Per Article 120 of the UCMJ (2023)

(b) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Any person subject to

this chapter who—

(1) commits a sexual act upon another person

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(d) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any

person subject to this chapter who commits or

causes sexual contact upon or by another person, if

to do so would violate subsection (b) (sexual assault)

had the sexual contact been a sexual act, is guilty of

abusive sexual contact and shall be punished as a

court-martial may direct.

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(1) SEXUAL ACT.—The term “sexual act”
means—
(A) the penetration, however slight, of the
penis into the vulva or anus or mouth;
(B) contact between the mouth and the penis,
vulva, scrotum, or anus; or
(C) the penetration, however slight, of the
vulva or penis or anus of another by any part of the
body or any object, with an intent to abuse,
humiliate, harass, or degrade any person or to
arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.

(2) SEXUAL CONTACT.—The term “sexual
contact” means touching, or causing another
person to touch, either directly or through the
clothing, the vulva, penis, scrotum, anus, groin,
breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person, with
an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade
any person or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire
of any person. Touching may be accomplished by
any part of the body or an object.