,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,turner1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,ms4 ,granger1  
and ,ms4 ,speier7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend ,article #cb of the   
,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice to 
provide victims of sexual assault rape  
shield protections and the right to     
representation by a ,special ,victims'  
,counsel4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,shield ,act4  #b4  
,appearance of ,special ,victims'       
,counsel on behalf of a sexual assault  
victim at an ,article #cb investigation 
and prohibition on admission of certain 
evidence ,section #hcb of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code 7article #cb of   
the ,uniform ,code of ,military         
,justice7 is amended--  7#a7 by         
redesignating subsections 7c71 7d71 and 
7e7 as subsections 7e71 7f71 and 7g71   

respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subsection 7b7 the following new  
subsections3  7c7  7#a7 ,at the         
investigation1 a ,special ,victims'     
,counsel may speak on behalf of the     
victim of an offense described in       
paragraph 7#b71 when the victim has a   
right to be heard4 ,a victim has a right
 to be heard when specified in the      
,manual for ,courts ,martial1 but1 at a 
minimum1 the victim has a right to be   
heard regarding the privilege described 
in subsection 7d74  7#b7 ,in this       
subsection1 the term ,special ,victims' 
,counsel means an attorney who has      
formed an attorney-client relationship  
with an alleged victim of an offense    
covered by section #ibj or #ibe of this 
title 7article #abj or #abe7 or of an   
attempt to commit such an offense1 as   
punishable under section #hhj of this   
title 7article #hj74  7d7 ,an alleged   
victim of an offense described in       
subsection 7c77#b7 may not be questioned
 about any sexual behavior on the part  

of the alleged victim that is not       
directly related to the charge or       
specification being investigated under  
this section 7article74 ,no evidence may
 be admitted at the investigation for   
the purpose of proving or showing a     
sexual predisposition on the part of the
 alleged victim4  4