S.Amdt. 1897

SA 1897. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 558. ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS OF CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURES
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMED FORCES THAT DO
NOT TRIGGER AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.

(a) Additional Recipients.--Section 1565b(b)(2) of title
10, United States Code, is modified by adding at the end the
following new subparagraphs:
``(D) The Senators representing the State in which the
victim resides, and the Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner of the House of Representatives representing the
district in which the victim resides.
``(E) A Special Victims' Counsel pursuant to section 1044e
of this title.''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall revise the
regulations required by section 1565b(b) of title 10, United
States Code, to establish procedures to ensure that Members
of Congress can engage with the Department of Defense on
behalf of a member of the Armed Forces who is a victim of
sexual assault, pursuant to a request for assistance from the
victim to such Member of Congress, in a confidential manner.
Under the regulations as so revised, neither a request by a
victim to a Member of Congress for assistance nor subsequent
engagement with the victim by such Member of Congress shall
jeopardize the Restricted status of any report filed by the
victim in connection with the sexual assault.
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