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SEC. 543. DEFENSE COUNSEL INTERVIEW OF COMPLAINING 
WITNESSES IN PRESENCE OF COUNSEL FOR 
THE COMPLAINING WITNESS OR A SEXUAL 
ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATE. 
Section 846 of title 10, United States Code (article 46 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN 
WITNESSES
AND OTHER EVIDENCE.—’’before ‘‘The 
trial counsel’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Process issued’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(c) PROCESS.—Process issued’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a), as des-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) INTERVIEW OF COMPLAINING WITNESSES BY DE-
FENSE COUNSEL.—(1) Upon notice by trial counsel to de-
fense counsel of the name and address of the complaining 
witness or witnesses trial counsel intends to call to testify 
in any portion of an investigation under section 832 of this 
title (article 32) or a court-martial under this chapter, de-
fense counsel shall make all requests to interview any such 
complaining witness through trial counsel. 
‘‘(2) If requested by a complaining witness subject to 
a request for interview under paragraph (1), any interview 
of the witness by defense counsel shall take place only in 
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the presence of counsel for the complaining witness or a Sex-
ual Assault Victim Advocate. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘complaining witness’ 
means a person who has suffered a direct physical, emo-
tional, or pecuniary harm as a result of a commission of 
an offense under this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice).’’. 
SEC. 544. PARTICIPATION BY COMPLAINING WITNESSES IN 
CLEMENCY 
PHASE 
OF 
COURTS-MARTIAL 
PROCESS. 
Section 860(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 
60(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(b)(1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively, 
and, in such subparagraphs as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2)(A) In any case in which findings and sentence 
have been adjudged for an offense involving a complaining 
witness, the complaining witness shall be provided an op-
portunity to submit matters for consideration by the con-
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vening authority or by another person authorized to act 
under this section before the convening authority or such 
other person takes action under this section. Such a submis-
sion shall be made within 10 days after the complaining 
witness has been given an authenticated record of trial and, 
if applicable, the recommendation of the staff judge advocate 
or legal officer under subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) If a complaining witness shows that additional 
time is required for submission of matters under subpara-
graph (A), the convening authority or other person taking 
action under this section, for good cause, may extend the 
submission period for not more than an additional 20 days. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘complaining wit-
ness’ means a person who has suffered a direct physical, 
emotional, or pecuniary harm as a result of a commission 
of an offense under this chapter (the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice). 
‘‘(3) The convening authority shall not consider under 
this section any submitted matters that go to the character 
of a complaining witness unless such matters were pre-
sented at the trial.’’. 
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SEC. 545. EIGHT-DAY INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
IN RESPONSE TO UNRESTRICTED REPORT OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT IN WHICH THE VICTIM IS A 
MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) INCIDENT REPORTING POLICY REQUIREMENT.— 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish 
and maintain a policy to require the submission by a des-
ignated person of a written incident report not later than 
eight days after an unrestricted report of sexual assault has 
been made in which a member of the Armed Forces is the 
victim. At a minimum, this incident report shall be pro-
vided to the following: 
(1) The installation commander, if such incident 
occurred on or in the vicinity of a military installa-
tion. 
(2) The first officer in the grade of 0-6 in the 
chain of command of the victim. 
(3) The first general officer or flag officer in the 
chain of command of the victim. 
(b) PURPOSE OF THE REPORT.—The purpose of the 
required incident report under subsection (a) is to detail 
the actions taken or in progress to provide the necessary 
care and support to the victim of the assault, to refer the 
allegation of sexual assault to the appropriate investigatory 
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agency, and to provide initial notification of the serious 
incident when that notification has not already taken place. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The report of an incident 
under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the 
following: 
(A) Time/Date/Location of incident. 
(B) Type of offense allegation. 
(C) Service affiliation, assigned unit, and 
location of the victim. 
(D) Service affiliation, assigned unit, and 
location of the alleged offender, including infor-
mation regarding whether the alleged offender 
has been temporarily transferred or removed 
from an assigned billet or ordered to pretrial 
confinement or otherwise restricted, if applicable. 
(E) Post-incident actions taken in connec-
tion with the incident, including the following: 
(i) Referral of the victim to medical 
services and all other services available for 
members of the Armed Forces who are vic-
tims of sexual assault, including the date of 
each such referral. 
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(ii) Receipt and processing status of a 
request for expedited victim transfer, if ap-
plicable. 
(iii) Notification of incident to appro-
priate investigatory offices, including the 
organization notified and date of such noti-
fication. 
(iv) Issuance of any military protec-
tive orders in connection with the incident. 
(2) MODIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may modify the elements required in a report 
under this section regarding an incident involv-
ing a member of the Armed Forces (including the 
Coast Guard when it is operating as service in 
the Department of the Navy) if the Secretary de-
termines that such modification will facilitate 
compliance with best practices for such reporting 
as identified by the Sexual Assault Prevention 
and Response Office of the Department of De-
fense. 
(B) COAST GUARD.—The Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating may modify the elements required in a re-
port under this section regarding an incident in-
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volving a member of the Coast Guard if the Sec-
retary determines that such modification will fa-
cilitate compliance with best practices for such 
reporting as identified by the Coast Guard Office 
of Work-Life Programs. 
(3) FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.—A report under 
this section shall be intended for official use only and 
shall not be distributed beyond the requirements listed 
above. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after en-
actment, The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
SEC. 546. AMENDMENT TO MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL 
TO ELIMINATE CONSIDERATIONS RELATING 
TO CHARACTER AND MILITARY SERVICE OF 
ACCUSED IN INITIAL DISPOSITION OF SEX- 
RELATED OFFENSES. 
(a) AMENDMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the President a proposed amend-
ment to rule 306 of the Manual for Courts-Martial (relating 
to policy on initial disposition of offenses) to eliminate the 
character and military service of the accused from the list 
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of factors that may be considered by the disposition author-
ity in disposing of a sex-related offense. 
(b) SEX-RELATED OFFENSE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, a ‘‘sex-related offense’’ includes— 
(1) any offense covered by section 920, 920a, 
920b, 920c, or 925 of title 10, United States Code (ar-
ticle 120, 120a, 120b, 120c, or 125 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice); or 
(2) an attempt to commit an offense specified in 
a paragraph (1) as punishable under section 880 of 
such title (article 80 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice). 
SEC. 547. INCLUSION OF LETTER OF REPRIMANDS, NON-
PUNITIVE 
LETTER 
OF 
REPRIMANDS 
AND 
COUNSELING STATEMENTS. 
(a) INCLUSION IN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RE-
PORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall require com-
manders to include letter of reprimands, nonpunitive letter 
of actions and counseling statements involving substan-
tiated cases of sexual harassment or sexual assault in the 
performance evaluation report of a member of the Armed 
Forces for the purpose of— 
(1) providing commanders increased visibility of 
the background information of members of the unit; 
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(2) identifying and preventing trends of bad be-
havior early and effectively disciplining repeated ac-
tions which hinder units from fostering a healthy cli-
mate; and 
(3) preventing the transfer of sexual offenders. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘sexual harassment’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in Department of Defense Direc-
tive 1350.2, Department of Defense Military Equal 
Opportunity Program. 
(2) The term ‘‘sexual assault’’ means any of the 
offenses described in section 920 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice). 
SEC. 548. ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE 
MEMBERS 
AND 
NEW 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES DURING ENTRY-LEVEL PROC-
ESSING AND TRAINING. 
(a) DEFINING INAPPROPRIATE AND PROHIBITED RE-
LATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION, CONDUCT, AND CONTACT 
BETWEEN CERTAIN MEMBERS.— 
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall establish and 
maintain a policy to uniformly define and prescribe, 
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for the persons described in paragraph (2), what con-
stitutes an inappropriate and prohibited relationship, 
communication, conduct, or contact, including when 
such an action is consensual, between a member of the 
Armed Forces described in paragraph (2)(A) and a 
prospective member or member of the Armed Forces 
described in paragraph (2)(B). 
(2) COVERED MEMBERS.—The policy required by 
paragraph (1) shall apply to— 
(A) a member of the Armed Forces who is 
superior in rank to, exercises authority or con-
trol over, or supervises a person described in sub-
paragraph (B) during the entry-level processing 
or training of the person; and 
(B) a prospective member of the Armed 
Forces or a member of the Armed Forces under-
going entry-level processing or training. 
(3) INCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
MEMBERS
RE-
QUIRED.—The members of the Armed Forces covered 
by paragraph (2)(A) shall include, at a minimum, 
military personnel assigned or attached to duty— 
(A) for the purpose of recruiting or assess-
ing persons for enlistment or appointment as a 
commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted 
member of the Armed Forces; 
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(B) at a Military Entrance Processing Sta-
tion; or 
(C) at an entry-level training facility or 
school of an Armed Force. 
(b) EFFECT OF VIOLATIONS.—A member of the Armed 
Forces who violates the policy established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be subject to prosecution under the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
(c) PROCESSING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of the Department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating shall require the processing 
for administrative separation of any member of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (a)(2)(A) in re-
sponse to the first substantiated violation by the mem-
ber of the policy established pursuant to subsection 
(a), when the member is not otherwise punitively dis-
charged or dismissed from the Armed Forces for that 
violation. 
(B) The Secretary of each military department 
shall revise regulations applicable to the Armed 
Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary as nec-
essary to ensure compliance with the requirement 
under subparagraph (A). 
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(2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—(A) In imposing the 
requirement under paragraph (1), the Secretaries 
shall ensure that any separation decision regarding a 
member of the Armed Forces is based on the full facts 
of the case and that due process procedures are pro-
vided under existing law or regulations or addition-
ally prescribed, as considered necessary by the Secre-
taries, pursuant to subsection (f). 
(B) The requirement imposed by paragraph (1) 
shall not be interpreted to limit or alter the authority 
of the Secretary of a military department and the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating to process members of the Armed 
Forces for administrative separation— 
(i) for reasons other than a substantiated 
violation of the policy established pursuant to 
subsection (a); or 
(ii) under other provisions of law or regula-
tion. 
(3) SUBSTANTIATED VIOLATION.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a violation by a member of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (a)(2)(A) of the 
policy established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
treated as substantiated if— 
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(A) there has been a court-martial convic-
tion for violation of the policy, but the adjudged 
sentence does not include discharge or dismissal; 
or 
(B) a nonjudicial punishment authority 
under section 815 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice) has determined that a member has com-
mitted an offense in violation of the policy and 
imposed nonjudicial punishment upon the mem-
ber. 
(d) PROPOSED UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE 
PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives— 
(1) a proposed amendment to chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice) to create an additional article under sub-
chapter X of such chapter regarding violations of the 
policy required by subsection (a); and 
(2) the conforming changes to part IV, punitive 
articles, in the Manual for Courts-Martial that will 
be necessary upon adoption of such article. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘entry-level processing or train-
ing’’, with respect to a member of the Armed forces, 
means the period beginning on the date on which the 
member became a member of the Armed Forces and 
ending on the date on which the member physically 
arrives at that member’s first duty assignment fol-
lowing completion of initial entry training (or its 
equivalent), as defined by the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned or the Secretary of the De-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating. 
(2) The term ‘‘prospective member of the Armed 
Forces’’ means a person who has had a face-to-face 
meeting with a member of the Armed Forces assigned 
or attached to duty described in subsection (a)(3)(A) 
regarding becoming a member of the Armed Forces, 
regardless of whether the person eventually becomes a 
member of the Armed Forces. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall issue such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the regulations 
are uniform for each armed force under the jurisdiction of 
that Secretary. 
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SEC. 549. INDEPENDENT REVIEWS AND ASSESSMENTS OF 
UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND 
JUDICIAL 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
SEXUAL 
AS-
SAULT CASES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DUTIES
FOR RESPONSE SYSTEMS 
PANEL REGARDING DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The independent panel estab-
lished by the Secretary of Defense under subsection 
(a)(1) of section 576 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 
239; 126 Stat. 1758) shall— 
(A) conduct an assessment of the impact, if 
any, that removing from the chain of command 
any disposition authority regarding charges pre-
ferred under the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice would have on overall reporting and pros-
ecution of sexual assault cases; and 
(B) review and provide comment on the re-
port of the Secretary of Defense on the role of 
military commanders in the military justice 
process, which is required pursuant to section 
538 of this Act. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—The panel shall 
include the results of the assessment and review and 
its recommendations and comments in the report re-
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quired by subsection (c)(1) of such section 576, as 
amended by subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) EARLIER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR REPORT OF 
THE RESPONSE SYSTEMS PANEL.—Subsection (c) of section 
576 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1758) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) RESPONSE
SYSTEMS
PANEL.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the first meeting of the 
panel established under subsection (a)(1), the panel 
shall submit a report of its findings and recommenda-
tions, through the Secretary of Defense, to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. The panel shall terminate 
30 days after submission of such report.’’. 
SEC. 550. REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY MANAGE-
MENT AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ROLE IN 
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a review of the Office of Diversity Manage-
ment and Equal Opportunity for the purposes specified in 
subsection (b). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—In conducting the review 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall— 
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(1) identify and evaluate the resource and per-
sonnel gaps in the Office; 
(2) identify and evaluate the role of the Office in 
sexual harassment cases; and 
(3) evaluate how the Office works with the Sex-
ual Assault Prevention and Response Office to address 
sexual harassment in the Armed Forces. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘sexual 
harassment’’ has the meaning given such term in Depart-
ment of Defense Directive 1350.2, Department of Defense 
Military Equal Opportunity Program. 
Subtitle E—Military Family 
Readiness 
SEC. 551. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNITION OF 
SPOUSES 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES WHO SERVE IN COMBAT ZONES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESENTATION OF LAPEL 
BUTTONS.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1126 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 1126a. Spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button: eli-
gibility and presentation 
‘‘(a) DESIGN AND ELIGIBILITY.—A lapel button, to be 
known as the spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button, shall 
be designed, as approved by the Secretary of Defense, to 
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identify and recognize the spouse of a member of the armed 
forces who is serving or has served in a combat zone for 
a period of more than 30 days. 
‘‘(b) PRESENTATION.—The Secretary concerned may 
authorize the use of appropriated funds to procure spouse- 
of-a-combat-veteran lapel buttons and to provide for their 
presentation to eligible spouses of members. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION TO TIME-PERIOD REQUIREMENT.— 
The 30-day period specified in subsection (a) does not apply 
if the member is killed or wounded in the combat zone before 
the expiration the period. 
‘‘(d) LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE AND SELL LAPEL 
BUTTONS.—Section 901(c) of title 36 shall apply with re-
spect to the spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button author-
ized by this section. 
‘‘(e) COMBAT ZONE DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘combat zone’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 112(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. The Secretary shall ensure that the regulations are 
uniform for each armed force to the extent practicable.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1126 the following new item: 
‘‘1126a. Spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button: eligibility and presentation.’’. 
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(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—It is the sense of Congress that, as soon as prac-
ticable once the spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button be-
comes available, the Secretary of Defense should— 
(1) widely announce the availability of spouse- 
of-a-combat-veteran lapel buttons through military 
and public information channels; and 
(2) encourage commanders at all levels to con-
duct ceremonies recognizing the support provided by 
spouses of members of the Armed Forces and to use 
the ceremonies as an opportunity for members to 
present their spouses with a spouse-of-a-combat-vet-
eran lapel button. 
SEC. 552. PROTECTION OF CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION.—Title II of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 521 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 208. CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) 
RESTRICTION
ON
TEMPORARY
CUSTODY 
ORDER.—If a court renders a temporary order for custodial 
responsibility for a child based solely on a deployment or 
anticipated deployment of a parent who is a servicemember, 
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then the court shall require that, upon the return of the serv-
icemember from deployment, the custody order that was in 
effect immediately preceding the temporary order shall be 
reinstated, unless the court finds that such a reinstatement 
is not in the best interest of the child, except that any such 
finding shall be subject to subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF MEMBER’S 
DEPLOYMENT IN DETERMINATION OF CHILD’S BEST IN-
TEREST.—If a motion or a petition is filed seeking a per-
manent order to modify the custody of the child of a service-
member, no court may consider the absence of the service-
member by reason of deployment, or the possibility of de-
ployment, as the sole factor in determining the best interest 
of the child. 
‘‘(c) NO FEDERAL JURISDICTION OR RIGHT OF ACTION 
OR REMOVAL.—Nothing in this section shall create a Fed-
eral right of action or otherwise give rise to Federal juris-
diction or create a right of removal. 
‘‘(d) PREEMPTION.—In any case where State law ap-
plicable to a child custody proceeding involving a tem-
porary order as contemplated in this section provides a 
higher standard of protection to the rights of the parent who 
is a deploying servicemember than the rights provided 
under this section with respect to such temporary order, the 
appropriate court shall apply the higher State standard. 
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‘‘(e) DEPLOYMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘deployment’ means the movement or mobilization of a serv-
icemember to a location for a period of longer than 60 days 
and not longer than 540 days pursuant to temporary or 
permanent official orders— 
‘‘(1) that are designated as unaccompanied; 
‘‘(2) for which dependent travel is not author-
ized; or 
‘‘(3) that otherwise do not permit the movement 
of family members to that location.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to title II the following new item: 
‘‘208. Child custody protection.’’. 
SEC. 553. TREATMENT OF RELOCATION OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES FOR ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
PURPOSES OF MORTGAGE REFINANCING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act is amended by inserting after section 303 
(50 U.S.C. App. 533) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 
303A. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
RELOCATION 
OF 
SERVICEMEMBERS FOR ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
PURPOSES OF MORTGAGE REFINANCING. 
‘‘(a) TREATMENT OF ABSENCE FROM RESIDENCE DUE 
TO ACTIVE DUTY.—While a servicemember who is the mort-
gagor under an existing mortgage does not reside in the 
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residence that secures the existing mortgage because of a re-
location described in subsection (c)(1)(B), if the service-
member inquires about or applies for a covered refinancing 
mortgage, the servicemember shall be considered, for all pur-
poses relating to the covered refinancing mortgage (includ-
ing such inquiry or application and eligibility for, and 
compliance with, any underwriting criteria and standards 
regarding such covered refinancing mortgage) to occupy the 
residence that secures the existing mortgage to be paid or 
prepaid by such covered refinancing mortgage as the prin-
cipal residence of the servicemember during the period of 
such relocation. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to a servicemember who inquires about or applies 
for a covered refinancing mortgage if, during the 5-year pe-
riod preceding the date of such inquiry or application, the 
servicemember entered into a covered refinancing mortgage 
pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EXISTING MORTGAGE.—The term ‘existing 
mortgage’ means a mortgage that is secured by a 1- 
to 4-family residence, including a condominium or a 
share in a cooperative ownership housing association, 
that was the principal residence of a servicemember 
for a period that— 
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2278. Notification of foreign interference of na-
tional security space 
‘‘(a) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, with respect to each attempt by a foreign actor to 
disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national secu-
rity space capability, provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
‘‘(1) not later than 48 hours after the Secretary 
determines that there is reason to believe such attempt 
occurred, notice of such attempt; and 
‘‘(2) not later than 10 days after the date on 
which the Secretary determines that there is reason to 
believe such attempt occurred, a notification described 
in subsection (b) with respect to such attempt. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION DESCRIPTION.—A notification de-
scribed in this subsection is a notification that includes— 
‘‘(1) the name and a brief description of the na-
tional security space capability that was impacted by 
an attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or 
destroy a United States national security space capa-
bility; 
‘‘(2) a description of such attempt, including the 
foreign actor, the date and time of such attempt, and 
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