,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fabe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,ms4 
,speier 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,brownley of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis 
of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 and ,ms4  
,norton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretaries of ,defense and 
,veterans ,affairs to coordinate support
 for survivors of sexual trauma4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supporting ,survivors of ,military 
,sexual ,trauma ,act of #bjbj4  #b4     
,coordination of support for survivors  
of sexual trauma  7a7 ,in general ,not  
later than one year after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretaries of ,defense and ,veterans  
,affairs shall jointly develop1         
implement1 and maintain a standard of   
coordinated care for members of the     
,armed ,forces who are survivors of     
sexual trauma4 ,such standard shall     
include the following3  7b7 ,minimum    
elements ,the standard developed and    
implemented under subsection 7a7 by the 
,secretaries of ,defense and ,veterans  
,affairs shall include the following3   
7#a7 ,information for members of the    
,armed ,forces ,the ,secretary of       
,defense shall ensure that-- 7,a7       
information is posted in each facility  
of the ,department of ,defense regarding
 services furnished by the ,secretary of
 ,veterans ,affairs to survivors of     
sexual trauma2 and  7,b7 ,sexual        
,assault ,response ,coordinators and    
,uniformed ,victim ,advocates receive   
annual training on resources of the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
regarding sexual trauma4  7#b7          

,coordination between staff of the      
,departments ,the ,secretaries shall    
ensure that a ,sexual ,assault ,response
 ,coordinator or ,uniformed ,victim     
,advocate of the ,department of ,defense
 who receives a report of an instance of
 sexual trauma connects each survivor to
 the ,military ,sexual ,trauma          
,coordinator of the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs at the facility of   
that ,department nearest to the         
residence of that survivor4  7c7        
,reports  7#a7 ,report on residential   
treatment ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretaries of ,defense and  
,veterans ,affairs shall provide a      
report to the appropriate committees of 
,congress regarding the availability of 
residential treatment programs for      
survivors of sexual trauma1 including-- 
7,a7 barriers to access for such        
programs2 and  7,b7 resources required  
to reduce such barriers4  7#b7 ,initial 
report ,upon implementation of the      

standard under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretaries of ,defense and ,veterans  
,affairs shall jointly submit to the    
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the standard4  7#c7 ,progress 
reports ,not later than #ahj days after 
submitting the initial report under     
paragraph 7#b71 and on ,december #a of  
each subsequent year1 the ,secretaries  
of ,defense and ,veterans ,affairs shall
 jointly submit to the appropriate      
committees of ,congress a report on the 
progress of the ,secretaries in         
implementing and improving the standard4
  7#d7 ,updates ,whenever the           
,secretaries of ,defense and ,veterans  
,affairs update the standard developed  
under subsection 7a71 the ,secretaries  
shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
committees of ,congress a report on such
 update1 including a comprehensive and  
detailed description of such update and 
the reasons for such update4  7d7       
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   
term sexual trauma means psychological  

trauma described in section             
#agbj;,d7a77#a7 of title #ch1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term          
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7,a7 the ,committees on         
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate2 and   
7,b7 the ,committees on ,armed ,services
 of the ,house of ,representatives and  
the ,senate4