,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,kline 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,paulsen1 and
 ,mr4 ,turner7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide certain       
members of the reserve components of the
 ,armed ,forces who are victims of      
sex-related offenses with access to a   
special victims' counsel4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,national ,guard and ,reserve ,equal    
,access to ,legal ,services ,act4  #b4  
,access to special victims' counsel  7a7
 ,in general ,subsection 7a7 of section 
#ajdd;e of title #aj1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended to read as follows3   
7a7 ,designation2 purposes  7#a7 ,the   
,secretary concerned shall designate    
legal counsel 7to be known as ,special  
,victims' ,counsel7 for the purpose of  
providing legal assistance to an        

individual described in paragraph 7#b7  
who is the victim of an alleged         
sex-related offense1 regardless of      
whether the report of that offense is   
restricted or unrestricted4  7#b7 ,an   
individual described in this paragraph  
is any of the following3  7,a7 ,an      
individual eligible for military legal  
assistance under section #ajdd of this  
title4  7,b7 ,an individual who is--    
7i7 not covered under subparagraph 7,a72
  7ii7 a member of a reserve component  
of the armed forces2 and  7iii7 a victim
 of an alleged sex-related offense as   
described in paragraph 7#a7 that was    
allegedly committed by a member of the  
armed forces--  7,i7 during a period in 
which the individual served on active   
duty1 full-time ,national ,guard duty1  
or inactive-duty training2 or  7,,ii7   
during any period1 regardless of the    
duty status of the individual1 if the   
circumstances of the alleged sex-related
 offense have a nexus to the military   
service of the individual based on the  

membership in the armed forces of either
 the victim or the member who allegedly 
committed such offense4  4  7b7         
,conforming amendment ,subsection 7f7 of
 such section is amended by striking    
eligible for military legal assistance  
under section #ajdd of this title each  
place it appears and inserting described
 in subsection 7a77#b74  7c7            
,construction ,the amendments made by   
this section may not be construed to    
authorize any additional benefit to a   
member of a reserve component of the    
,armed ,forces other than the access to 
a ,special ,victims' ,counsel under     
section #ajdd;e of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 as so amended4