---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 894b"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "894b"
heading: "Rights of the victim of a sexual assault"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/894b"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"
  - "Subchapter VI — Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention"
---

# §894b. Rights of the victim of a sexual assault


A victim of a sexual assault covered by the comprehensive policy developed under [section 894a(a) of this title](/usc/33/894a.md?p=a) has the right to be reasonably protected from the accused.


## Source credit

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