the request is 
made. 
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