,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjbc,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4         
,fetterman1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4     
,king1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4 ,cardin1
 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4      
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,wyden1   
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mrs4      
,murray1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,bennet1    
,mr4 ,kelly1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mrs4     
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,rosen1   
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4 ,smith1
 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 
,cantwell1 and ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to authorize administrative    
absences and travel and transportation  
allowances for members of the ,armed    
,forces to travel to obtain reproductive
 health care4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    

,service ,members and ,military         
,families' ,access to ,reproductive     
,care ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,authorization
 of administrative absences and travel  
and transportation allowances for       
reproductive health care  7a7 ,leaves of
 absence  7#a7 ,in general ,chapter #dj 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by inserting after section #gjh 
the following new section3  #gjh;a4     
,reproductive health administrative     
absence  7a7 ,in general ,under such    
regulations as the ,secretary of        
,defense may prescribe1 the ,secretary  
shall grant an administrative absence to
 a member of the ,armed ,forces who     
requests such an absence-- 7#a7 to      
receive non-covered reproductive health 
care2 or  7#b7 to accompany a spouse or 
other dependent who receives non-covered
 reproductive health care4  7b7         
,duration ,an administrative absence    
granted under subsection 7a7 pursuant to
 a request made under that subsection   
may extend for a period of not more than

 #ba days for each such request4  7c7   
,requirements for regulations ,the      
regulations prescribed under subsection 
7a7 shall provide that-- 7#a7 no        
additional requirement1 including       
consultations with a chaplain1 medical  
testing1 or any other form of           
counseling1 may be imposed on a member  
requesting an administrative absence    
under subsection 7a7 by the ,secretary  
or the commander or other approval      
authority of the member2 and  7#b7 the  
,secretary and the commander or other   
approval authority of a member shall    
prioritize the privacy of the member    
7and the spouse or other dependent of   
the member1 if applicable71 consistent  
with applicable statutes and regulations
 governing protected medical            
information4  7d7 ,non-,covered         
reproductive health care defined ,in    
this section1 the term non-covered      
reproductive health care means          
reproductive health care not authorized 
to be performed at a medical treatment  

facility or other facility of the       
,department of ,defense consistent with 
,federal law1 including-- 7#a7 an       
abortion2 or  7#b7 assisted reproductive
 technology1 including-- 7,a7 ovarian   
stimulation and egg retrieval1 including
 any needed medications and procedures  
required for retrieval1 processing1 and 
utilization of an egg for assisted      
reproductive technology or              
cryopreservation2  7,b7 sperm collection
 and processing for assisted            
reproductive technology or              
cryopreservation2  7,c7 intrauterine    
insemination2 and  7,d7 in vitro        
fertilization1 including-- 7i7 in vitro 
fertilization with fresh embryo         
transfer2  7ii7 gamete intrafallopian   
transfer2  7iii7 zygote intrafollopian  
transfer2  7iv7 pronuclear stage tubal  
transfer2  7v7 tubal embryo transfer2   
and  7vi7 frozen embryo transfer4  4    
7#b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of  
sections at the beginning of chapter #dj
 of such title is amended by inserting  

after the item relating to section #gjh 
the following new item3  #gjh;a4        
,reproductive health administrative     
absence4  4  7b7 ,authorization of      
travel and transportation allowances    
,section #deb7;b7 of title #cg1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#bd7 ,travel by a member or a dependent
 to receive non-covered reproductive    
health care 7as defined in section      
#gjh;a7d7 of title #aj71 including an   
abortion and assisted reproductive      
technology4  4  7c7 ,rule of            
construction ,nothing in this section or
 an amendment made by this section may  
be construed to restrict or deprive a   
member of the ,armed ,forces from       
accessing or being granted convalescent 
leave consistent with section #gja of   
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4