S.Amdt. 2022

SA 2022. Ms. HIRONO 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 F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 565. REPORTING ON ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE IN MILITARY
FAMILIES AND HOMES.

(a) Reports to Family Advocacy Program Offices.--
(1) In general.--The following information shall be
reported immediately to the Family Advocacy Program office at
the military installation to which the member of the Armed
Forces concerned is assigned:
(A) Credible information (which may include a reasonable
belief), obtained by any individual within the chain of
command of the member, that a child in the family or home of
the member has suffered an incident of child abuse.
(B) Information, learned by a member of the Armed Forces
engaged in a profession or activity described in subsection
(b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 13031) for members of the Armed Forces and their
dependents, that gives reason to suspect that a child in the
family or home of the member has suffered an incident of
child abuse.
(2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Navy when
it is not operating as a service in the Navy) shall jointly
prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection.
(3) Child abuse defined.--In this subsection, the term
``child abuse'' has the meaning given that term in subsection
(c) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
(b) Reports to State Child Welfare Services.--Section 226
of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public
Law 101-647; 104 Stat. 4806; 42 U.S.C. 13031) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `` and to the agency or
agencies provided for in subsection (e), if applicable''
before the period;
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) Reporters and Recipient of Report Involving Children
and Homes of Member of the Armed Forces.--
``(1) Recipients of reports.--In the case of an incident
described in subsection (a) involving a child in the family
or home of member of the Armed Forces (regardless of whether
the incident occurred on or off a military installation), the
report required by subsection (a) shall be made to the
appropriate child welfare services agency or agencies of the
State in which the child resides. The Attorney General, the
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
(with respect to the Navy when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy) shall jointly, in consultation with the
chief executive officers of the States, designate the child
welfare service agencies of the States that are appropriate
recipients of reports pursuant to this subsection. Any report
on an incident pursuant to this subsection is in addition to
any other report on the incident pursuant to this section.
``(2) Makers of reports.--For purposes of the making of
reports under this section pursuant to this subsection, the
persons engaged in professions and activities described in
subsection (b) shall include members of the Armed Forces who
are engaged in such professions and activities for members of
the Armed Forces and their dependents.''.
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