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Protecting Military Honor Act

Introduced: July 12, 2017 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 12, 2017
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Protecting Military Honor Act

This bill requires military departments to establish a confidential process, utilizing boards for the correction of military records, by which survivors of a sex-related offense during service in the Armed Forces may challenge the terms or characterization of their discharge or separation from the Armed Forces. Discharge review boards are authorized to refer certain applications for relief that involve, among other things, a sex-related offense to the physical disability board of review.

What's happening now July 12, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  • HR 3209 Related bill Protecting Military Honor Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1543: Protecting Military Honor Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1543/
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"S. 1543: Protecting Military Honor Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1543/.
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S. 1543, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1543/.
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