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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2777 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretaries of 

the military departments to suspend the pay and allowances of a member 

of the Armed Forces who is held in confinement pending trial by courtmartial or by civil authority for any sex-related offense or capital offense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2013 

Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. WOLF) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretaries of the military departments to suspend the 

pay and allowances of a member of the Armed Forces 

who is held in confinement pending trial by court-martial 

or by civil authority for any sex-related offense or capital 

offense. 

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 ‘‘Stop Pay for Violent 

5 Offenders Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF THE PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF A 

2 MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES IN CON3 FINEMENT PENDING TRIAL FOR ANY SEX-RE4 LATED OFFENSE OR CAPITAL OFFENSE. 

5 Section 813 of title 10, United States Code (article 

6 13 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘No person’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

8 Except as provided in subsection (b), no person’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec13 retary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department 

14 shall suspend all or a portion of the pay and allowances 

15 of a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction 

16 of the Secretary who is being held in confinement pending 

17 trial by court-martial or by civil authority for any sex-re18 lated offense or capital offense. The requirement to sus19 pend the pay and allowances of certain members under 

20 this subsection is consistent with the authority to suspend 

21 civilian employees of the Department of Defense without 

22 pay under subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 5. 

23 ‘‘(2) A member whose pay and allowances are sus24 pended under paragraph (1) is entitled to— 

25 ‘‘(A) written notice of the suspension stating 

26 the specific reasons for the suspension; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a reasonable time, but not less than seven 

2 days, to request a waiver of the suspension and to 

3 furnish affidavits and other documentary evidence in 

4 support of the waiver; 

5 ‘‘(C) be represented by an attorney or other 

6 representative in making such waiver request; and 

7 ‘‘(D) a written response by the Secretary of the 

8 military department concerned to the waiver request, 

9 and if denied, the specific reasons for the denial. 

10 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of the military department con11 cerned may provide for a hearing as part of consideration 

12 of a waiver request under paragraph (2). 

13 ‘‘(4) If a member whose pay and allowances is sus14 pended under this subsection is acquitted of the charges 

15 for which the pay and allowances were suspended or the 

16 sentence is disapproved, commuted, or suspended, the Sec17 retary of the military department concerned shall pay the 

18 member the full amount of pay and allowances withheld. 

19 Otherwise, the withheld amounts shall be paid to the vic20 tim or, if multiple victims, to the victims of the crime in 

21 an equitable manner. 

22 ‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘sex-related offense’ 

23 means— 

24 ‘‘(A) a sexual assault or other offense covered 

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1 ticle 120, 120a, 120b, or 120c of the Uniform Code 

2 of Military Justice), or an attempt to commit such 

3 an offense; or 

4 ‘‘(B) a comparable offense punishable under 

5 other Federal or State law.’’. 

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