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DOD/OS RIN: 0790-AJ31 Publication ID: Spring 2020 
Title: Victim and Witness Assistance 
Abstract:

This final rule adds 32 CFR part 114 to the Code of Federal Regulations. This rule assists victims and witnesses of alleged crimes committed in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and discusses the rights of crime victims under the UCMJ which are more extensive than those of witnesses. The rule also describes notification and assistance available to victims and witnesses of crime from initial contact with the local responsible official, law enforcement officer, or criminal investigation officer through the investigation of the crime and the prosecution, acquittal or confinement, and release of the accused. Finally, the rule includes annual reporting requirements for assistance provided across the DoD to victims of and witnesses to sex-related crime, and legal assistance for sex-related crime victims.

 

 
Agency: Department of Defense(DOD)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 32 CFR 114   
Legal Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 47    10 U.S.C. 113    10 U.S.C. 1034    10 U.S.C. 1044    10 U.S.C. 1058 and 1059    10 U.S.C. 1408    18 U.S.C. 1512 to 1514    Pub. L. 112-239, sec. 573    126 Stat. 1632    Pub. L. 113-291, sec. 533    128 Stat. 3292   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/22/2015  80 FR 29571   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/21/2015 
Final Action  06/00/2020 
Additional Information: DoD Instruction 1030.02, "Victim and Witness Assistance Procedures" (available at http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/103002p.pdf)
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
COL Ryan Hendricks
Deputy Director Legal Policy
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary
1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 2C548A,
Washington, DC 20330-0001
Phone:703 571-9301
Email: ryan.a.hendricks2.mil@mail.mil