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‘‘(3) Fostering a command climate that encourages victims 
of sexual assault to report any incident of sexual assault. 
‘‘(4) Understanding the needs of, and the resources avail-
able to, the victim after an incident of sexual assault. 
‘‘(5) Use of military criminal investigative organizations 
for the investigation of alleged incidents of sexual assault. 
‘‘(6) Available disciplinary options, including court-martial, 
non-judicial punishment, administrative action, and deferral 
of discipline for collateral misconduct, as appropriate. 
‘‘(e) EXPLANATION
TO BE INCLUDED
IN INITIAL ENTRY
AND 
ACCESSION TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall require 
that the matters specified in paragraph (2) be carefully 
explained to each member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps at the time of (or within fourteen duty days 
after)— 
‘‘(A) the member’s initial entrance on active duty; or 
‘‘(B) the member’s initial entrance into a duty status 
with a reserve component. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE EXPLAINED.—This subsection applies 
with respect to the following: 
‘‘(A) Department of Defense policy with respect to 
sexual assault. 
‘‘(B) The resources available with respect to sexual 
assault reporting and prevention and the procedures to 
be followed by a member seeking to access those 
resources.’’. 
SEC. 575. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS 
REGARDING 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULTS. 
(a) GREATER DETAIL IN CASE SYNOPSES PORTION OF REPORT.— 
Section 1631 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4433; 
10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL DETAILS
FOR CASE SYNOPSES PORTION
OF 
REPORT.—The Secretary of each military department shall include 
in the case synopses portion of each report described in subsection 
(b)(3) the following additional information: 
‘‘(1) If charges are dismissed following an investigation 
conducted under section 832 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), the case 
synopsis shall include the reason for the dismissal of the 
charges. 
‘‘(2) If the case synopsis states that a member of the Armed 
Forces accused of committing a sexual assault was administra-
tively separated or, in the case of an officer, allowed to resign 
in lieu of facing a court-martial, the case synopsis shall include 
the characterization (honorable, general, or other than honor-
able) given the service of the member upon separation. 
‘‘(3) The case synopsis shall indicate whether a member 
of the Armed Forces accused of committing a sexual assault 
was ever previously accused of a substantiated sexual assault 
or was admitted to the Armed Forces under a moral waiver 
granted with respect to prior sexual misconduct.
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‘‘(4) The case synopsis shall indicate the branch of the 
Armed Forces of each member accused of committing a sexual 
assault and the branch of the Armed Forces of each member 
who is a victim of a sexual assault. 
‘‘(5) If the case disposition includes non-judicial punish-
ment, the case synopsis shall explicitly state the nature of 
the punishment. 
‘‘(6) The case synopsis shall indicate whether alcohol was 
involved in any way in a substantiated sexual assault incident.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF EACH REPORT.—Subsection (b) 
of such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) The number of applications submitted under section 
673 of title 10, United States Code, during the year covered 
by the report for a permanent change of station or unit transfer 
for members of the Armed Forces on active duty who are 
the victim of a sexual assault or related offense, the number 
of applications denied, and, for each application denied, a 
description of the reasons why the application was denied. 
‘‘(8) An analysis and assessment of trends in the incidence, 
disposition, and prosecution of sexual assaults by units, com-
mands, and installations during the year covered by the report, 
including trends relating to prevalence of incidents, prosecution 
of incidents, and avoidance of incidents. 
‘‘(9) An assessment of the adequacy of sexual assault 
prevention and response activities carried out by training com-
mands during the year covered by the report. 
‘‘(10) An analysis of the specific factors that may have 
contributed to sexual assault during the year covered by the 
report, an assessment of the role of such factors in contributing 
to sexual assaults during that year, and recommendations for 
mechanisms to eliminate or reduce the incidence of such factors 
or their contributions to sexual assaults.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply beginning with the report regarding sexual 
assaults involving members of the Armed Forces required to be 
submitted by March 1, 2014, under section 1631 of the Ike Skelton 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. 
SEC. 576. INDEPENDENT REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. 
(a) INDEPENDENT REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) RESPONSE SYSTEMS TO ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT CRIMES.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish a panel to conduct 
an independent review and assessment of the systems used 
to investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate crimes involving adult 
sexual assault and related offenses under section 920 of title 
10, United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), for the purpose of developing recommenda-
tions regarding how to improve the effectiveness of such sys-
tems. 
(2) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2012 AMEND-
MENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a panel to 
conduct an independent review and assessment of judicial pro-
ceedings conducted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 
involving adult sexual assault and related offenses since the
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amendments made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice 
by section 541 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1404) for the 
purpose of developing recommendations for improvements to 
such proceedings. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANELS.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) RESPONSE SYSTEMS PANEL.—The panel required by 
subsection (a)(1) shall be composed of nine members, five 
of whom are appointed by the Secretary of Defense and 
one member each appointed by the chairman and ranking 
member of the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
(B) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS PANEL.—The panel required 
by subsection (a)(2) shall be appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense and consist of five members, two of whom must 
have also served on the panel established under subsection 
(a)(1). 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members of each panel shall be 
selected from among private United States citizens who collec-
tively possess expertise in military law, civilian law, the inves-
tigation, prosecution, and adjudication of sexual assaults in 
State and Federal criminal courts, victim advocacy, treatment 
for victims, military justice, the organization and missions of 
the Armed Forces, and offenses relating to rape, sexual assault, 
and other adult sexual assault crimes. 
(3) CHAIR.—The chair of each panel shall be appointed 
by the Secretary of Defense from among the members of the 
panel. 
(4) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Members shall 
be appointed for the life of the panel. Any vacancy in a panel 
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(5) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENTS.— 
(A) RESPONSE SYSTEMS PANEL.—All original appoint-
ments to the panel required by subsection (a)(1) shall be 
made not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) 
JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
PANEL.—All 
original 
appointments to the panel required by subsection (a)(2) 
shall be made before the termination date of the panel 
established under subsection (a)(1), but no later than 30 
days before the termination date. 
(6) MEETINGS.—A panel shall meet at the call of the chair. 
(7) FIRST MEETING.—The chair shall call the first meeting 
of a panel not later than 60 days after the date of the appoint-
ment of all the members of the panel. 
(c) REPORTS AND DURATION.— 
(1) RESPONSE
SYSTEMS
PANEL.—The panel established 
under subsection (a)(1) shall terminate upon the earlier of 
the following: 
(A) Thirty days after the panel has submitted a report 
of its findings and recommendations, through the Secretary 
of Defense, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(B) Eighteen months after the first meeting of the 
panel, by which date the panel is expected to have made 
its report.
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(2) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS PANEL.— 
(A) FIRST REPORT.—The panel established under sub-
section (a)(2) shall submit a first report, including any 
proposals for legislative or administrative changes the 
panel considers appropriate, to the Secretary of Defense 
and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives not later than 180 days after 
the first meeting of the panel. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—The panel established 
under subsection (a)(2) shall submit subsequent reports 
during fiscal years 2014 through 2017. 
(C) TERMINATION.—The panel established under sub-
section (a)(2) shall terminate on September 30, 2017. 
(d) DUTIES OF PANELS.— 
(1) RESPONSE SYSTEMS PANEL.—In conducting a systemic 
review and assessment, the panel required by subsection (a)(1) 
shall provide recommendations on how to improve the effective-
ness of the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of 
crimes involving adult sexual assault and related offenses under 
section 920 of title 10, United States Code (article 120 of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The review shall include 
the following: 
(A) Using criteria the panel considers appropriate, an 
assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the systems, 
including the administration of the Uniform Code of the 
Military Justice, and the investigation, prosecution, and 
adjudication, of adult sexual assault crimes during the 
period 2007 through 2011. 
(B) A comparison of military and civilian systems for 
the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of adult 
sexual assault crimes. This comparison shall include an 
assessment of differences in providing support and protec-
tion to victims and the identification of civilian best prac-
tices that may be incorporated into any phase of the mili-
tary system. 
(C) An assessment of advisory sentencing guidelines 
used in civilian courts in adult sexual assault cases and 
whether it would be advisable to promulgate sentencing 
guidelines for use in courts-martial. 
(D) An assessment of the training level of military 
defense and trial counsel, including their experience in 
defending or prosecuting adult sexual assault crimes and 
related offenses, as compared to prosecution and defense 
counsel for similar cases in the Federal and State court 
systems. 
(E) An assessment and comparison of military court- 
martial conviction rates with those in the Federal and 
State courts and the reasons for any differences. 
(F) An assessment of the roles and effectiveness of 
commanders at all levels in preventing sexual assaults 
and responding to reports of sexual assault. 
(G) An assessment of the strengths and weakness of 
proposed legislative initiatives to modify the current role 
of commanders in the administration of military justice 
and the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of 
adult sexual assault crimes.