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Authority of Naval Criminal Investigative Service to investigate sexual harassment

Division A · Title V: MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY · Subtitle F: Investigations and Other Legal Matters

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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is given exclusive authority to investigate claims of sexual harassment involving Navy or Marine Corps members. Sexual harassment is defined according to military law and regulations set by the Secretary of Defense.

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Section Text · Sec. 553.

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8750a. Naval Criminal Investigative Service: authority to investigate sexual harassment.

(a) In general

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service shall be the entity within the Department of the Navy with the sole and exclusive authority to conduct investigations of alleged sexual harassment by members of the Navy or Marine Corps.

(b) Sexual harassment defined

In this section, the term sexual harassment means conduct that constitutes the offense of sexual harassment as punishable under section 934 of this title (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) pursuant to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of such section (article).