,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjag,mrs4 ,lawrence introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the provision 
of legal assistance to junior enlisted  
personnel of the ,armed ,forces and     
their dependents in connection with     
their personal civil legal affairs4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,enlisted ,legal ,assistance ,act4 
#b4 ,guaranteed provision of legal      
assistance to junior enlisted personnel 
of the ,armed ,forces and their         
dependents  7a7 ,provision of legal     
assistance ,section #ajdd of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by redesignating subsections 7a7   
through 7e7 as subsections 7b7 through  
7f71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by         
inserting before subsection 7b71 as so  
redesignated1 the following new         

subsection 7a73  7a7 ,utilizing such    
legal staff resources as may be         
necessary1 the ,secretary of the        
department concerned shall provide legal
 assistance in connection with their    
personal civil legal affairs to the     
following persons3  7#a7 ,members of the
 armed forces under the jurisdiction of 
that ,secretary in pay grades ,e-#a     
through ,e-#e who are on active duty4   
7#b7 ,dependents of members described in
 paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,survivors of a  
deceased member described in paragraph  
7#a7 who were dependents of the member  
at the time of the death of the member1 
except that the eligibility of such     
survivors shall be determined pursuant  
to regulations prescribed by that       
,secretary4  4  7b7 ,conforming         
amendments  7#a7 ,section #ajdd of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is further 
amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 of     
subsection 7b71 as redesignated by      
subsection 7a77#a71 by inserting not    
covered by subsection 7a77#a7 after     

armed forces2 and  7,b7 in subsection   
7d71 as redesignated by subsection      
7a77#a71 by striking subsection 7a7 and 
inserting subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,section
 #ajdd;e7d77#a7 of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
section #ajdd7;d77#b7 and inserting     
section #ajdd7;e77#b74