[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4864 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4864

To revise the crime of sexual assault under Article 120 of the Uniform 
   Code of Military Justice to include committing a sexual act upon 
    another person by using position, rank, or authority to obtain 
                    compliance by the other person.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2016

  Ms. Frankel of Florida (for herself, Mrs. Walorski, Ms. Speier, Ms. 
  Tsongas, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. 
Brooks of Indiana, and Mrs. Noem) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To revise the crime of sexual assault under Article 120 of the Uniform 
   Code of Military Justice to include committing a sexual act upon 
    another person by using position, rank, or authority to obtain 
                    compliance by the other person.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Sexual Exploitation of 
Power Act''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF DEFINITION OF ARTICLE 120 SEXUAL ASSAULT UNDER THE 
              UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO INCLUDE COMMITTING A 
              SEXUAL ACT UPON ANOTHER PERSON BY USING POSITION, RANK, 
              OR AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE BY THE OTHER PERSON.

    Section 920(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code (article 
120(b)(1) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph (C):
                    ``(C) using position, rank, or authority to obtain 
                compliance by the other person;''.
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