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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2206 
To provide enhanced protections for prospective members and new members 
of the Armed Forces during entry-level processing and training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2013 
Mr. TURNER (for himself and Mr. HECK of Nevada) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To provide enhanced protections for prospective members 
and new members of the Armed Forces during entry- 
level processing and training. 
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 ‘‘No Tolerance Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE MEM-
BERS AND NEW MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES DURING ENTRY-LEVEL PROCESSING 
AND TRAINING. 
(a) DEFINING INAPPROPRIATE AND PROHIBITED RE-
LATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION, CONDUCT, AND CONTACT 
BETWEEN CERTAIN MEMBERS.— 
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall establish and 
maintain a policy to uniformly define and prescribe, 
for the persons described in paragraph (2), what 
constitutes an inappropriate and prohibited relation-
ship, communication, conduct, or contact, including 
when such an action is consensual, between a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces described in paragraph 
(2)(A) and a prospective member or member of the 
Armed Forces described in paragraph (2)(B). 
(2) COVERED MEMBERS.—The policy required 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to— 
(A) a member of the Armed Forces who is 
superior in rank to, exercises authority or con-
trol over, or supervises a person described in 
subparagraph (B) during the entry-level proc-
essing or training of the person; and 
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(B) a prospective member of the Armed 
Forces or a member of the Armed Forces un-
dergoing entry-level processing or training. 
(3) INCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
MEMBERS
RE-
QUIRED.—The members of the Armed Forces cov-
ered by paragraph (2)(A) shall include, at a min-
imum, military personnel assigned or attached to 
duty— 
(A) for the purpose of recruiting or assess-
ing persons for enlistment or appointment as a 
commissioned officer, warrant officer, or en-
listed member of the Armed Forces; 
(B) at a Military Entrance Processing Sta-
tion; or 
(C) at an entry-level training facility or 
school of an Armed Force. 
(b) EFFECT
OF VIOLATIONS.—A member of the 
Armed Forces who violates the policy established pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be subject to prosecution under the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
(c) PROCESSING
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
SEPARA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall require the proc-
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