I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4863 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide certain members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces who are victims of sex-related 
offenses with access to a special victims’ counsel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2014 
Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mr. TURNER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide certain 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who are victims of sex-related offenses with access to 
a special victims’ counsel. 
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 ‘‘National Guard and 
Reserve Equal Access to Legal Services Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCESS TO SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1044e 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION; PURPOSES.—(1) The Secretary 
concerned shall designate legal counsel (to be known as 
‘Special Victims’ Counsel’) for the purpose of providing 
legal assistance to an individual described in paragraph 
(2) who is the victim of an alleged sex-related offense, re-
gardless of whether the report of that offense is restricted 
or unrestricted. 
‘‘(2) An individual described in this paragraph is any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) An individual eligible for military legal as-
sistance under section 1044 of this title. 
‘‘(B) An individual who is— 
‘‘(i) not covered under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) a member of a reserve component of 
the armed forces; and 
‘‘(iii) a victim of an alleged sex-related of-
fense as described in paragraph (1) that was al-
legedly committed by a member of the armed 
forces— 
‘‘(I) during a period in which the indi-
vidual served on active duty, full-time Na-
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tional Guard duty, or inactive-duty train-
ing; or 
‘‘(II) during any period, regardless of 
the duty status of the individual, if the cir-
cumstances of the alleged sex-related of-
fense have a nexus to the military service 
of the individual based on the membership 
in the armed forces of either the victim or 
the member who allegedly committed such 
offense.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘eligible for military 
legal assistance under section 1044 of this title’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘described in subsection 
(a)(2)’’. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments made by this 
section may not be construed to authorize any additional 
benefit to a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces other than the access to a Special Victims’ Counsel 
under section 1044e of title 10, United States Code, as 
so amended. 
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