,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag 
7legislative day1 ,september #af71 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and ,ms4  
,ayotte7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and 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 ,access to
 ,counsel ,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--  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 victim1 
as determined under regulations         

prescribed by the ,secretary of         
,defense4  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