I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4717 
To establish a policy against sexual abuse on all United States military 
installations, whether located in the United States or overseas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2016 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MIL-
LER of Florida, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. JONES) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish a policy against sexual abuse on all United 
States military installations, whether located in the 
United States or overseas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandating America’s 
Responsibility To Limit Abuse, Negligence and Depravity 
Act’’ or the ‘‘MARTLAND Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY 
AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE ON ALL UNITED 
STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Members of the United States Army and 
Marine Corps serving in Afghanistan were advised to 
respect cultural and religious practices of Afghans 
and told that sexual abuse perpetrated by local allies 
was a matter of Afghan law. 
(2) In one report, a United States soldier said 
that, from his bunk at a base in southern Afghani-
stan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually 
abusing boys they had brought to the base and that 
‘‘at night we could hear [the boys] screaming but 
we’re not allowed to do anything about it’’. 
(3) Fighting in a foreign theater of war should 
not require members of the Armed Forces to turn a 
blind eye toward criminal perversion. 
(4) The Department of Defense already has an 
established policy against human trafficking. 
(5) Department of Defense Instruction 2200.01 
instructs members of the Armed Forces as follows: 
‘‘Oppose prostitution, forced labor, and any related 
activities contributing to the phenomenon of traf-
ficking in persons (TIP). TIP is a violation of U.S. 
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law and internationally recognized human rights, 
and is incompatible with DoD core values.’’. 
(6) The Department of Defense also needs an 
established policy to counter sexual abuse per-
petrated on a United States military installation, 
whether the installation is located in the United 
States or overseas. 
(b) POLICY AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE ON MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS.—It is the policy of the United States 
that human rights violations, including child abuse, shall 
not be conducted or condoned on any United States mili-
tary installation, whether located in the United States or 
overseas, by either citizens or nationals of the United 
States or foreign nationals. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.—No later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a comprehensive plan detailing the procedures 
by which the Secretary will implement the policy expressed 
in subsection (b). 
(d) MILITARY INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military installation’’ includes United 
States combat outposts and forward operating locations. 
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