,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,turner 7for himself and ,ms4      
,tsongas7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
improve the ability of the ,department  
of ,defense to address sexual offenses1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,purposefully ,expanding and            
,reinforcing the ,statutes we ,insist   
,support our ,troops ,against ,military 
,sexual ,trauma ,act or the ,,persist   
,against ,,mst ,act4  #b4 ,oversight of 
registered sex offender management      
program  7a7 ,designation of official or
 entity ,the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall designate a single official or    
entity within the ,office of the        
,secretary of ,defense to have the      
principle responsibility in the         
,department of ,defense for providing   
oversight of the registered sex offender

 management program of the ,department4 
7b7 ,duties ,the official or entity     
designated under subsection 7a7 shall-- 
7#a7 monitor compliance with ,department
 of ,defense ,instruction #eebe4bj2     
7#b7 compile data on service members who
 have been convicted of a qualifying sex
 offense1 including data on the sex     
offender registration status of each    
member2  7#c7 maintain statistics of the
 total number of service members1 by    
military department1 who are required to
 register as sex offenders2 and  7#d7   
perform such other duties as the        
,secretary of ,defense may require4  7c7
 ,briefing required ,not later than     
,june #a1 #bjai1 the ,secretary of      
,defense shall provide to the ,committee
 on ,armed ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives a briefing on--  7#a7  
the compliance of the military          
departments with the policies of the    
,department of ,defense related to      
registered sex offenders2  7#b7 the     
results of the data compiled under      

subsection 7b72 and  7#c7 any other     
matters determined to be appropriate by 
the ,secretary4  #c4 ,policy on         
expedited transfers ,the ,secretary of  
,defense shall issue policy guidance to 
clarify that section #fgc of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code 7relating to      
expedited transfers for members of the  
armed forces who are victims of a sexual
 assault or related offense71 applies to
 all active duty service members of who 
are victims of sexual assault or a      
related offense under article #abj1     
#abj;a1 or #abj;c of the ,uniform ,code 
of ,military ,justices regardless of    
whether the service member's sexual     
assault report is handled by the ,sexual
 ,assault ,prevention ,program or the   
,family ,advocacy ,program4  #d4        
,information from ,federal agencies     
,section #edf of the ,carl ,levin and   
,howard ,p4 ,buck ,mc,keon ,national    
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjae 7,public ,law #aac-bia2 #aj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aefa note7 is amended by    

adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7f7 ,information from      
,federal agencies ,upon request by the  
chair of a panel1 a department or agency
 of the ,federal ,government shall      
provide information that the panel      
considers necessary to carry out its    
duties under this section4  4