[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2112 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2112

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

                            November 9, 2017

 Mrs. Ernst (for herself and Mrs. McCaskill) 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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