[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2521 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2521

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
improve the treatment at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities 
 of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2016

Mrs. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. McCaskill, and Ms. 
   Mikulski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
improve the treatment at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities 
 of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Military Sexual Assault Victims 
Empowerment Act'' or the ``Military SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF TREATMENT FOR MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT AT NON-
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

    Subsection (b)(2) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, 
and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 
note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(dd), by striking the period 
        at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) is a victim of a military sexual trauma 
                described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United 
                States Code.''.
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