3.0.0 3647 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z Senate S S 2012-11-29 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-11-29T21:48:14Z 2012-11-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2012-11-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2012-11-29 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-12-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Department of Defense Government information and archives Judges Lawyers and legal services Military law Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Right of privacy Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-11-29 Introduced in Senate 2012-12-12T21:13:03Z Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 - Prohibits any person convicted under federal or state law of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, or incest from being commissioned or enlisting in the Armed Forces. Requires administrative separation from the Armed Forces, when not punitively discharged, for any member of the Armed Forces (member) on active duty, and any reserve member in an active status, who is convicted of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, or an attempt thereof (covered offenses). Allows the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive such a separation in the interests of national security on a case-by-case basis.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), with respect to any charge under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) that alleges any of the covered offenses, to require the military department Secretaries to restrict disposition authority to specified high-command officers authorized to convene special courts-martial under the UCMJ.

States as the policy of the United States that any charge regarding the covered offenses should be disposed of by court-martial rather than non-judicial punishment or administrative action.

Requires inclusion in a member's personnel service record of a substantiated complaint of a sexual-related offense. Requires commanding officer review of a member's history of substantiated sexual offenses upon a member's transfer to the new command.

Requires sexual assault forms and records to be retained for at least 50 years.

Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to add additional required information within annual reports on sexual assaults involving members.

Establishes an independent panel to review and assess UCMJ judicial proceedings involving sexual assault and related offenses for purposes of developing potential improvements to such proceedings.

Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive policy to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the Armed Forces. Requires related reports.

]]> Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 Display Title Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve and enhance the capabilities of the Armed Forces to prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3647is/xml/BILLS-112s3647is.xml 2012-11-29 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.