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# 33 U.S.C. § 894f - Sexual assault defined

## Text

In this subchapter, the term “sexual assault” shall have the meaning given such term in section 12291(a) of title 34.

(Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, § 3549, formerly § 3547, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2805; renumbered § 3549, Pub. L. 116–259, title V, § 504(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1180.)