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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 894b - Rights of the victim of a sexual assault

## Text

A victim of a sexual assault covered by the comprehensive policy developed under section 894a(a) of this title has the right to be reasonably protected from the accused.

(Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, § 3543, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2803.)