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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1082 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for certain 

special compensation to certain retired survivors of military sexual trauma. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N (for herself, Ms. ROSS, and Ms. WEXTON) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility 

for certain special compensation to certain retired survivors of military sexual trauma. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Sexual Trau5 ma Retirement Equity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL 

7 COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN RETIRED SUR8 VIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1413a of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘combat-related’’ each place it 

2 appears and inserting ‘‘trauma-related’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (d)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec5 retary’’; 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1) or 

7 (2) of subsection (e)’’ before the period at the 

8 end of the first sentence; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall treat a disabled 

12 uniformed services retiree with a trauma-related disability, 

13 determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under 

14 paragraph (3) of subsection (e), as an eligible trauma-re15 lated disabled uniformed services retiree.’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

18 and inserting a semicolon; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking the 

20 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has de24 termined was the result of military sexual trauma.’’; 

25 and 


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1 (4) in subsection (i), by striking paragraph (1) 

2 and inserting the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(1) The term ‘military sexual trauma’ has the 

4 meaning given such term in section 1166 of title 

5 38.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) HEADINGS.—Such section is amended— 

8 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘Combat9 related’’ and inserting ‘‘Trauma-related’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in the heading of subsection (e) by 

12 striking ‘‘COMBAT-RELATED’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘TRAUMA-RELATED’’. 

14 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

15 at the beginning of chapter 71 of such title is 

16 amended by striking the item relating to section 

17 1413a and inserting the following: 

‘‘1413a. Trauma-related special compensation.’’. 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in section 1414(d)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘combat22 related’’ and inserting ‘‘trauma-related’’; and 

23 (B) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COMBAT24 RELATED’’ and inserting ‘‘TRAUMA-RELATED’’; 

25 (2) in section 1449(b)(2)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘combat-related’’ and in2 serting ‘‘trauma-related’’; and 

3 (B) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRSC’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘TRSC’’; 

5 (3) in section 1450(e)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘combat7 related’’ and inserting ‘‘trauma-related’’; and 

8 (B) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRSC’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘TRSC’’; and 

10 (4) in section 1452— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘combat-related’’ each 

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘trauma-re13 lated’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (d)(2), in the heading, by 

15 striking ‘‘COMBAT-RELATED’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘TRAUMA-RELATED’’; and 

17 (C) in subsection (g)(4), in the heading, by 

18 striking ‘‘CRSC’’ and inserting ‘‘TRSC’’. 

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