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46 U.S.C. 10104: Requirement to report sexual offenses

Created in 1989 by Public Law 101-225. Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (2).

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (a), (h)

How it got here

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–263 added subsecs. (a) to (g) and struck out former subsecs. (a) and (b) which read as follows: (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.