[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3322]
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  SA 4304. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 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 part II of subtitle D of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 554. REPORTS ON INCIDENTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT MADE BY 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO HEALTH CARE 
                   PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                   TREATABLE AS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESTRICTED 
                   REPORTS.

       (a) Treatment at Election of Members.--Under procedures 
     established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a report on 
     an incident of sexual assault made by a member of the Armed 
     Forces to such health care personnel of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs as the Secretary shall specify for purposes 
     of such procedures may, at the election of the member, be 
     treated as a Restricted Report on the incident for Department 
     of Defense purposes.
       (b) Transmittal to Department of Defense.--Under procedures 
     jointly established by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
     the Secretary of Defense, a report on an incident of sexual 
     assault treated as a Restricted Report pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall be transmitted by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs to such personnel of the Department of Defense who 
     are authorized to access Restricted Reports on incidents of 
     sexual assault as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for 
     purposes of such procedures. The transmittal shall be made in 
     a manner that preserves for all purposes the confidential 
     nature of the report as a Restricted Report.
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