[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4452 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4452

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
 certain special compensation to certain retired survivors of military 
                             sexual trauma.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2021

 Miss Gonzalez-Colon (for herself, Ms. Mace, Ms. Jacobs of California, 
and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
 certain special compensation to certain retired survivors of military 
                             sexual trauma.

    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 Trauma Retirement 
Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL COMPENSATION TO 
              CERTAIN RETIRED SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA.

    (a) In General.--Section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``combat-related'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``trauma-related'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary'';
                    (B) by inserting ``under paragraph (1) or (2) of 
                subsection (e)'' before the period at the end of the 
                first sentence; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall treat a disabled uniformed 
services retiree with a trauma-related disability, determined by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under paragraph (3) of subsection (e), as 
an eligible trauma-related disabled uniformed services retiree.'';
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has determined was 
        the result of military sexual trauma.''; and
            (4) in subsection (i), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting following new paragraph:
            ``(1) The term `military sexual trauma' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 1166 of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Headings.--Such section is amended--
                    (A) in the heading by striking ``Combat-related'' 
                and inserting ``Trauma-related''; and
                    (B) in the heading of subsection (e) by striking 
                ``Combat-Related'' and inserting ``Trauma-Related''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 71 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 1413a and inserting the following:

``1413a. Trauma-related special compensation.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Such title is amended--
            (1) in section 1414(d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``combat-
                related'' and inserting ``trauma-related''; and
                    (B) in the heading, by striking ``Combat-Related'' 
                and inserting ``Trauma-Related'';
            (2) in section 1449(b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``combat-related'' and inserting 
                ``trauma-related''; and
                    (B) in the heading, by striking ``CRSC'' and 
                inserting ``TRSC'';
            (3) in section 1450(e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``combat-
                related'' and inserting ``trauma-related''; and
                    (B) in the heading, by striking ``CRSC'' and 
                inserting ``TRSC''; and
            (4) in section 1452--
                    (A) by striking ``combat-related'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``trauma-related'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(2), in the heading, by 
                striking ``combat-related'' and inserting ``trauma-
                related''; and
                    (C) in subsection (g)(4), in the heading, by 
                striking ``CRSC'' and inserting ``TRSC''.
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