Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—VICTIMS’ ADVOCATE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE 
Subtitle A—Definitions 
Sec. 101. Definitions relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, etc., in the 
military. 
Subtitle B—Office of Victims’ Advocate and Department of Defense 
Interdisciplinary Council 
Sec. 111. Office of the Victims’ Advocate. 
Sec. 112. Department of Defense Interdisciplinary Council. 
Sec. 113. Conforming repeal. 
Subtitle C—National and International Hotlines Awareness, Prevention, and 
Intervention Campaign 
Sec. 121. Awareness, prevention, and intervention campaign. 
Subtitle D—Prevention and Intervention Training 
Sec. 131. Prevention and intervention training contracts. 
Subtitle E—Biennial Conference on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
Sec. 141. Establishment. 
Sec. 142. Conference activities. 
Sec. 143. Conference participants. 
Subtitle F—Memorandums of Understanding With Civil Organizations 
Sec. 151. Agreements with civilian organizations. 
TITLE II—RIGHTS, RESTITUTION, TREATMENT, AND SERVICES 
FOR VICTIMS 
Subtitle A—Protection of Persons Reporting Sexual Assault or Domestic 
Violence 
Sec. 201. Protection of communications between victims and advocates. 
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Sec. 202. Victim service organization privilege and health care professional 
privilege in cases arising under Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice. 
Subtitle B—Medical Care and Treatment for Victims of Sexual and Domestic 
Violence 
Sec. 211. Enhanced Department of Defense treatment capacity. 
Sec. 212. Community level program. 
Sec. 213. Transition to veterans health care for victims or perpetrators of do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, family violence, or stalking. 
Subtitle C—Military-Civilian Shelter Programs 
Sec. 221. Enhanced capacity of the Department of Defense for shelter pro-
grams and services. 
Subtitle D—Victim’s Rights and Restitution 
Sec. 231. Military law enforcement and victims’ rights. 
Sec. 232. Availability of incident reports. 
Sec. 233. Victim advocates and victims’ rights. 
Sec. 234. Restitution. 
Sec. 235. Records of military justice actions. 
Sec. 236. Technical amendments relating to fatality review panels. 
TITLE III—REPORTING, PROSECUTION, AND TREATMENT OF 
PERPETRATORS 
Subtitle A—Reporting of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Stalking 
Within the Department of Defense 
Sec. 301. Complaints of sexual assault and domestic violence. 
Sec. 302. Response of military law enforcement officials to domestic violence 
incidents. 
Sec. 303. Investigation of sexual and domestic violence cases involving Depart-
ment of Defense personnel. 
Subtitle B—Crimes Related to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence 
CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE 
Sec. 311. Assimilative crimes. 
Sec. 312. Jurisdiction for sexual assault and domestic violence offenses com-
mitted outside the United States. 
Sec. 313. Travel and transportation. 
CHAPTER 2—UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE 
Sec. 316. Domestic violence and family violence. 
Sec. 317. Protective orders. 
Subtitle C—Treatment Services for Perpetrators 
Sec. 321. Enhanced capacity of the Department of Defense for treatment 
services for perpetrators. 
TITLE IV—COUNSELING AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS OF 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
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Sec. 401. Research on best practices to overcome stigma related to military 
sexual trauma. 
Sec. 402. Training for Department of Veterans Affairs primary care pro-
viders. 
Sec. 403. Pilot program on ways to identify veterans who are victims of mili-
tary sexual trauma. 
Sec. 404. Pilot program on treatment of active-duty military personnel 
through facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Administration Matters 
Sec. 501. Performance evaluations and benefits. 
Sec. 502. Closure of Article 32 investigations in cases of sexual assault or do-
mestic violence. 
Subtitle B—Enhancement of Armed Forces Domestic Security Act 
Sec. 511. Amendments to Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 
Subtitle C—Research on Prevalence, Needs Assessment, Services, and 
Accountability 
Sec. 521. Research on sexual assault, domestic violence, and family violence 
in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 522. Research on institutional procedures for reporting sexual assault, 
domestic violence, and family violence in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 523. Research on dating violence associated with the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 524. Research on child maltreatment, abuse, and homicide in the Armed 
Forces. 
TITLE 
I—VICTIMS’ 
ADVOCATE 
PROGRAMS IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE 
Subtitle A—Definitions 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ETC., IN THE MILI-
TARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 102. Definitions relating to sexual assault, domes-
tic violence, etc. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS RELATING
TO CONDUCT.—The 
following definitions apply in this title: 
‘‘(1) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-
sault’ has the meaning given that term in section 
2003(6) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–2(6)). 
‘‘(2) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domes-
tic violence’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 2003 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg– 
2). 
‘‘(3) FAMILY VIOLENCE.—The term ‘family vio-
lence’ has the meaning given that term in section 
320(1) of the Family Violence Prevention and Serv-
ices Act (42 U.S.C. 10421(1)). 
‘‘(4) STALKING.—The term ‘stalking’ means 
engaging in a course of conduct as proscribed in 
chapter 110A of title 18, as directed at a specific 
person that would cause a reasonable person to fear 
death, sexual assault, or bodily injury to himself or 
herself or a member of his or her immediate family 
when— 
‘‘(A) the person engaging in such conduct 
has knowledge or should have knowledge that 
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