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allowed to attend the disciplinary procedure; 
and 
(9) the types of punishment for offenders, in-
cluding— 
(A) whether the case is directed outside 
the military for punishment; and 
(B) how the military disciplines perpetra-
tors. 
(c) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on the study required by sub-
section (a) not later than October 1, 2005. 
(d) MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘military sexual as-
sault’’ means— 
(1) sexual assault occurring at a military instal-
lation; and 
(2) sexual assault (regardless of where occur-
ring) that is committed by or against a member of 
the Armed Forces or an officer or employee of the 
Department of Defense or a contractor for the De-
partment of Defense. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
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SEC. 1503. RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCI-
ATED WITH THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
conjunction with the National Institute of Justice of the 
Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, shall carry out a comprehensive, 24- 
month research study that involves the collection and anal-
ysis of data on the prevalence and nature of intimate part-
ner violence in the Armed Forces. The research study shall 
include the identification of— 
(1) the common characteristics of victims and 
perpetrators of domestic violence; 
(2) the situations and environments in which 
domestic violence occurs; and 
(3) the affect of deployments, duty stations, 
combat service, and veteran and active duty status 
on domestic violence. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—In carrying out 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider— 
(1) how domestic violence should be defined for 
the purposes of the research study; 
(2) how the Department should collect informa-
tion about domestic violence; 
(3) how the Department should collect informa-
tion beyond self-reports of domestic violence;
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(4) how the Department should adjust the data 
in order to account for differences among the serv-
ices, different installations, and individual respond-
ents; and 
(5) the categorization of deployments, combat 
experience, active duty, reserve, guard, veteran sta-
tus, military bases or branches. 
(c) SOLICITATION OF VIEWS.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall consult with representa-
tives of the following: 
(1) The National Institute of Justice. 
(2) The Bureau of Justice Statistics. 
(3) The Office of Violence Against Women of 
the Department of Justice. 
(4) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention of the Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(5) The Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the 
Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard. 
(6) Victim advocates. 
(7) Researchers. 
(8) Other experts in the area of domestic vio-
lence. 
(d) SAMPLING TECHNIQUES.—The research study 
under subsection (a) shall be conducted with random sam-
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ples, or other scientifically appropriate samples, of men 
and women who are actively serving in each branch of the 
military and family members. The selection shall include 
enough men and women so the data that are collected are 
representative of men and women in each branch and com-
parisons can be made across several broad subgroup cat-
egories, such as age, race, rank, and tenure in the mili-
tary. 
(e) SURVEYS.—In carrying out the research study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, in addition to 
such other methods as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, use surveys of current or former military personnel 
and families, or both current and former members and 
families, from all branches of the Armed Forces. In addi-
tion to the samples of military personnel, surveys shall be 
conducted with a probability-based comparison sample of 
family members. Surveys shall also be conducted with a 
probability-based comparison sample who are demographi-
cally similar to the survey population. The data collected 
from the military and non-military samples shall be 
weighted to adjust for possible differences between the 
samples and the frames from which they were sampled 
and to compensate for any observed differential non-
response among sample members.
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(f) PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure the confidentiality of each survey par-
ticipant. The Department shall adopt protection of human 
subject protocols in consultation with the National Insti-
tute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 
(g) PARTICIPATION IN SURVEY.—All military instal-
lations that receive a request from the Department shall 
participate in the survey and provide access to any mili-
tary personnel serving on the installation. 
(h) DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING.—Once data 
have been collected and weighted, appropriate analyses 
shall be conducted in an effort to generate findings that 
will help policy makers understand the extent and nature 
of domestic violence within the Armed Forces, prevention, 
intervention and response, and needs of victims of domes-
tic violence. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The incidence and prevalence of domestic 
violence involving members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) A discussion of the legal, judicial, non-
judicial, and rehabilitative responses to domestic vio-
lence and how they vary across the services. 
(3) The extent to which such responses are ef-
fective at ensuring victim safety, requiring offender
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accountability, and imposing sanctions on the of-
fender. 
(4) A review of the availability, accessibility, 
and effectiveness at increasing victim safety within 
the existing prevention and intervention programs 
available to military personnel and families. 
(5) Recommendations for a comprehensive De-
partment of Defense strategy to prevent and inter-
vene in cases of domestic violence, to include rec-
ommendations on improvements in administrative, 
criminal, health care, and social service responses to 
sexual assault and recommendations for the im-
provement of data collection, reporting, professional 
training, and judicial outcomes to domestic violence. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to conduct 
the research study beginning in fiscal year 2005 and end-
ing in fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 1504. RESEARCH ON INSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES 
FOR REPORTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall provide for 
a study to examine procedures undertaken after a military