,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bggg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,griffin of ,arkansas 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,wolf7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretaries of the military departments
 to suspend the pay and allowances of a 
member of the ,armed ,forces who is held
 in confinement pending trial by        
court-martial or by civil authority for 
any sex-related offense or capital      
offense4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,stop ,pay for      
,violent ,offenders ,act4  #b4          
,suspension of the pay and allowances of
 a member of the ,armed ,forces in      
confinement pending trial for any       
sex-related offense or capital offense  
,section #hac of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code 7article #ac of the       
,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice7 is

 amended--  7#a7 by striking ,no person 
and inserting 7#a7 ,except as provided  
in subsection 7b71 no person2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7b7 7#a7 ,under regulations
 prescribed by the ,secretary of        
,defense1 the ,secretary of a military  
department shall suspend all or a       
portion of the pay and allowances of a  
member of the armed forces under the    
jurisdiction of the ,secretary who is   
being held in confinement pending trial 
by court-martial or by civil authority  
for any sex-related offense or capital  
offense4 ,the requirement to suspend the
 pay and allowances of certain members  
under this subsection is consistent with
 the authority to suspend civilian      
employees of the ,department of ,defense
 without pay under subchapter ,,ii of   
chapter #ge of title #e4  7#b7 ,a member
 whose pay and allowances are suspended 
under paragraph 7#a7 is entitled to--   
7,a7 written notice of the suspension   
stating the specific reasons for the    

suspension2  7,b7 a reasonable time1 but
 not less than seven days1 to request a 
waiver of the suspension and to furnish 
affidavits and other documentary        
evidence in support of the waiver2  7,c7
 be represented by an attorney or other 
representative in making such waiver    
request2 and  7,d7 a written response by
 the ,secretary of the military         
department concerned to the waiver      
request1 and if denied1 the specific    
reasons for the denial4  7#c7 ,the      
,secretary of the military department   
concerned may provide for a hearing as  
part of consideration of a waiver       
request under paragraph 7#b74  7#d7 ,if 
a member whose pay and allowances is    
suspended under this subsection is      
acquitted of the charges for which the  
pay and allowances were suspended or the
 sentence is disapproved1 commuted1 or  
suspended1 the ,secretary of the        
military department concerned shall pay 
the member the full amount of pay and   
allowances withheld4 ,otherwise1 the    

withheld amounts shall be paid to the   
victim or1 if multiple victims1 to the  
victims of the crime in an equitable    
manner4  7#e7 ,in this subsection1 the  
term sex-related offense means--  7,a7 a
 sexual assault or other offense covered
 by section #ibj1 #ibj;a1 #ibj;b1 or    
#ibj;c of this title 7article #abj1     
#abj;a1 #abj;b1 or #abj;c of the        
,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice71  
or an attempt to commit such an offense2
 or  7,b7 a comparable offense          
punishable under other ,federal or      
,state law4  4