,,ii  #aad? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,s4 #cebd  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,decemb] #h1 #bjaf ,mr4
 ,flake 7= himself & ,mrs4 ,fe9/e97     
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on !     
,judici>y  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d ,rule    
#faa ( ! ,f$]al ,rules ( ,evid5ce to    
prohibit cross-exam9ation by ! accus$ ( 
m9or victims ( sexual assault4  #a4     
,cross-,exam9ation ( victims by ! accus$
  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,rule #faa ( ! ,f$]al    
,rules ( ,evid5ce is am5d$ by add+ at ! 
end ! foll[+3  7d7 ,cross-,exam9ation by
 pro se def5dants ( m9or victims (      
sexual assault ,9 a crim9al case 9 :i* a
 def5dant accus$ ( sexual assault ( a   
m9or repres5ts himself or h]self pro se1
 ^u application by ! prosecutor1 ! m9or1
 or ! m9or's repres5tative1             
cross-exam9ation ( ! m9or--  7#a7 %all n
 be conduct$ by ! def5dant unless ! c\rt
 f9ds t x is necessitat$ by exceptional 
circum/ances to protect ! con/itutional 
rights ( ! def5dant2 &  7#b7 %all in/ead

 be conduct$ by an attorney = ! def5dant
 "u ! sup]vision ( ! c\rt4  7e7         
,def9itions ,9 ?is rule--  7#a7 ! t]m   
m9or means an individual "u ! age ( #ah2
  7#b7 ! t]m sexual assault ( a m9or    
means a crime "u ,f$]al law involv+--   
7,a7 any conduct-- 7i7 prohibit$ "u     
section #aeia or *apt] #aji;,a1 #aaj1 or
 #aag ( title #ah1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code2 
or  7ii7 describ$ 9 p>agraphs 7#b7 ?r\gh
 7#e7 ( ,rule #dac7;d72 &  7,b7 a victim
 :o is a m9or2 &  7#c7 ! t]m victim     
means a p]son directly & proximately    
h>m$ z a result ( ! commission ( an     
(f5se4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,!       
am5dm5t made by subsection 7a7 %all     
apply--  7#a7 to any proce$+ comm5c$ on 
or aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act2 & 
7#b7 ins(> z is j & practicable1 to any 
proce$+ p5d+ on su* date ( enactm5t4