[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4144]
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  SA 2022. 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, 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. REPORTING ON ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE IN MILITARY 
                   FAMILIES AND HOMES.

       (a) Reports to Family Advocacy Program Offices.--
       (1) In general.--The following information shall be 
     reported immediately to the Family Advocacy Program office at 
     the military installation to which the member of the Armed 
     Forces concerned is assigned:
       (A) Credible information (which may include a reasonable 
     belief), obtained by any individual within the chain of 
     command of the member, that a child in the family or home of 
     the member has suffered an incident of child abuse.
       (B) Information, learned by a member of the Armed Forces 
     engaged in a profession or activity described in subsection 
     (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 
     (42 U.S.C. 13031) for members of the Armed Forces and their 
     dependents, that gives reason to suspect that a child in the 
     family or home of the member has suffered an incident of 
     child abuse.
       (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect to the Navy when 
     it is not operating as a service in the Navy) shall jointly 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection.
       (3) Child abuse defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``child abuse'' has the meaning given that term in subsection 
     (c) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.
       (b) Reports to State Child Welfare Services.--Section 226 
     of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (title II of Public 
     Law 101-647; 104 Stat. 4806; 42 U.S.C. 13031) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting `` and to the agency or 
     agencies provided for in subsection (e), if applicable'' 
     before the period;
       (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
     (f) and (g), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       ``(e) Reporters and Recipient of Report Involving Children 
     and Homes of Member of the Armed Forces.--
       ``(1) Recipients of reports.--In the case of an incident 
     described in subsection (a) involving a child in the family 
     or home of member of the Armed Forces (regardless of whether 
     the incident occurred on or off a military installation), the 
     report required by subsection (a) shall be made to the 
     appropriate child welfare services agency or agencies of the 
     State in which the child resides. The Attorney General, the 
     Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     (with respect to the Navy when it is not operating as a 
     service in the Navy) shall jointly, in consultation with the 
     chief executive officers of the States, designate the child 
     welfare service agencies of the States that are appropriate 
     recipients of reports pursuant to this subsection. Any report 
     on an incident pursuant to this subsection is in addition to 
     any other report on the incident pursuant to this section.
       ``(2) Makers of reports.--For purposes of the making of 
     reports under this section pursuant to this subsection, the 
     persons engaged in professions and activities described in 
     subsection (b) shall include members of the Armed Forces who 
     are engaged in such professions and activities for members of 
     the Armed Forces and their dependents.''.
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