10 U.S.C. § 4319 : US Code - Section 4319: Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits

Search 10 U.S.C. § 4319 : US Code - Section 4319: Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits

(a) Physically Separate Housing. - (1) The Secretary of the Army
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
Army 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 Army 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 Army that
constitutes the basic training of new recruits.