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‘‘(2) In the case of a cause of action arising after the 
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012, except as provided by chapter 153 
of title 28 and this chapter, no court shall have jurisdiction 
over any civil action or claim seeking, in whole or in part, 
to challenge any decision for which administrative review 
is available under section 1552 of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1560. Judicial review of decisions.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. Such amendments shall apply to all final 
decisions of the Secretary of Defense under section 1034(g) 
of title 10, United States Code, and of the Secretary of a 
military department or the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under section 1034(f) or 1552 of title 10, United States 
Code, whether rendered before or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. During the period between the date of the 
enactment of this Act and the date on which the amend-
ments made by this section take effect, in any case in which 
the final decision of the Secretary of Defense under section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, or the Secretary con-
cerned under section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, 
results in denial, in whole or in part, of any requested cor-
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rection of a record of a member, former member, or claim-
ant, the individual shall be informed in writing of the time 
for obtaining review of the decision pursuant to section 
1560 of title 10, United States Code, as provided therein. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries concerned 
may prescribe appropriate regulations, and interim guid-
ance before prescribing such regulations, to implement the 
amendments made by this section. In the case of the Sec-
retary of a military department, such regulations may not 
take effect until approved by the Secretary of Defense. 
(f) CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not affect the 
authority of any court to exercise jurisdiction over any case 
which was properly before it before the effective date speci-
fied in subsection (d). 
(g) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 554. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR PRO-
GRAMS ON PRO BONO LEGAL REPRESENTA-
TION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may provide support to one or more public or private pro-
grams designed to facilitate representation by attorneys
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who provide pro bono legal assistance of members of the 
Armed Forces who are in need of such representation. 
(b) FINANCIAL SUPPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The support provided a pro-
gram under subsection (a) may include financial sup-
port of the program. 
(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The total amount 
of financial support provided under subsection (a) in 
any fiscal year may not exceed $500,000. 
(3) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary may not 
provide financial support under subsection (a) unless 
the Secretary determines that services available at no 
cost to the Department of Defense or individual mem-
bers of the Armed Forces that facilitate representation 
by attorneys who provide pro bono legal assistance to 
members of the Armed Forces who are in need of such 
assistance are not available. 
(4) FUNDING.—Amounts for financial support 
under this section shall be derived from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department of De-
fense for operation and maintenance.
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Subtitle F—Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Response 
SEC. 561. DIRECTOR OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION 
AND RESPONSE OFFICE. 
Section 1611(a) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 124 Stat. 4431; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by 
adding before the period at the end of the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘, who shall be appointed from among general 
or flag officers of the Armed Forces or employees of the De-
partment of Defense in a comparable Senior Executive 
Service position’’. 
SEC. 562. SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS 
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall issue guidance to implement the appro-
priate recommendations of the Report of the Defense Task 
Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services (December 
2009). Such guidance shall— 
(1) require the Secretary of each military de-
partment to determine (which determination shall be 
based on the unique mission, military population, 
and force structure of the applicable Armed Force) the 
appropriate number of Sexual Assault Response Coor-
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dinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates to be 
assigned to deployed and non-deployed military units 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary; 
(2) require that each installation or similar or-
ganizational level have at least one Sexual Assault 
Response Coordinator; 
(3) establish, or require the Secretary of each 
military department to establish, credentialing pro-
grams for Sexual Assault Response Coordinators and 
for Sexual Assault Victim Advocates; and 
(4) ensure that, after October 1, 2013, only mem-
bers of the Armed Forces on active duty or full-time 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense who 
have obtained the appropriate credentials under a 
program under paragraph (3) may be assigned to 
duty as a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator or a 
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit Congress a report on the status of 
the implementation of the recommendations of the Defense 
Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services. The 
report shall set forth the anticipated date of the completion 
of the implementation by each military department of the 
guidance issued under subsection (a).
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SEC. 563. ACCESS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS TO LEGAL 
ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT RESPONSE COORDINATORS AND SEX-
UAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATES. 
(a) LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretaries of the military departments 
shall prescribe regulations on the provision of legal assist-
ance to victims of sexual assault. Such regulations shall re-
quire that legal assistance be provided by military or civil-
ian legal assistance counsel pursuant to section 1044 of title 
10, United States Code. 
(b) ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 80 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
1565a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1565b. Victims of sexual assault: access to legal as-
sistance and services of Sexual Assault 
Response Coordinators and Sexual As-
sault Victim Advocates 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND VICTIM 
ADVOCATE SERVICES.—(1) A member of the armed forces 
who is the victim of a sexual assault may be provided the 
following: