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‘‘(2) engages in a sexual act under the cir-
cumstances described in subsection (a) with a child 
who has attained the age of twelve years, 
is guilty of rape of a child and shall be punished as a 
court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(c) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who— 
‘‘(1) causes another person of any age to en-
gage in a sexual act by— 
‘‘(A) threatening or placing that other per-
son in fear (other than by threatening or plac-
ing that other person in fear that any person 
will be subjected to death, grievous bodily harm, 
or kidnapping); or 
‘‘(B) causing bodily harm; or 
‘‘(2) engages in a sexual act with another per-
son of any age if that other person is substantially 
incapacitated or substantially incapable of— 
‘‘(A) appraising the nature of the sexual 
act; 
‘‘(B) declining participation in the sexual 
act; or 
‘‘(C) communicating unwillingness to en-
gage in the sexual act,
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is guilty of aggravated sexual assault and shall be pun-
ished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(d) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD.— 
Any person subject to this chapter who engages in a sexual 
act with a child who has attained the age of twelve years 
is guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child and shall 
be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(e) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who engages in or causes sexual 
contact with or by another person, if to do so would violate 
subsection (a) (rape) had the sexual contact been a sexual 
act, is guilty of aggravated sexual contact and shall be 
punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(f) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD.— 
Any person subject to this chapter who engages in a lewd 
act with a child is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of 
a child and shall be punished as a court-martial may di-
rect. 
‘‘(g) AGGRAVATED
SEXUAL
CONTACT
WITH
A 
CHILD.—Any person subject to this chapter who engages 
in or causes sexual contact with or by another person, if 
to do so would violate subsection (b) (rape of a child) had 
the sexual contact been a sexual act, is guilty of aggra-
vated sexual contact with a child and shall be punished 
as a court-martial may direct.
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‘‘(h) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person sub-
ject to this chapter who engages in or causes sexual con-
tact with or by another person, if to do so would violate 
subsection (c) (aggravated sexual assault) had the sexual 
contact been a sexual act, is guilty of abusive sexual con-
tact and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(i) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A CHILD.— 
Any person subject to this chapter who engages in or 
causes sexual contact with or by another person, if to do 
so would violate subsection (d) (aggravated sexual assault 
of a child) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, is 
guilty of abusive sexual contact with a child and shall be 
punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(j) INDECENT LIBERTY WITH A CHILD.—Any per-
son subject to this chapter who engages in indecent liberty 
in the physical presence of a child— 
‘‘(1) with the intent to arouse, appeal to, or 
gratify the sexual desire of any person; or 
‘‘(2) with the intent to abuse, humiliate, or de-
grade any person, 
is guilty of indecent liberty with a child and shall be pun-
ished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(k) INDECENT ACT.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who engages in indecent conduct is guilty of an
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indecent act and shall be punished as a court-martial may 
direct. 
‘‘(l) FORCIBLE PANDERING.—Any person subject to 
this chapter who compels another person to engage in an 
act of prostitution with another person to be directed to 
said person is guilty of forcible pandering and shall be 
punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(m) WRONGFUL SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who, without legal justification or 
lawful authorization, engages in sexual contact with an-
other person without that other person’s permission is 
guilty of wrongful sexual contact and shall be punished 
as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(n) INDECENT EXPOSURE.—Any person subject to 
this chapter who intentionally exposes, in an indecent 
manner, in any place where the conduct involved may rea-
sonably be expected to be viewed by people other than 
members of the actor’s family or household, the genitalia, 
anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple is guilty of inde-
cent exposure and shall by punished as a court-martial 
may direct. 
‘‘(o) AGE OF CHILD.— 
‘‘(1) TWELVE YEARS.—In a prosecution under 
subsection (b) (rape of a child), (g) (aggravated sex-
ual contact with a child), or (j) (indecent liberty