if not, what steps have been taken to achieve compli-
ance with such provisions. 
(2) An estimate of the average caseload of each 
Special Victims’ Counsel. 
(3) A description of any staffing shortfalls in 
the Special Victims’ Counsel program or other pro-
grams of the Armed Force resulting from the addi-
tional responsibilities required of the Special Vic-
tims’ Counsel program under the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. 
(4) An explanation of the ability of Special Vic-
tims’ Counsel to adhere to requirement that a coun-
sel respond to a request for services within 72 hours 
of receiving such request. 
(5) An assessment of the feasibility of providing 
cross-service Special Victims’ Counsel representation 
in instances where a Special Victims’ Counsel from 
a different Armed Force is co-located with a victim 
at a remote base. 
SEC. 4. POLICY ON SEPARATION OF VICTIM AND ACCUSED 
AT MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall, 
in consultation with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Superintendent of each military service 
academy, prescribe in regulations a policy under which as-
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sociation between a cadet or midshipman of a military 
service academy who is the alleged victim of a sexual as-
sault and the accused is minimized while both parties com-
plete their course of study at the academy. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that the policy developed under subsection (a)— 
(1) is fair to the both the alleged victim and the 
accused; and 
(2) provides for the confidentiality of the par-
ties involved. 
(c) MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘military service academy’’ means the following: 
(1) The United States Military Academy. 
(2) The United States Naval Academy. 
(3) The United States Air Force Academy. 
(4) The United States Coast Guard Academy. 
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING AND DATA COLLEC-
TION ON VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES. 
Section 547 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 
232; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘accused of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘suspected of’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘assault’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘offense’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘accused 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘suspected of’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘assaults’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘offenses’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘an accusation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘suspicion of’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall issue guidance to ensure the uniformity of the 
data collected by each Armed Force for purposes of sub-
section (a). At a minimum, such guidance shall estab-
lish— 
‘‘(1) standardized methods for the collection of 
the data required to be reported under such sub-
section; and 
‘‘(2) standardized definitions for the terms ‘sex-
ual offense’, ‘collateral misconduct’, and ‘adverse ac-
tion’.’’; and 
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(4) by amending subsection (c), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered individual’ means an in-
dividual who is identified in the case files of a mili-
tary criminal investigative organization as a victim 
of a sexual offense that occurred while that indi-
vidual was serving on active duty as a member of 
the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘suspected of’, when used with 
respect to a covered individual suspected of collateral 
misconduct or crimes as described in subsection (a), 
means that an investigation by a military criminal 
investigative organization reveals facts and cir-
cumstances that would lead a reasonable person to 
believe that the individual committed an offense 
under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code 
(the Uniform Code of Military Justice).’’. 
SEC. 6. GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM FOR MINOR DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
Section 540L(b)(1) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 
Stat. 1373) is amended by adding before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, including an assessment of the 
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feasibility and advisability of establishing a guardian ad 
litem program for military dependents living outside the 
United States’’. 
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