S.Amdt. 2200
What it does: Adds SEC. 547. ASSESSMENT OF MEMBER ABUSE OF CHAIN OF COMMAND POSITIONS TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR COERCE ANOTHER PERSON FOR A SEX-RELATED OFFENSE AS ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF INDEPENDENT PANELS FOR REVIEW OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES at the end of part I of subtitle E of title V
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 547. ASSESSMENT OF MEMBER ABUSE OF CHAIN OF COMMAND POSITIONS TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR COERCE ANOTHER PERSON FOR A SEX-RELATED OFFENSE AS ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF INDEPENDENT PANELS FOR REVIEW OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES at the end of part I of subtitle E of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(iii) Requiring restitution by members of the Armed Forces to victims of their offenses upon the direction of a court-martial.".
Inserted: SEC. 547. ASSESSMENT OF MEMBER ABUSE OF CHAIN OF COMMAND POSITIONS TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR COERCE ANOTHER PERSON FOR A SEX-RELATED OFFENSE AS ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF INDEPENDENT PANELS FOR REVIEW OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.
Inserted: (a) Assessment as Additional Duty of Panel on Response Systems to Sexual Assault Crimes.--Paragraph (1) of section 576(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1760), as amended by section 545(a) of this Act, is further amended--
Inserted: (1) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as subparagraph (M); and
Inserted: (2) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following new subparagraph (L):
Inserted: "(L) An assessment of instances in the Armed Forces in which a member of the Armed Forces has committing a sexual act upon another person by abusing one's position in the chain of command of the other person to gain access to or coerce the other person.".
Inserted: (b) Assessment of Consequences of Revision of Article 120 Sex-related Offenses as Additional Duty of Independent Panel on Judicial Proceedings.--Paragraph (2) of such section, as amended by section 546 of this Act, is further amended--
Inserted: (1) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as subparagraph (N); and
Inserted: (2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following new subparagraph (M):
Inserted: "(M) Assess the likely consequences of amending of definition of rape and sexual assault under section 120 of title 10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), to expressly cover a situation in which a person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice commits a sexual act upon another person by abusing one's position in the chain of command of the other person to gain access to or coerce the other person.".
Original wording
At the end of part I of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2200. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part I of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 547. ASSESSMENT OF MEMBER ABUSE OF CHAIN OF COMMAND POSITIONS TO GAIN ACCESS TO OR COERCE ANOTHER PERSON FOR A SEX-RELATED OFFENSE AS ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF INDEPENDENT PANELS FOR REVIEW OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.
(a) Assessment as Additional Duty of Panel on Response Systems to Sexual Assault Crimes.--Paragraph (1) of section 576(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1760), as amended by section 545(a) of this Act, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as subparagraph (M); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following new subparagraph (L):
“(L) An assessment of instances in the Armed Forces in which a member of the Armed Forces has committing a sexual act upon another person by abusing one's position in the chain of command of the other person to gain access to or coerce the other person.”.
(b) Assessment of Consequences of Revision of Article 120 Sex-related Offenses as Additional Duty of Independent Panel on Judicial Proceedings.--Paragraph (2) of such section, as amended by section 546 of this Act, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as subparagraph (N); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following new subparagraph (M):
“(M) Assess the likely consequences of amending of definition of rape and sexual assault under section 120 of title 10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), to expressly cover a situation in which a person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice commits a sexual act upon another person by abusing one's position in the chain of command of the other person to gain access to or coerce the other person.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013