,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjai,ms4
 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,hudson1    
,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 
,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,mullin1
 ,mr4 ,crist1 and ,mr4 ,steube7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend chapter
 #aga of title #bh1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to allow suit against the ,united
 ,states for injuries and deaths of     
members of the ,armed ,forces of the    
,united ,states caused by improper      
medical care1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,sfc ,richard ,stayskal        
,military ,medical ,accountability ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,allowing claims against 
the ,united ,states for injury and death
 of members of the ,armed ,forces caused
 by improper medical care  7a7 ,in      
general ,chapter #aga of title #bh1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

adding at the end the following3  #bfha4
 ,claims against the ,united ,states for
 injury and death of members of the     
,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states   
7a7 ,a claim may be brought against the 
,united ,states under this chapter for  
damages relating to the personal injury 
or death of a member of the ,armed      
,forces of the ,united ,states arising  
out of a negligent or wrongful act or   
omission in the performance of medical1 
dental1 or related health care functions
 7including clinical studies and        
investigations7 that is provided at a   
covered military medical treatment      
facility by a person acting within the  
scope of the office or employment of    
that person by or at the direction of   
the ,government of the ,united ,states4 
7b7 ,a claim under this section shall   
not be reduced by the amount of any     
benefit received under subchapter ,,iii 
7relating to ,servicemembers' ,group    
,life ,insurance7 of chapter #ai of     
title #ch4  7c7 ,notwithstanding section

 #bdja7;b71 a claim brought under this  
section shall have a #c-year statute of 
limitations beginning on the date the   
claimant discovered or by reasonable    
diligence should have discovered the    
injury and the cause of the injury4  7d7
 ,for purposes of claims brought under  
this section-- 7#a7 subsections 7j7 and 
7k7 of section #bfhj do not apply2 and  
7#b7 in the case of an act or omission  
occurring outside the ,united ,states1  
the law of the place where the act or   
omission occurred shall be deemed to be 
the law of the ,state of domicile of the
 claimant4  7e7 ,in this section1 the   
term covered military medical treatment 
facility means the facilities described 
in subsections 7b71 7c71 and 7d7 of     
section #ajgc;d of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 regardless of whether the
 facility is located in or outside the  
,united ,states4 ,the term does not     
include battalion aid stations or other 
medical treatment locations deployed in 
an area of armed conflict4  7f7 ,not    

later than #b years after the date of   
the enactment of this section1 and every
 #b years thereafter1 the ,secretary of 
,defense shall submit to ,congress a    
report on the number of claims filed    
under this section4  4  7b7 ,clerical   
amendment ,the table of sections for    
chapter #aga of title #bh1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #bfha4 ,claims  
against the ,united ,states for injury  
and death of members of the ,armed      
,forces of the ,united ,states4  4  7c7 
,effective date ,this ,act and the      
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 to-- 7#a7 a claim arising on or after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act2 
and  7#b7 a pending claim arising before
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 with respect to which the period of    
limitations shall be deemed to begin on 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7d7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this ,act or the amendments made by this
 ,act shall be construed to limit the   

application of the administrative       
process and procedures of chapter #aga  
of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 to 
claims permitted under section #bfha of 
such chapter1 as amended by this        
section4