,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,turner 7for himself and ,ms4      
,tsongas7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services1 and in addition to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for additional   
enhancements to the sexual assault      
prevention and response activities of   
the ,armed ,forces4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,furthering ,accountability and         
,individual ,rights within the ,military
 ,act of #bjad or the ,fair ,military   
,act4  #b4 ,appraisals of members of the
 ,armed ,forces regarding compliance    
with sexual assault prevention and      
response programs ,the ,secretary of a  

military department shall each ensure   
that the written performance appraisals 
of each member of the ,armed ,forces    
7whether an officer or enlisted member7 
under the jurisdiction of that          
,secretary include an assessment of the 
extent to which the member supports the 
sexual assault prevention and response  
program of the ,armed ,force concerned4 
#c4 ,performance appraisals of          
commanding officers regarding command   
climate ,the ,secretary of a military   
department shall each ensure that the   
performance appraisals of each          
commanding officer under the            
jurisdiction of that ,secretary indicate
 the extent to which the commanding     
officer has or has not established a    
command climate in which--  7#a7        
allegations of sexual assault are       
properly managed and fairly evaluated2  
and  7#b7 a victim can report criminal  
activity1 including sexual assault1     
without fear of retaliation1 including  
ostracism and group pressure from other 

members of the command4  #d4            
,modification of ,military ,rules of    
,evidence relating to admissibility of  
general military character toward       
probability of innocence  7a7           
,modification required ,not later than  
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 ,rule #djd7;a7  
of the ,military ,rules of ,evidence    
shall be modified to clarify that1      
except as provided by subsection 7b71   
the general military character of an    
accused is not admissible for the       
purpose of showing the probability of   
innocence of the accused4  7b7          
,exception ,evidence of a trait of the  
military character of an accused may be 
offered in evidence by the accused when 
that trait is relevant to an element of 
an offense for which the accused has    
been charged4  #e4 ,applicability of    
sexual assault prevention and response  
and related military justice            
enhancements to military service        
academies  7a7 ,military service        

academies ,the ,secretary of the        
military department concerned shall     
ensure that the provisions of title     
,,xvii of the ,national ,defense        
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjad 7,public ,law #aac-ff7 and this   
,act apply to the ,united ,states       
,military ,academy1 the ,naval ,academy1
 and the ,air ,force ,academy in the    
same manner and to the same extent as   
such title and this ,act apply to an    
,armed ,force under the jurisdiction of 
that ,secretary4  7b7 ,coast guard      
academy ,the ,secretary of the          
,department in which the ,coast ,guard  
is operating shall ensure that the      
provisions of title ,,xvii of the       
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjad 7,public ,law   
#aac-ff7 and this ,act apply to the     
,coast ,guard ,academy in the same      
manner and to the same extent as such   
title and this ,act apply to the ,coast 
,guard4  #f4 ,judicial proceedings panel
 assessment of use of mental health     

records by defense during preliminary   
hearing and court-martial proceedings   
7a7 ,additional assessments ,the        
independent panel established by the    
,secretary of ,defense under subsection 
7a77#b7 of section #egf of the ,national
 ,defense ,authorization ,act for       
,fiscal ,year #bjac 7,public ,law       
#aab-bci2 #abf ,stat4 #ageh71 known as  
the judicial proceedings panel1 shall   
conduct assessments of--  7#a7 the use  
of mental health records by the defense 
during preliminary hearing and          
court-martial proceedings2 and  7#b7 the
 use of these records in similar        
civilian proceedings to determine       
whether any significant discrepancies   
exist between the two legal systems4    
7b7 ,submission of results ,the judicial
 proceedings panel shall include the    
results of the assessments required by  
subsection 7a7 in the remaining reports 
required by subsection 7c77#b77;,b7 of  
section #egf of the ,national ,defense  
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   

#bjac4  #g4 ,comptroller ,general report
 on ,department of ,defense actions     
regarding sexual assault prevention and 
response in the ,armed ,forces ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committees 
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate and  
the ,house of ,representatives a report 
describing the status of the            
implementation of the sexual assault    
provisions contained in the ,national   
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-aha71   
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7,public   
,law #aab-bci71 and the ,national       
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjad 7,public ,law #aac-ff7 and 
the sexual assault prevention           
initiatives announced in memoranda by   
the ,secretary of ,defense on ,may #f1  
#bjac1 and ,august #ad1 #bjac4