,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjad    
,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,ms4          
,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 ,ms4
 ,brown of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,ms4 
,brownley of ,california1 ,ms4 ,frankel 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4      
,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4         
,o',rourke1 and ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to establish a presumption of service   
connection for mental health conditions 
related to military sexual trauma4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,military ,sexual ,trauma ,claims   
,administration ,reform and ,eligibility
 ,act4  #b4 ,presumption of service     
connection for mental health conditions 
related to military sexual trauma  7a7  
,presumption  7#a7 ,in general          
,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #aa of title

 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #aaai4 ,presumption of service
 connection for mental health conditions
 related to military sexual trauma  7a7 
,in general ,for purposes of section    
#aaaj of this title1 and subject to     
section #aaac of this title1 a mental   
health condition of a veteran that a    
veteran certifies to the ,secretary as  
being incurred in or aggravated by      
military sexual trauma shall be         
considered to have been incurred in or  
aggravated by the service of the        
veteran1 notwithstanding that there is  
no record of evidence of such mental    
health condition or such military sexual
 trauma occurring during such service4  
7b7 ,military sexual trauma defined ,in 
this section1 the term military sexual  
trauma means1 with respect to a veteran1
 psychological trauma1 which in the     
judgment of a mental health             
professional1 resulted from a physical  
assault of a sexual nature1 battery of a

 sexual nature1 or sexual harassment 7as
 defined in section #agbj;,d of this    
title7 which occurred during a period of
 serving in the ,armed ,forces on active
 duty or active duty for training4  4   
7#b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of  
sections at the beginning of chapter #aa
 of such title is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #aaah
 the following new item3  #aaai4        
,presumption of service connection for  
mental health conditions related to     
military sexual trauma4  4  7b7         
,presumption rebuttable ,section #aaac  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by striking or #aaah each place 
it appears and inserting #aaah1 or      
#aaai4  7c7 ,presumption during         
peacetime service ,section #aacg of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by striking and #aaac and       
inserting #aaac1 and #aaai4