[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3941]
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  SA 1897. Mrs. MURRAY 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, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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 end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 558. ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS OF CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURES 
                   OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMED FORCES THAT DO 
                   NOT TRIGGER AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.

       (a) Additional Recipients.--Section 1565b(b)(2) of title 
     10, United States Code, is modified by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraphs:
       ``(D) The Senators representing the State in which the 
     victim resides, and the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner of the House of Representatives representing the 
     district in which the victim resides.
       ``(E) A Special Victims' Counsel pursuant to section 1044e 
     of this title.''.
       (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall revise the 
     regulations required by section 1565b(b) of title 10, United 
     States Code, to establish procedures to ensure that Members 
     of Congress can engage with the Department of Defense on 
     behalf of a member of the Armed Forces who is a victim of 
     sexual assault, pursuant to a request for assistance from the 
     victim to such Member of Congress, in a confidential manner. 
     Under the regulations as so revised, neither a request by a 
     victim to a Member of Congress for assistance nor subsequent 
     engagement with the victim by such Member of Congress shall 
     jeopardize the Restricted status of any report filed by the 
     victim in connection with the sexual assault.
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