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TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Administration Matters 
SEC. 501. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND BENEFITS. 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may not approve for pres-
entation of a financial award for performance of work or 
duties, and may not approve for promotion, an officer or 
employee of the Department of Defense or a member of 
the Armed Forces who— 
(1) has been convicted of a criminal offense in-
volving domestic violence, family violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking; or 
(2) has received any other disciplinary action or 
adverse personnel action on the basis of having en-
gaged in domestic violence, family violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking. 
SEC. 502. CLOSURE OF ARTICLE 32 INVESTIGATIONS IN 
CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VI-
OLENCE. 
Section 832 of title 10, United States Code (article 
32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) In an investigation under this article that in-
cludes a charge or specification (or an uncharged offense 
included in the investigation pursuant to subsection (d)) 
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of sexual assault or domestic violence, the investigating 
officer shall give particular consideration to closing the in-
vestigation to the public.’’. 
Subtitle B—Enhancement of Armed 
Forces Domestic Security Act 
SEC. 511. AMENDMENTS TO SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RE-
LIEF ACT. 
(a) EXCEPTION TO AUTHORITY TO ORDER STAYS IN 
CIVIL
PROCEEDINGS.—Section 
202(b)(1) 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
522(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, except in the case 
of an order of protection or restraining order,’’ after ‘‘pro-
ceeding’’. 
(b) CHANGE IN REFERENCES FROM ‘‘DEPENDENTS’’ 
TO ‘‘FAMILY MEMBERS’’.— 
(1) Section 101(4) of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
511(4)) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DEPEND-
ENT’’ and inserting ‘‘FAMILY MEMBER’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘dependent’’ and inserting 
‘‘family member’’. 
(2) Such Act is further amended by by striking 
‘‘dependent’’ and ‘‘dependents’’ each place they ap-
pear and inserting ‘‘family member’’ and ‘‘family 
members’’, respectively. 
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(3)(A) The heading for section 308 of such Act 
(50 U.S.C. App. 538) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 308. Extension of protections to family members.’’. 
(B) The item relating to such section in the 
table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 501(b)) is amended to conform to the 
amendment made by subparagraph (A). 
Subtitle C—Research on Preva-
lence, Needs Assessment, Serv-
ices, and Accountability 
SEC. 521. RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, 
AND 
FAMILY 
VIOLENCE 
IN 
THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
junction with the Attorney General, shall carry out a com-
prehensive research study on the prevalence and nature 
of sexual assault, domestic violence, and family violence 
in the Armed Forces. To the extent that incidents of sex-
ual assault are also incidents of domestic violence or fam-
ily violence, research activities for the purpose of the study 
under this section can be conducted simultaneously and 
in collaboration. The research study shall include the iden-
tification of— 
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