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ment and entry into an agreement under subsection (b) 
is to enter an officer training program’’. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to 
Casualties 
SEC. 541. REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO DESIGNATE A PERSON TO BE AU-
THORIZED TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF 
THE MEMBER’S REMAINS. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Section 655 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The Secretary concerned shall, upon the enlist-
ment or appointment of a person in the armed forces, re-
quire that the person specify in writing the person author-
ized to direct the disposition of the person’s remains under 
section 1482 of this title. The Secretary shall periodically, 
and whenever the member is deployed as part of a contin-
gency operation or in other circumstances specified by the 
Secretary, require that such designation be reconfirmed, 
or modified, by the member.’’.
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(b) CHANGE IN DESIGNATION.—Subsection (c) of 
such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT DISPOSITION 
OF REMAINS.—Section 1482(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) The person designated under section 655(b) of 
this title shall be considered for all purposes to be the per-
son designated under this subsection to direct disposition 
of the remains of a decedent covered by this chapter. If 
the person so designated is not available, or if there was 
no such designation under that section, one of the fol-
lowing persons, in the order specified, shall be the person 
designated to direct the disposition of remains:’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘clauses (1)– 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) of section 
655 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a)(2), shall take effect at the end of the 30-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and shall be applied to persons enlisted or appointed in 
the Armed Forces after the end of such period. In the 
case of persons who are members of the Armed Forces 
as of the end of such 30-day period, such subsection—
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(1) shall be applied to any member who is de-
ployed to a contingency operation after the end of 
such period; and 
(2) in the case of any member not sooner cov-
ered under paragraph (1), shall be applied before the 
end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(e) TREATMENT OF PRIOR DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) A qualifying designation by a decedent cov-
ered by section 1481 of title 10, United States Code, 
shall be treated for purposes of section 1482 of such 
title as having been made under section 655(b) of 
such title. 
(2) QUALIFYING DESIGNATIONS.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a qualifying designation is a des-
ignation by a person of the person to be authorized 
to direct disposition of the remains of the person 
making the designation that was made before the 
date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance 
with regulations and procedures of the Department 
of Defense in effect at the time. 
SEC. 542. ENHANCED PROGRAM OF CASUALTY ASSISTANCE 
OFFICERS AND SERIOUSLY INJURED/ILL AS-
SISTANCE OFFICERS. 
(a) REQUIRED STANDARDS AND TRAINING.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 88 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1790. Casualty Assistance Officers; Seriously In-
jured/Ill Assistance Officers 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT OF CAOS.—Whenever a member 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps dies while 
on active duty or otherwise under circumstances for which 
a death gratuity under section 1475 or 1476 of this title 
is to be paid, the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall provide for the assignment of a Casualty As-
sistance Officer to assist the family members of the de-
ceased member. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF SIAOS.—Whenever a member 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps is seriously 
injured or becomes seriously ill while on active duty or 
otherwise under circumstances for which, if the member 
died, a death gratuity under section 1475 or 1476 of this 
title would be paid, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned shall provide for the assignment of a Seri-
ously Injured/Ill Assistance Officer to assist the member 
and the member’s family members. 
‘‘(c) PERSONS WHO MAY BE ASSIGNED.—The Sec-
retary concerned may only assign as a Casualty Assistance 
Officer or Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officer a mem-
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ber of the armed forces who is an officer or a noncommis-
sioned officers in pay grade E–7 or above or a person who 
is a Federal civilian employee. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS .—The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe the duties and functions of Cas-
ualty Assistance Officers and Seriously Injured/Ill Assist-
ance Officers. Such functions shall include the following 
functions for family members: 
‘‘(1) Information source. 
‘‘(2) Counsellor. 
‘‘(3) Advisor on obtaining needed information 
and services. 
‘‘(4) Administrative assistant. 
‘‘(5) Advocate for family members with military 
authorities. 
‘‘(e) DURATION AND LOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
Once a family is assigned a Casualty Assistance Officer 
or Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officer, the Secretary 
concerned shall ensure that such an officer is continuously 
assigned to that family, regardless of family location, until 
the Secretary determines that the family is no longer in 
need of assistance from such an officer. 
‘‘(f) TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall establish standards for performance of 
the duties of Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously
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Injured/Ill Assistance Officers, and shall monitor the 
training programs of the military departments for persons 
assigned to duty as such officers, in order to ensure that 
Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously Injured/Ill As-
sistance Officers are properly trained. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of each military department 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that Casualty Assistance Officers 
and Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers are 
properly trained; and 
‘‘(B) monitor the performance of persons as-
signed to duty as Casualty Assistance Officers and 
Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers. 
‘‘(g) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF SERIOUS 
INJURY OR ILLNESS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
specify criteria for determination for purposes of this sec-
tion of whether a member is seriously injured or seriously 
ill.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1790. Casualty Assistance Officers; Seriously Injured/Ill Assistance Officers.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall prescribe regulations for the implementation of sec-
tion 1790 of title 10, United States Code, as added by
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subsection (a), not later than180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 543. STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WOUND-
ED AND INJURED MEMBERS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall examine the programs 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that pro-
vide assistance to members of the Armed Forces who incur 
severe wounds or injuries in the line of duty, including 
the Army Disabled Soldier Support Program and the Ma-
rine for Life Injured Support Program, and (based on 
such examination) shall develop standards and guidelines 
as necessary to coordinate and standardize those programs 
with the activities of the Severely Injured Joint Support 
Operations Center of the Department of Defense, estab-
lished as of February 1, 2005. The Secretary shall publish 
regulations to implement the standards and guidelines de-
veloped pursuant to the preceding sentence not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 544. AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS ON ACTIVE DUTY 
WITH 
DISABILITIES 
TO 
PARTICIPATE 
IN 
PARALYMPIC GAMES. 
Section 717(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘participate in—’’ and all that fol-
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lows through ‘‘(2) any other’’ and inserting ‘‘participate 
in any of the following sports competitions: 
‘‘(1) The Pan-American Games and the Olym-
pic Games, and qualifying events and preparatory 
competition for those games. 
‘‘(2) The Paralympic Games, if eligible to par-
ticipate in those games, and qualifying events and 
preparatory competition for those games. 
‘‘(3) Any other’’. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice and 
Legal Assistance Matters 
SEC. 551. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF MILITARY 
LEGAL ASSISTANCE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE 
MILITARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITHOUT RE-
GARD TO LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1044 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any law regarding the licen-
sure of attorneys, a judge advocate or civilian attorney 
who is authorized to provide military legal assistance is 
authorized to provide that assistance in any jurisdiction, 
subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary concerned.
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‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘military legal as-
sistance’ includes— 
‘‘(A) legal assistance provided under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) legal assistance contemplated by sections 
1044a, 1044b, 1044c, and 1044d of this title.’’. 
SEC. 552. USE OF TELECONFERENCING IN ADMINISTRA-
TIVE SESSIONS OF COURTS-MARTIAL. 
Section 839 of title 10, United States Code (article 
39 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(2) by designating the matter following para-
graph (4) of subsection (a) as subsection (b); and 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘These proceedings shall be 
conducted’’ and inserting ‘‘Proceedings under 
subsection (a) shall be conducted’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If authorized by regulations of the 
Secretary concerned, and if the defense counsel 
is physically in the presence of the accused, the 
presence required by this subsection may other-
wise be established by audiovisual technology 
(such as videoteleconferencing technology).’’.
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SEC. 553. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR 
MURDER, 
RAPE, 
AND 
CHILD 
ABUSE 
OF-
FENSES UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILI-
TARY JUSTICE. 
(a) NO LIMITATION FOR MURDER, RAPE, OR RAPE 
OF A CHILD.—Section 843 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 43 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is 
amended in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘in a time 
of war,’’ the following: ‘‘with murder, rape, or rape of a 
child,’’. 
(b) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
CHILD
ABUSE
OF-
FENSES.—Such section is further amended in subsection 
(b)(2)— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘before 
the child attains the age of 25 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘during the life of the child or within five years 
after the date on which the offense was committed, 
whichever provides a longer period,’’; 
(2) In subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘sexual or physical’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Rape or car-
nal knowledge’’ and inserting ‘‘Any offense’’; 
and
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(C) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘Indecent as-
sault,’’ and inserting ‘‘Kidnapping; indecent as-
sault;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘child 
abuse offense’ includes an act that involves abuse of 
a person who has not attained the age of 18 years 
and would constitute an offense under chapter 110 
or 117, or under section 1591, of title 18.’’. 
SEC. 554. OFFENSE OF STALKING UNDER THE UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subchapter X of chapter 47 
of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), is amended by inserting after section 928 
(article 128) the following new section: 
‘‘§ 928a. Art. 128a. Stalking 
‘‘Any person subject to this chapter who, on two or 
more occasions, engages in one or more threatening acts 
with respect to a specific person— 
‘‘(1) that the person knows or should know 
would place the specific person in emotional distress 
or in reasonable fear of death or bodily harm to the 
specific person or to an immediate family member or 
intimate partner of the specific person; and
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‘‘(2) that places the specific person in emotional 
distress or in reasonable fear of death or bodily 
harm to the specific person or to an immediate fam-
ily member or intimate partner of the specific per-
son; 
is guilty of stalking and shall be punished as a court-mar-
tial may direct.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such sub-
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 928 the following new item: 
‘‘928a. Art. 128a. Stalking.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 928a of title 10, United 
States Code (article 128a of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), as added by subsection (a), applies to offenses 
committed after the date that is six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 555. RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND OTHER SEXUAL 
MISCONDUCT UNDER UNIFORM CODE OF 
MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) REVISION TO UCMJ.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 920 of title 10, 
United States Code (article 120 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘§ 920. Art. 120. Rape, sexual assault, and other sex-
ual misconduct 
‘‘(a) RAPE.—Any person subject to this chapter who 
causes another person of any age to engage in a sexual 
act by— 
‘‘(1) using force against that other person; 
‘‘(2) causing grievous bodily harm to any per-
son; 
‘‘(3) threatening or placing that other person in 
fear that any person will be subjected to death, 
grievous bodily harm, or kidnapping; 
‘‘(4) rendering another person unconscious; or 
‘‘(5) administering to another person by force 
or threat of force, or without the knowledge or per-
mission of that person, a drug, intoxicant, or other 
similar substance and thereby substantially impairs 
the ability of that other person to appraise or con-
trol conduct, 
is guilty of rape and shall be punished as a court-martial 
may direct. 
‘‘(b) RAPE OF A CHILD.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who— 
‘‘(1) engages in a sexual act with a child who 
has not attained the age of twelve years; or