[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4426. Mrs. BOXER 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. 544. SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION OF MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS 
                   ARISING FROM SEXUAL TRAUMA INCURRED DURING 
                   SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Policy on Suspension Required.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall issue a policy under which the Secretaries of 
     the military departments may--
       (1) suspend the proposed involuntary separation from the 
     Armed Forces of any member of the Armed Forces described in 
     subsection (b); and
       (2) provide for appropriate medical evaluation of such 
     member for purposes of determining the eligibility of such 
     member for retirement or separation for physical disability 
     under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Covered Members.--A member of the Armed Forces 
     described in this subsection is a member who is diagnosed by 
     a health care professional specified in the policy under 
     subsection (a) as having a medical condition related to 
     sexual assault or sexual harassment incurred by the member 
     during service in the Armed Forces.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 
     forth the policy to be issued pursuant to subsection (a).
       (d) Effective Date.--The policy issued pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the submittal 
     of the policy to Congress under subsection (c), and shall 
     apply to members of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
     (b) who are proposed to be involuntarily separated from the 
     Armed Forces on or after that date.
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