Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 10 : Section 9319


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 9319. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits

      (a) Physically Separate Housing. - (1) The Secretary of the Air
    Force shall provide for housing male recruits and female recruits
    separately and securely from each other during basic training.
      (2) To meet the requirements of paragraph (1), the sleeping areas
    and latrine areas provided for male recruits shall be physically
    separated from the sleeping areas and latrine areas provided for
    female recruits by permanent walls, and the areas for male recruits
    and the areas for female recruits shall have separate entrances.
      (3) The Secretary shall ensure that, when a recruit is in an area
    referred to in paragraph (2), the area is supervised by one or more
    persons who are authorized and trained to supervise the area.
      (b) Alternative Separate Housing. - If male recruits and female
    recruits cannot be housed as provided under subsection (a) by
    October 1, 2001, at a particular installation, the Secretary of the
    Air Force shall require (on and after that date) that male recruits
    in basic training at such installation be housed in barracks or
    other troop housing facilities that are only for males and that
    female recruits in basic training at such installation be housed in
    barracks or other troop housing facilities that are only for
    females.
      (c) Construction Planning. - In planning for the construction of
    housing to be used for housing recruits during basic training, the
    Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the housing is to be
    constructed in a manner that facilitates the housing of male
    recruits and female recruits separately and securely from each
    other.
      (d) Basic Training Defined. - In this section, the term "basic
    training" means the initial entry training program of the Air Force
    that constitutes the basic training of new recruits.



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