[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3829]
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SA 1768. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE.
For each State or local community in which military
families comprise at least 10 percent of the total
population, the Secretary of Defense shall work to provide a
military-civilian coordinated community response, that
includes coordination with State and local law enforcement,
the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense, and
non-profit civilian service providers, to ensure that
military families experiencing domestic violence receive
appropriate services from either military or civilian service
providers.
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