3.0.0 1018 2022-02-03T05:53:24Z 2022-02-03T05:53:24Z Senate S S 2011-05-18 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-18T19:43:11Z Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance Act 112 1529 HR 2011-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2011-05-18 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2011-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-05-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-06-07 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-06-09 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-06-09 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-06-13 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-06-20 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-06-28 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-08-01 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-11-28 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-01-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure First responders and emergency personnel Health information and medical records Lawyers and legal services Military education and training Military law Military personnel and dependents Right of privacy Sex offenses Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-09T19:22:33Z Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance Act (Defense STRONG Act) - Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to require the Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office to be appointed from general or flag officers or Department of Defense (DOD) employees in a comparable Senior Executive Service position.

Requires the assignment within each military brigade or equivalent unit level of at least one full-time Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and one full-time Sexual Assault Victim Advocate, allowing the Secretary of the military department concerned to assign additional coordinators and/or advocates based on the demographics or needs of the unit. Allows only members of the Armed Forces (members) or DOD civilian personnel to be assigned as coordinators or advocates as of October 1, 2013. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a professional training and certification program for such coordinators and advocates.

Entitles any member, or dependent of a member, who is the victim of a sexual assault to legal assistance provided by a military legal assistance counsel and coordinator and advocate services, regardless of whether the member elects unrestricted or restricted (confidential) reporting of the assault. Makes privileged any communications between a member or dependent and a coordinator, advocate, or person staffing a helpline.

Directs the Secretary to establish a system for tracking and permanently maintaining any medical, investigative, and other records prepared or obtained by DOD in connection with a sexual assault involving a member or dependent.

Requires the transfer from the Secretary to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) of certain medical information in anticipation of a member's discharge, release, retirement, medical treatment, or claim for disability.

Provides for the expedited consideration of, and priority for, an application by victims of sexual assault for a permanent change of station or unit transfer based on humanitarian conditions.

Requires each military department Secretary to develop curricula to provide sexual assault prevention and response training and education for members and civilian employees of that department.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for the inclusion of a sexual assault prevention and response training module at each level of professional military education, and (2) require managers of specialty skills associated with first responders to integrate sexual assault response training in initial and recurring first responder training courses.

]]> Defense STRONG Act Short Titles as Introduced Defense STRONG Act Short Titles as Introduced Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance Act Display Title Defense STRONG Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1018is/xml/BILLS-112s1018is.xml 2011-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.