[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4730 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4730

 To allow the return of personal property to victims of sexual assault 
  incidents involving a member of the Armed Forces upon completion of 
                  proceedings related to the incident.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2014

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow the return of personal property to victims of sexual assault 
  incidents involving a member of the Armed Forces upon completion of 
                  proceedings related to the incident.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVISION TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
              POLICY ON RETENTION OF EVIDENCE IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE 
              TO ALLOW RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY UPON COMPLETION OF 
              RELATED PROCEEDINGS.

    Section 586 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1435; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Return of Personal Property Upon Completion of Related 
Proceedings.--Notwithstanding subsection (c)(4)(A), personal property 
retained as evidence in connection with an incident of sexual assault 
involving a member of the Armed Forces may be returned to the rightful 
owner of such property after the conclusion of all legal, adverse 
action, and administrative proceedings related to such incident.''.
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