PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1775 Effective date. Termination date. causes. The Secretary shall complete the review not later than June 30, 1994. (2) Not later than July 15, 1994, the Secretary shall submit Reports. to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of such review. The report may include any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate. (3) Not later than October 1, 1994, the Secretary shall prescribe Regulations regulations governing the investigation of deaths of members of the Armed Forces that may have resulted from self-inflicted causes. The relations shall include a date by which the Secretaries of the military departments are required to implement the regulations. (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL TO REVIEW CERTAIN DEATH INVESTIGA- TIONS. —(1) Upon a request that meets the requirements of paragraph (3), the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall review each investigation conducted by a Department of Defense investigative organization of the death of a member of the Armed Forces who, while serving on active duty during the period described in paragraph (2), died from a cause determined to be self-inflicted. (2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is the period that— (A) begins on January 1, 1982; and (B) ends on the date specified in the regulations prescribed under subsection (a)(3) as the deadline for the implementation of such regulations by the Secretaries of the military departments. (3) Any of the family members of a member of the Armed Forces referred to in paragraph (1) may reauest a review under paragraph (1). The requtjst must be received by the Secretary of the militanr department concerned not later than one year after the date referred to in paragraph (2)(B) and shall contain or describe specific evidence of a material deficiency in the previous investigation. (4) If the Inspector General determines that a previous investigation of a death was deficient in a material respect, the Inspector General shall conduct any additional investigation that the Inspector General considers necessary to determine the cause of that death. (5) The Inspector General shall submit to the Secretary of Reports the military department concerned a report on the results of each review conducted under paragraph (1) and each additional investigation conducted under paragraph (4) as a result of that review. (6) The Secretary of the military department concerned, consistent with other applicable law, shall take such corrective actions with regard to matters contained in the report as the Secretary considers appropriate. (7) To the same extent that fatality reports may be furnished to family members under section 1072 oi the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2508; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), the Inspector General, after consultation with the Secretary of the military department concerned, shall provide a copy of the Inspector General's report on the review of a death investigation to each of the family members who requested the review. (c) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: (1) The term "active duty^ has the meaning given such term in section lOl(d)(l) of title 10, United States Code.
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