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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1986 

To provide for the assignment of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/ 

Adolescent to brigades and equivalent units of the Armed Forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2013 

Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. HARTZLER, and Ms. 

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

A BILL 

To provide for the assignment of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent to brigades and equivalent 

units of the Armed Forces. 

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 ‘‘Sexual Assault Nurse 

5 Examiner Deployment Act’’ or ‘‘SANE Deployment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS-ADULT/ADO7 LESCENT. 

8 (a) ASSIGNMENT TO CERTAIN MILITARY UNITS.— 

9 Section 584 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 


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1 Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 1561 

2 note) is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

4 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol6 lowing new subsection (c): 

7 ‘‘(c) SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS-ADULT/ 

8 ADOLESCENT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec10 retary of each military department shall assign at 

11 least one Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/Ad12 olescent to each brigade or equivalent unit level of 

13 each armed force under the jurisdiction of that Sec14 retary unless assignment to other units is deter15 mined to be more practicable and effective by the 

16 Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the military 

17 department concerned may assign additional Sexual 

18 Assault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent as nec19 essary based on the demographics or needs of a mili20 tary unit. The Secretary of the military department 

21 concerned may waive the assignment requirement 

22 for a specific unit level if that Secretary determines 

23 that compliance will impose an undue burden, except 

24 that the Secretary shall notify Congress of each 


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1 waiver and explain how compliance would impose an 

2 undue burden. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—On and after Octo4 ber 1, 2015, only members of the armed forces and 

5 civilian employees of the Department of Defense 

6 may be assigned to duty as a Sexual Assault Nurse 

7 Examiner-Adult/Adolescent. The Secretary of the 

8 military department concerned may satisfy para9 graph (1) through the assignment of additional per10 sonnel to a unit or by assigning the duties of a Sex11 ual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/Adolescent to 

12 current personnel of the unit, so long as such per13 sonnel meet the training and certification require14 ments of subsection (d).’’. 

15 (b) TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (d) 

16 of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘assigned 

19 under subsection (a) and Sexual Assault Victim Ad20 vocates assigned under subsection (b)’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘, Sexual Assault Victim Advocates, and Sexual As22 sault Nurse Examiners-Adult/Adolescent assigned 

23 under this section’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

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1 riculum and other components of the program for 

2 certification of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners3 Adult/Adolescent, the Secretary of Defense shall con4 sult with the Commission for Forensic Nursing Cer5 tification.’’; and 

6 (3) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 

7 following new sentence: ‘‘On and after October 1, 

8 2015, before a member or civilian employee may be 

9 assigned to duty as a Sexual Assault Nurse Exam10 iner-Adult/Adolescent under subsection (c), the 

11 member or employee must have completed the train12 ing program required by paragraph (1) and obtained 

13 the certification.’’. 

14 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 

15 section is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 584. SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS, 

17 SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES, AND 

18 SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS-ADULT/ 

19 ADOLESCENT.’’. 

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