Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/712

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107 STAT. 1662 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 ized under regulations governing the armed forces to apprehend persons subject to this chapter or to trial thereunder.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "1058. Responsibilities of military law enforcement officials at scenes of domestic violence.". 10 USC 1058 (b) DEADLINE FOR PRESCRTOING PROCEDURES. —The Secretary " o*«- of Defense shall prescribe procedures to carry out section 1058 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10 USC 951 note. SEC. 552. IMPROVED PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF STATUS OF PRISONERS IN MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe procedures and implement a centralized system for notice of the status of ofiTenders confined in military correctional facilities to be provided to victims and witnesses. Such procedures shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with procedures of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for victim and witness notification. (b) DEADLINE FOR PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES. —The Secretary of Defense— (1) shall prescribe the procedures required by subsection (a) not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) shall implement the centralized system required by that section not later than six months after those procedures are prescribed. (c) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT. — (1) Upon implementation of the centralized system of notice under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify Congress of such implementation. (2) After such svstem has been in operation for one year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the lessons learned during the first year of operation. (d) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT. — The requirement to establish procedures and implement a centralized system of notice under subsection (a) shall expire 90 days after the receipt of the report required by subsection (c)(2). SEC. 563. STUDY OF STALKING BY PERSONS SUBJECT TO UCMJ. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. — Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the problem of stalking by persons subject to the Uniform Code of Militery Justice (chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code). In the report, the Secretary shall describe the scope of the problem of stalking within the Armed Forces and shall address whether existing procedures and pimitive articles under the Uniform Code of Military Justice adequately protect members of the Armed Forces, and dependents of members of the Armed Forces, who are threatened with stalking. The Secretary shall include in the report such recommendations for changes to law and regulations as the Secretary determines to be necessary. (b) STALKING.— For purposes of the report under subsection (a), stalking shall be considered to include actions of a person