3.0.0 1543 2023-01-11T13:37:07Z 2023-01-11T13:37:07Z Senate S 2017-07-12 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-12T20:27:37Z Protecting Military Honor Act 115 3209 HR 2017-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2017-07-12 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Assault and harassment offenses Congressional oversight Crime victims Crimes against women Department of Defense Disability and paralysis Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Health information and medical records Mental health Military law Military personnel and dependents Neurological disorders Personnel records Sex offenses Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-23T19:11:17Z Protecting Military Honor Act

This bill requires military departments to establish a confidential process, utilizing boards for the correction of military records, by which survivors of a sex-related offense during service in the Armed Forces may challenge the terms or characterization of their discharge or separation from the Armed Forces. Discharge review boards are authorized to refer certain applications for relief that involve, among other things, a sex-related offense to the physical disability board of review.

]]> Protecting Military Honor Act Display Title Protecting Military Honor Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve protections for a member of the Armed Forces who is a survivor of a sexual assault during military service regarding the separation, or the characterization of any separation, of the member from the Armed Forces, to make additional changes to the authorities and procedures of boards for the correction of military records and discharge review boards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Military Honor Act Introduced in Senate 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1543is/xml/BILLS-115s1543is.xml 2017-07-12 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.