S.Amdt. 2396

SA 2396. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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:

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(4) Standing to appear and representation.--The Special Victims' Counsel provided to a member of the Armed Forces or dependent of a member of the Armed Forces under subsection (b) of section 1565b of title 10, United States Code (as amended by this section), shall be permitted to provide legal representation in connection with the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of a member of the Armed Forces for the offense for which the Special Victims' Counsel is provided. The representation shall include the right to appear and be heard, to the extent the victim has a right to be heard, at any proceeding under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).