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Subtitle D—Military Justice, In-
cluding Sexual Assault and Do-
mestic Violence Prevention and 
Response 
SEC. 531. IMPROVED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMA-
TION REPORTING AND COLLECTION OF DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS INVOLVING 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) DATA REPORTING AND COLLECTION IMPROVE-
MENTS.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop a comprehensive management plan to address defi-
ciencies in the reporting of information on incidents of do-
mestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces 
for inclusion in the Department of Defense database on 
domestic violence incidents required by section 1562 of 
title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the database 
provides an accurate count of domestic violence incidents 
and any consequent disciplinary action. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 543(a) of 
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1562 
note) is amended by striking paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 532. ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 
PANEL REGARDING USE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
RECORDS BY DEFENSE DURING PRELIMI-
NARY HEARING AND COURT-MARTIAL PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The independent panel es-
tablished by the Secretary of Defense under section 
576(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1758), 
known as the ‘‘judicial proceedings panel’’, shall conduct 
a review and assessment of— 
(1) the impact of the use of mental health 
records by the defense during the preliminary hear-
ing conducted under section 832 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 32 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), and during court-martial proceedings; 
and 
(2) the use of mental health records in civilian 
criminal legal proceedings in order to identify any 
significant discrepancies between the two legal sys-
tems. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF RESULTS.—The judicial pro-
ceedings panel shall include the results of the review and 
assessment in one of the reports required by section 
576(c)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013. 
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SEC. 533. APPLICABILITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVEN-
TION AND RESPONSE AND RELATED MILI-
TARY JUSTICE ENHANCEMENTS TO MILITARY 
SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
The Secretary of the military department concerned 
and, in the case of the Coast Guard Academy, the Sec-
retary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall ensure that the provisions of title XVII of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 950), including 
amendments made by that title, apply to the United States 
Military Academy, the Naval Academy, the Air Force 
Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy. 
SEC. 534. CONSULTATION WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT REGARDING VICTIMS’ PREFERENCE 
FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENSE BY COURT- 
MARTIAL OR CIVILIAN COURT. 
(a) LEGAL CONSULTATION BETWEEN SPECIAL VIC-
TIMS’ COUNSEL AND VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Sub-
section (b) of section 1044e of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 
and (9) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6): 
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‘‘(6) Legal consultation regarding the advan-
tages and disadvantages of prosecution of the al-
leged sex-related offense by court-martial or by a ci-
vilian court with jurisdiction over the offense before 
the victim expresses a preference as to the prosecu-
tion authority pursuant to the process required by 
subsection (e)(3).’’. 
(b) PROCESS TO DISCERN VICTIM PREFERENCE.— 
Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned shall establish a proc-
ess to ensure consultation with a victim of an alleged sex- 
related offense that occurs in the United States to discern 
the victim’s preference regarding prosecution authority, 
regardless of whether the report of that offense is re-
stricted or unrestricted.’’. 
SEC. 535. ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS RE-
LATED TO PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY CER-
TAIN MILITARY RULES OF EVIDENCE. 
Section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 
6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT BY COURT OF CRIMINAL AP-
PEALS.—(1) If the victim of an offense under this chapter 
believes that a court-martial ruling violates the victim’s 
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rights afforded by a Military Rule of Evidence specified 
in paragraph (2), the victim may petition the Court of 
Criminal Appeals for a writ of mandamus to require the 
court-martial to comply with the Military Rule of Evi-
dence. The Court of Criminal Appeals may issue the writ 
on the order of a single judge and shall take up and decide 
the petition within 72 hours after the petition has been 
filed. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to the protec-
tions afforded by the following: 
‘‘(A) Military Rule of Evidence 513, relating to 
the psychotherapist-patient privilege. 
‘‘(B) Military Rule of Evidence 412, relating to 
the admission of evidence regarding a victim’s sexual 
background. 
‘‘(3) Court-martial proceedings may not be stayed or 
subject to a continuance of more than five days for pur-
poses of enforcing this subsection. If the Court of Criminal 
Appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons for the denial 
shall be clearly stated on the record in a written opinion.’’. 
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8002(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
7702(b)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of Fed-
eral property eligible under this section that is 
within the boundaries of two or more local edu-
cational agencies that are eligible under this 
section, any of such agencies may ask the Sec-
retary to calculate (and the Secretary shall cal-
culate) the taxable value of the eligible Federal 
property that is within its boundaries by— 
‘‘ ‘(i) first calculating the per-acre 
value of the eligible Federal property sepa-
rately for each eligible local educational 
agency that shares the Federal property, 
as provided in subparagraph (A)(ii); 
‘‘ ‘(ii) then averaging the resulting 
per-acre values of the eligible Federal 
property from each eligible local edu-
cational agency that shares the Federal 
property; and 
‘‘ ‘(iii) then applying the average per- 
acre value to determine the total taxable 
value of the eligible Federal property under 
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tion, and to training procedures of relevant per-
sonnel on proper identification and mitigation 
of contract bundling and consolidation; 
‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 
properly identify contracts as bundled or con-
solidated; 
‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic 
and statistically valid data verification and vali-
dation; and 
‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon-
sibilities. 
‘‘(3) COMMITTEE
BRIEFING.—Once finalized 
and by not later than 90 days prior to implementa-
tion, the plan described in this subsection shall be 
presented to the Committee on Small Business of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the 
first day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall implement 
the plan described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
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‘‘(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities sup-
ported by grants under this subsection 
may include— 
‘‘(I) providing early-stage proof 
of concept funding for translational 
research; 
‘‘(II) identifying research and 
technologies at institutions that have 
the potential for accelerated commer-
cialization; 
‘‘(III) 
technology 
maturation 
funding to support activities such as 
prototype 
construction, 
experiment 
analysis, product comparison, and col-
lecting performance data; 
‘‘(IV) technical validations, mar-
ket research, clarifying intellectual 
property rights position and strategy, 
and investigating commercial and 
business opportunities; 
‘‘(V) programs to provide advice, 
mentoring, entrepreneurial education, 
project management, and technology 
and business development expertise to 
innovators and recipients of tech-
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PROCESS’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘POW/ 
MIA accounting community’’ and inserting 
‘‘through the designated Agency Director’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall assign or detail to the 
designated Defense Agency on a full-time basis a senior 
medical examiner from the personnel of the Armed Forces 
Medical Examiner System. The primary duties of the med-
ical examiner so assigned or detailed shall include the 
identification of remains in support of the function of the 
designated Agency Director to account for unaccounted 
for persons covered by subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) In carrying out functions under this chapter, 
the medical examiner so assigned or detailed shall report 
to the designated Agency Director. 
‘‘(C) The medical examiner so assigned or detailed 
shall— 
‘‘(i) exercise scientific identification authority; 
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SEC. 1512. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2015 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority of this subsection may not exceed 
$3,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer author-
ity provided by this section is in addition to the transfer 
authority provided under section 1001. 
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Member of each such Committee, from among 
members of different political parties from each 
such Committee, to serve as Co-Chairmen of 
the Advisory Panel; 
(B) two shall be appointed by the Chair-
man of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(C) two shall be appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(D) two shall be appointed by the Chair-
man of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(E) two shall be appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) APPOINTMENT DATE.—The appointments of 
the members of the Advisory Panel shall be made 
not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—Appointments to the 
Advisory Panel shall be made from among individ-
uals who are certified public accountants and have 
work experience within the Department of Defense 
or private financial management sectors. An indi-
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