S.Amdt. 4426

SA 4426. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 II of subtitle D of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 544. SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION OF MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS
ARISING FROM SEXUAL TRAUMA INCURRED DURING
SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Policy on Suspension Required.--The Secretary of
Defense shall issue a policy under which the Secretaries of
the military departments may--
(1) suspend the proposed involuntary separation from the
Armed Forces of any member of the Armed Forces described in
subsection (b); and
(2) provide for appropriate medical evaluation of such
member for purposes of determining the eligibility of such
member for retirement or separation for physical disability
under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Covered Members.--A member of the Armed Forces
described in this subsection is a member who is diagnosed by
a health care professional specified in the policy under
subsection (a) as having a medical condition related to
sexual assault or sexual harassment incurred by the member
during service in the Armed Forces.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting
forth the policy to be issued pursuant to subsection (a).
(d) Effective Date.--The policy issued pursuant to
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the submittal
of the policy to Congress under subsection (c), and shall
apply to members of the Armed Forces described in subsection
(b) who are proposed to be involuntarily separated from the
Armed Forces on or after that date.
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