Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part III · Chapter 751 — Training Generally
§ 7420. Recruit basic training: privacy
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Army shall require that access by drill sergeants and other training personnel to a living area in which recruits are housed during basic training shall be limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to drill sergeants and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
Pub. L. 105–261 div. A title V § 522(a)(1) · 112 Stat. 1920
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7420
Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2012, § 4320
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2012, § 4320Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 4319, as added by section 521(a)(1), the following new section: “§4320. Recruit basic training: privacy “The Secretary of the Army shall require that access by drill sergeants and other training personnel to a living area in which recruits are housed during basic training shall be limited after the end of the training day, other than in the case of an emergency or other exigent circumstance, to drill sergeants and other training personnel who are of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area or to superiors in the chain of command of those recruits who, if not of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area, are accompanied by a member (other than a recruit) who is of the same sex as the recruits housed in that living area.”.John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(c)(1) · 132 Stat. 1636
Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7420
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4320 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4320 of this title as this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In general.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), each section in part III of such subtitle 10 USC 7401–7403, 7406, 7409, 7414, 7415, 7417–7421, 7431–7438, 7440–7443, 7446–7462. 10 USC 7481–7484, 7486, 7487. 10 USC 7532, 7536, 7540–7544, 7551–7555, 7561–7565, 7591–7595, 7621, 7622, 7624–7629, 7652–7657, 7682–7690, 7712, 7714, 7721–7727, 7749, 7771, 7772, 7776–7781, 7801–7804, 7806, 7831, 7837–7842. is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 3,100.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7420 was renumbered section 8720 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4320 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Implementation
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(3), , 112 Stat. 2012, provided that: “The Secretary of the Army shall implement section 4320 [now 7420] of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), as rapidly as feasible and shall ensure that the provisions of that section are applied to all recruit basic training classes beginning not later than the first such class that enters basic training on or after .”
Credits
1998–2018 · 2 acts
- 1998Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), , 112 Stat. 2012, § 4320
- 2018renumbered § 7420, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), , 132 Stat. 1839.
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(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), , 112 Stat. 2012, § 4320; renumbered § 7420, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1), , 132 Stat. 1839.)