Skip to content
LexBuild

14 USC § 2539 - Covered misconduct defined

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2539"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2539 - Covered misconduct defined"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2539"
section_name: "Covered misconduct defined"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "COVERED MISCONDUCT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXV, § 7511(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1806.)"
---

# § 2539. Covered misconduct defined

In this title, the term “covered misconduct” means—

**(1)** rape and sexual assault, as described in sections 920(a) and 920(b) of title 10 (articles 120(a) and 120(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

**(2)** sexual harassment, as described in Executive Order 14062 dated January 26, 2022, and enumerated under section 934 of title 10 (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

**(3)** abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual contact, as described in sections 920(c) and 920(d) of title 10 (articles 120(c) and 120(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

**1** wrongful broadcast, dissemination, or creation of content as described in sections 917 [^1] and 920c of title 10 (articles 117a and 120c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

So in original. Probably should be “917a”.

**(5)** the child pornography offenses as described in section 934 of title 10 (article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

**(6)** rape and sexual assault of a child, other sexual misconduct, and stalking, as described in sections 920b, 920c(a), and 930 of title 10 (articles 120b, 120c, and 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and

**(7)** domestic violence, as described in section 928b of title 10 (article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXV, § 7511(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1806.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Executive Order 14062, referred to in par. (2), is Ex. Ord. No. 14062, , 87 F.R. 4763, which is listed in a table under , Armed Forces. For further details, see , , , set out as a note under , Armed Forces.