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as amounts authorized and appropriated for the Department of 
Defense specifically for such transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For purposes of subsection 
(b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds trans-
ferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of the 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting 
of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 
Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as 
a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
pursuant to section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 455). 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVER-
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Additional Appropriations 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Army procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1504. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. 
Sec. 1505. Air Force procurement. 
Sec. 1506. Defense-wide activities procurement. 
Sec. 1507. National Guard and Reserve equipment. 
Sec. 1508. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund. 
Sec. 1509. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1510. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1511. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1512. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1513. Defense Health Program. 
Sec. 1514. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 
Sec. 1515. Defense Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 
Subtitle C—Limitations and Other Matters 
Sec. 1531. Limitations on availability of funds in Afghanistan Security Forces 
Fund. 
Sec. 1532. Limitations on availability of funds in Iraq Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1533. Continuation of prohibition on use of United States funds for certain fa-
cilities projects in Iraq. 
Sec. 1534. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
Sec. 1535. Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan and 
economic transition plan and economic strategy for Afghanistan. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Additional 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2011 to provide additional 
funds for overseas contingency operations being carried out by 
the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 1502. ARMY PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for procurement accounts of the Army in amounts as follows:
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(1) For aircraft procurement, $1,373,803,000. 
(2) For missile procurement, $343,828,000. 
(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles procurement, 
$687,500,000. 
(4) For ammunition procurement, $384,441,000. 
(5) For other procurement, $5,827,274,000. 
SEC. 1503. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund in 
the amount of $3,465,868,000. 
SEC. 1504. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for procurement accounts of the Navy and Marine Corps 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, Navy, $420,358,000. 
(2) For weapons procurement, Navy, $93,425,000. 
(3) For ammunition procurement, Navy and Marine Corps, 
$565,084,000. 
(4) For other procurement, Navy, $480,735,000. 
(5) For procurement, Marine Corps, $1,705,069,000. 
SEC. 1505. AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for procurement accounts of the Air Force in amounts as 
follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $1,096,520,000. 
(2) For ammunition procurement, $292,959,000. 
(3) For missile procurement, $56,621,000. 
(4) For other procurement, $2,992,681,000. 
SEC. 1506. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the procurement account for Defense-wide activities in 
the amount of $844,546,000. 
SEC. 1507. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, wheeled and tracked 
combat vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles, ammunition, other 
weapons, and other procurement for the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces in the amount of $700,000,000. 
SEC. 1508. MINE RESISTANT AMBUSH PROTECTED VEHICLE FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund in 
the amount of $3,415,000,000. 
SEC. 1509. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $150,906,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $60,401,000. 
(3) For the Air Force, $266,241,000. 
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $661,240,000.
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SEC. 1510. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the use of the Armed Forces for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for operation and maintenance, in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $63,202,618,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $8,692,173,000. 
(3) For the Marine Corps, $4,136,522,000. 
(4) For the Air Force, $13,487,283,000 
(5) For Defense-wide activities, $9,436,358,000. 
(6) For the Army Reserve, $286,950,000. 
(7) For the Navy Reserve, $93,559,000. 
(8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $29,685,000. 
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $129,607,000. 
(10) For the Army National Guard, $544,349,000. 
(11) For the Air National Guard, $350,823,000. 
(12) 
For 
the 
Afghanistan 
Security 
Forces 
Fund, 
$11,619,283,000. 
(13) For the Iraq Security Forces Fund, $1,500,000,000. 
(14) For the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer 
Fund, $506,781,000. 
SEC. 1511. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the Department of Defense for military personnel in the 
amount of $15,275,502,000. 
SEC. 1512. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2011 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for 
working capital and revolving funds in the amount of $485,384,000. 
SEC. 1513. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2011 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Defense Health Program in the amount of 
$1,398,092,000 for operation and maintenance. 
SEC. 1514. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2011 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, 
Defense-wide in the amount of $457,110,000. 
SEC. 1515. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2011 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense in the amount of $10,529,000. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title are 
in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act.
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SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, 
the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made 
available to the Department of Defense in this title for fiscal 
year 2011 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations so 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of this sub-
section may not exceed $4,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this section shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions as transfers under 
section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority provided 
by this section is in addition to the transfer authority provided 
under section 1001. 
Subtitle C—Limitations and Other Matters 
SEC. 1531. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN AFGHANISTAN 
SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) APPLICATION OF EXISTING LIMITATIONS.—Funds made avail-
able to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund for fiscal year 2011 shall be subject to the conditions 
contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 1513 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF PRIOR NOTICE AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘five days’’ and inserting 
‘‘15 days’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may treat a report submitted 
under section 9010 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118; 123 Stat. 3466), or a 
successor provision of law, with respect to a fiscal-year quarter 
as satisfying the requirements for a report under this subsection 
for that fiscal-year quarter.’’. 
SEC. 1532. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN IRAQ SECU-
RITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) APPLICATION
OF EXISTING LIMITATIONS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), funds made available to the Department of Defense 
for the Iraq Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2011 shall be 
subject to the conditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) 
of section 1512 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 426), as amended by 
subsection (d) of this section. 
(b) COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.—
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(1) REQUIREMENT.—If funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for the Iraq Security Forces Fund for fiscal 
year 2011 are used for the purchase of any item or service 
for Iraq Security Forces, the funds may not cover more than 
80 percent of the cost of the item or service. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to any item 
that the Secretary of Defense determines— 
(A) is an item of significant military equipment (as 
such term is defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(9))); or 
(B) is included on the United States Munitions List, 
as designated pursuant to section 38(a)(1) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
(c) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS PENDING CERTAIN 
COMMITMENT BY GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amount available to the Iraq Secu-
rity Forces Fund as described in subsection (a), not more than 
$1,000,000,000 may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense 
certifies to Congress that the Government of Iraq has dem-
onstrated a commitment to each of the following: 
(A) To adequately build the logistics and maintenance 
capacity of the Iraqi security forces. 
(B) To develop the institutional capacity to manage 
such forces independently. 
(C) To develop a culture of sustainment for equipment 
provided by the United States or acquired with United 
States assistance. 
(2) BASIS FOR CERTIFICATION.—The certification of the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the 
actions taken by the Government of Iraq that, in the determina-
tion of the Secretary, support the certification. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF PRIOR NOTICE AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1512 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 426) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘five days’’ and inserting 
‘‘15 days’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may treat a report submitted 
under section 9010 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118; 123 Stat. 3466), or a 
successor provision of law, with respect to a fiscal-year quarter 
as satisfying the requirements for a report under this subsection 
for that fiscal-year quarter.’’. 
SEC. 1533. CONTINUATION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF UNITED 
STATES FUNDS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES PROJECTS IN 
IRAQ. 
Section 1508(a) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4651) shall apply to funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this title. 
SEC. 1534. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND. 
(a) USE
AND TRANSFER
OF FUNDS.—Subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 1514 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), 
as in effect before the amendments made by section 1503 of the
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Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), shall apply to the 
funds made available to the Department of Defense for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund for fiscal year 2011. 
(b) MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURE REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 15 days after the 
end of each month of fiscal year 2011, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund 
explaining monthly commitments, obligations, and expenditures 
by line of action. 
(2) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 1514 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439) 
is amended by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 1535. TASK FORCE FOR BUSINESS AND STABILITY OPERATIONS 
IN AFGHANISTAN AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION PLAN AND 
ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) PROJECTS OF TASK FORCE FOR BUSINESS AND STABILITY 
OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force for Business and Stability 
Operations in Afghanistan may carry out projects to assist 
the commander of United States Forces-Afghanistan and the 
Ambassador of the United States Mission in Afghanistan to 
reduce violence, enhance stability, and support economic nor-
malcy in Afghanistan through strategic business and economic 
activities. 
(2) DIRECTION, CONTROL, AND
CONCURRENCE.—A project 
carried out under paragraph (1) shall be subject to— 
(A) the direction and control of the Secretary of 
Defense; and 
(B) the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 
(3) SCOPE OF PROJECTS.—The projects carried out under 
paragraph (1) may include projects that facilitate private invest-
ment, industrial development, banking and financial system 
development, agricultural diversification and revitalization, and 
energy development in and with respect to Afghanistan. 
(4) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds available for 
overseas contingency operations for operation and maintenance 
for the Army for additional activities to carry out projects 
under paragraph (1). The amount of funds used under authority 
in the preceding sentence may not exceed $150,000,000. 
(5) PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Funds pro-
vided for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program may 
not be utilized to support or carry out projects of the Task 
Force for Business and Stability Operations. 
(6) REPORT.—Not later than October 31, 2011, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing— 
(A) the activities of the Task Force for Business and 
Stability Operations in Afghanistan in support of Operation 
Enduring Freedom during fiscal year 2011, including the 
projects carried out under paragraph (1) during that fiscal 
year; and
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(B) how the activities of the Task Force for Business 
and Stability Operations in Afghanistan support the long- 
term stabilization of Afghanistan. 
(7) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority provided in 
paragraph (1) shall expire on September 30, 2011. 
(b) PLAN FOR TRANSITION OF TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES TO AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) PLAN
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly develop a plan to 
transition the activities of the Task Force for Business and 
Stability Operations in Afghanistan to the Department of State. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall describe at a min-
imum the following: 
(A) The activities carried out by the Task Force for 
Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan in fiscal 
year 2011. 
(B) Those activities that the Task Force for Business 
and Stability Operations in Afghanistan carried out in 
fiscal year 2011 that the Agency for International Develop-
ment will continue in fiscal year 2012, including those 
activities that, rather than explicitly continued, may be 
merged with similar efforts carried out by the Agency for 
International Development. 
(C) Any activities carried out by the Task Force for 
Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan in fiscal 
year 2011 that the Agency for International Development 
will not continue and the reasons that such activities shall 
not be continued. 
(D) Those actions that may be necessary to transition 
activities carried out by the Task Force for Business and 
Stability Operations in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2011 
and that will be continued by the Agency for International 
Development in fiscal year 2012 from the Department of 
Defense to the Agency for International Development. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—At the same time that the budget 
of the President is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2012, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit the plan to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
(c) REPORT ON ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on an economic strategy for Afghanistan that— 
(A) supports the United States counterinsurgency cam-
paign in Afghanistan; 
(B) promotes economic stabilization in Afghanistan, 
consistent with a longer-term development plan for 
Afghanistan; and 
(C) enhances the establishment of sustainable institu-
tions in Afghanistan. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of the sectors within the Afghani-
stan economy that offer the greatest economic opportunities
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to support the purposes of the economic strategy for 
Afghanistan set forth under paragraph (1). 
(B) An assessment of the capabilities of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan to increase revenue generation to 
meet its own operational and developmental costs in the 
short-term, medium-term, and long-term. 
(C) An assessment of the infrastructure (water, power, 
rail, road) required to underpin economic development in 
Afghanistan. 
(D) A description of the potential role in the economic 
strategy for Afghanistan of each of the following: 
(i) Private sector investment, including investment 
by and through the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration. 
(ii) Efforts to promote public-private partnerships. 
(iii) National Priority Programs of the Government 
of Afghanistan, including the Afghanistan National 
Solidarity Program, and public works projects. 
(iv) International financial institutions, including 
the 
International 
Bank 
for 
Reconstruction 
and 
Development and the Asian Development Bank. 
(v) Efforts to promote trade, including efforts by 
and through the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States. 
(vi) Department of Defense policies to promote eco-
nomic stabilization and development, including the 
Afghanistan First procurement policy and efforts by 
the Department to enhance transportation, electrifica-
tion, and communications networks both within 
Afghanistan and between Afghanistan and neighboring 
countries. 
(E) An evaluation of the regional dimension of an eco-
nomic strategy for Afghanistan, including a description 
of economic areas suitable for regional collaboration and 
a prioritization among such areas for attention under the 
strategy. 
(F) A timeline and milestones for activities that can 
promote economic stabilization, development, and sustain-
ability in Afghanistan in the short-term, medium-term, 
and long-term. 
(G) Metrics for assessing progress under the economic 
strategy for Afghanistan. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, 
and Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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TITLE 
XVI—IMPROVED 
SEXUAL 
AS-
SAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
IN THE ARMED FORCES 
Sec. 1601. Definition of Department of Defense sexual assault prevention and re-
sponse program and other definitions. 
Sec. 1602. Comprehensive Department of Defense policy on sexual assault preven-
tion and response program. 
Subtitle A—Organizational Structure and Application of Sexual Assault Prevention 
and Response Program Elements 
Sec. 1611. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. 
Sec. 1612. Oversight and evaluation standards. 
Sec. 1613. Report and plan for completion of acquisition of centralized Department 
of Defense sexual assault database. 
Sec. 1614. Restricted reporting of sexual assaults. 
Subtitle B—Improved and Expanded Availability of Services 
Sec. 1621. Improved protocols for providing medical care for victims of sexual as-
sault. 
Sec. 1622. Sexual assault victims access to Victim Advocate services. 
Subtitle C—Reporting Requirements 
Sec. 1631. Annual report regarding sexual assaults involving members of the 
Armed Forces and improvement to sexual assault prevention and re-
sponse program. 
Sec. 1632. Additional reports. 
SEC. 1601. DEFINITION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SEXUAL 
ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM AND 
OTHER DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION
AND RESPONSE PROGRAM 
DEFINED.—In this title, the term ‘‘sexual assault prevention and 
response program’’ refers to Department of Defense policies and 
programs, including policies and programs of a specific military 
department or Armed Force, that, as modified as required by this 
title— 
(1) are intended to reduce the number of sexual assaults 
involving members of the Armed Forces, whether members 
are the victim, alleged assailant, or both; and 
(2) improve the response of the Department of Defense, 
the military departments, and the Armed Forces to reports 
of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, 
whether members are the victim, alleged assailant, or both, 
and to reports of sexual assaults when a covered beneficiary 
under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is the victim. 
(b) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ means the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps. 
(2) The terms ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ and ‘‘dependent’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘department’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the meaning given 
that term by the Secretary concerned. 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters 
concerning the Army;
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(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters 
concerning the Navy and the Marine Corps; and 
(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to 
matters concerning the Air Force. 
(6) The term ‘‘sexual assault’’ has the definition developed 
for that term by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3) of section 577 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note), subject to such modifications as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
SEC. 1602. COMPREHENSIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON 
SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than March 
30, 2012, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a revised comprehensive policy for the Depart-
ment of Defense sexual assault prevention and response program 
that— 
(1) builds upon the comprehensive sexual assault preven-
tion and response policy developed under subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 577 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 
10 U.S.C. 113 note); 
(2) incorporates into the sexual assault prevention and 
response program the new requirements identified by this title; 
and 
(3) ensures that the policies and procedures of the military 
departments regarding sexual assault prevention and response 
are consistent with the revised comprehensive policy. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF TASK FORCE FINDINGS, RECOMMENDA-
TIONS, AND PRACTICES.—In developing the comprehensive policy 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall take 
into account the findings and recommendations found in the report 
of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services 
issued in December 2009. 
(c) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE EVALUATION 
PLAN.— 
(1) PLAN
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement an evaluation plan for assessing the 
effectiveness of the comprehensive policy prepared under sub-
section (a) in achieving its intended outcomes at the department 
and individual Armed Force levels. 
(2) ROLE
OF
SERVICE
SECRETARIES.—As a component of 
the evaluation plan, the Secretary of each military department 
shall assess the adequacy of measures undertaken at military 
installations and by units of the Armed Forces under the juris-
diction of the Secretary to ensure the safest and most secure 
living and working environments with regard to preventing 
sexual assault. 
(d) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2011, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report— 
(1) describing the process by which the comprehensive 
policy required by subsection (a) is being revised;
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(2) describing the extent to which revisions of the com-
prehensive policy and the evaluation plan required by sub-
section (c) have already been implemented; and 
(3) containing a determination by the Secretary regarding 
whether the Secretary will be able to comply with the revision 
deadline specified in subsection (a). 
(e) CONSISTENCY
OF TERMINOLOGY, POSITION DESCRIPTIONS, 
PROGRAM STANDARDS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall require 
the use of consistent terminology, position descriptions, min-
imum program standards, and organizational structures 
throughout the Armed Forces in implementing the sexual 
assault prevention and response program. 
(2) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish minimum standards for— 
(A) the training, qualifications, and status of Sexual 
Assault Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim 
Advocates for the Armed Forces; and 
(B) the curricula to be used to provide sexual assault 
prevention and response training and education for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 
department to strengthen individual knowledge, skills, and 
capacity to prevent and respond to sexual assault. 
(3) RECOGNIZING OPERATIONAL DIFFERENCES.—In complying 
with this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall take into 
account the responsibilities of the Secretary concerned and 
operational needs of the Armed Force involved. 
Subtitle A—Organizational Structure and 
Application of Sexual Assault Prevention 
and Response Program Elements 
SEC. 1611. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE OFFICE. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.—There shall be a Director of 
the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. During the 
development and implementation of the comprehensive policy for 
the Department of Defense sexual assault prevention and response 
program, the Director shall operate under the oversight of the 
Advisory Working Group of the Deputy Secretary of Defense. 
(b) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Response Office shall— 
(1) oversee implementation of the comprehensive policy 
for the Department of Defense sexual assault prevention and 
response program; 
(2) serve as the single point of authority, accountability, 
and oversight for the sexual assault prevention and response 
program; and 
(3) provide oversight to ensure that the military depart-
ments comply with the sexual assault prevention and response 
program. 
(c) ROLE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense, the Inspector General of the Army, the Naval 
Inspector General, and the Inspector General of the Air Force 
shall treat the sexual assault prevention and response program
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as an item of special interest when conducting inspections 
of organizations and activities with responsibilities regarding 
the prevention and response to sexual assault. 
(2) COMPOSITION OF INVESTIGATION TEAMS.—The Inspector 
General inspection teams shall include at least one member 
with expertise and knowledge of sexual assault prevention and 
response policies related to a specific Armed Force. 
(d) STAFF.— 
(1) ASSIGNMENT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, an officer from each of the Armed 
Forces in the grade of O–4 or above shall be assigned to 
the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for a min-
imum tour length of at least 18 months. 
(2) HIGHER GRADE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), of the 
four officers assigned to the Sexual Assault Prevention and 
Response Office under this subsection at any time, one officer 
shall be in the grade of O–6 or above. 
SEC. 1612. OVERSIGHT AND EVALUATION STANDARDS. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF STANDARDS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
issue standards to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the 
sexual assault prevention and response program of each Armed 
Force in reducing the number of sexual assaults involving members 
of the Armed Forces and in improving the response of the depart-
ment to reports of sexual assaults involving members of the Armed 
Forces, whether members of the Armed Forces are the victim, 
alleged assailant, or both. 
(b) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION EVALUATION PLAN.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall use the sexual assault prevention and 
response evaluation plan developed under section 1602(c) to ensure 
that the Armed Forces implement and comply with assessment 
and evaluation standards issued under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1613. REPORT AND PLAN FOR COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF 
CENTRALIZED 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT DATABASE. 
(a) REPORT AND PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 2011, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report— 
(1) describing the status of development and implementa-
tion of the centralized Department of Defense sexual assault 
database required by section 563 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4470; 10 U.S.C. 113 note); 
(2) containing a revised implementation plan under sub-
section (c) of such section for completing implementation of 
the database; and 
(3) indicating the date by which the database will be oper-
ational. 
(b) CONTENT
OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The plan referred 
to in subsection (a)(2) shall address acquisition best practices associ-
ated with successfully acquiring and deploying information tech-
nology systems related to the centralized sexual assault database, 
such as economically justifying the proposed system solution and 
effectively developing and managing requirements.
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SEC. 1614. RESTRICTED REPORTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall clarify the limitations on the 
ability of a member of the Armed Forces to make a restricted 
report regarding the occurrence of a sexual assault and the cir-
cumstances under which information contained in a restricted 
report may no longer be confidential. 
Subtitle B—Improved and Expanded 
Availability of Services 
SEC. 1621. IMPROVED PROTOCOLS FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE 
FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish comprehensive and 
consistent protocols for providing and documenting medical care 
to a member of the Armed Forces or covered beneficiary who is 
a victim of a sexual assault, including protocols with respect to 
the appropriate screening, prevention, and mitigation of diseases. 
In establishing the protocols, the Secretary shall take into consider-
ation the gender of the victim. 
SEC. 1622. SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS ACCESS TO VICTIM ADVOCATE 
SERVICES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF VICTIM ADVOCATE SERVICES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—A member of the Armed Forces or a 
dependent, as described in paragraph (2), who is the victim 
of a sexual assault is entitled to assistance provided by a 
qualified Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. 
(2) COVERED
DEPENDENTS.—The assistance described in 
paragraph (1) is available to a dependent of a member of 
the Armed Forces who is the victim of a sexual assault and 
who resides on or in the vicinity of a military installation. 
The Secretary concerned shall define the term ‘‘vicinity’’ for 
purposes of this paragraph. 
(b) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE; OPT OUT.—The 
member or dependent shall be informed of the availability of assist-
ance under subsection (a) as soon as the member or dependent 
seeks assistance from a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. The 
victim shall also be informed that the services of a Sexual Assault 
Response Coordinator and Sexual Assault Victim Advocate are 
optional and that these services may be declined, in whole or 
in part, at any time. 
(c) NATURE
OF REPORTING IMMATERIAL.—In the case of a 
member of the Armed Forces, Victim Advocate services are available 
regardless of whether the member elects unrestricted or restricted 
(confidential) reporting of the sexual assault. 
Subtitle C—Reporting Requirements 
SEC. 
1631. 
ANNUAL 
REPORT 
REGARDING 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULTS 
INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
IMPROVEMENT TO SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND 
RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULTS.—Not later than 
March 1, 2012, and each March 1 thereafter through March 1, 
2017, the Secretary of each military department shall submit to
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the Secretary of Defense a report on the sexual assaults involving 
members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of that Sec-
retary during the preceding year. In the case of the Secretary 
of the Navy, separate reports shall be prepared for the Navy and 
for the Marine Corps. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report of a Secretary of a military depart-
ment for an Armed Force under subsection (a) shall contain the 
following: 
(1) The number of sexual assaults committed against mem-
bers of the Armed Force that were reported to military officials 
during the year covered by the report, and the number of 
the cases so reported that were substantiated. 
(2) The number of sexual assaults committed by members 
of the Armed Force that were reported to military officials 
during the year covered by the report, and the number of 
the cases so reported that were substantiated. The information 
required by this paragraph may not be combined with the 
information required by paragraph (1). 
(3) A synopsis of each such substantiated case, organized 
by offense, and, for each such case, the action taken in the 
case, including the type of disciplinary or administrative sanc-
tion imposed, if any, including courts-martial sentences, non- 
judicial punishments administered by commanding officers 
pursuant to section 815 of title 10, United States Code (article 
15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), and administrative 
separations. 
(4) The policies, procedures, and processes implemented 
by the Secretary concerned during the year covered by the 
report in response to incidents of sexual assault involving mem-
bers of the Armed Force concerned. 
(5) The number of substantiated sexual assault cases in 
which the victim is a deployed member of the Armed Forces 
and the assailant is a foreign national, and the policies, proce-
dures, and processes implemented by the Secretary concerned 
to monitor the investigative processes and disposition of such 
cases and any actions taken to eliminate any gaps in inves-
tigating and adjudicating such cases. 
(6) A description of the implementation of the accessibility 
plan implemented pursuant to section 596(b) of such Act, 
including a description of the steps taken during that year 
to ensure that trained personnel, appropriate supplies, and 
transportation resources are accessible to deployed units in 
order to provide an appropriate and timely response in any 
case of reported sexual assault in a deployed unit, location, 
or environment. 
(c) CONSISTENT DEFINITION OF SUBSTANTIATED.—Not later than 
December 31, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
consistent definition of ‘‘substantiated’’ for purposes of paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (b) and provide synopses for 
those cases for the preparation of reports under this section. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than April 30 of each 
year in which the Secretary of Defense receives reports under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall forward the reports 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, together with— 
(1) the results of assessments conducted under the evalua-
tion plan required by section 1602(c); and