S 1543
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Defense
Disability and paralysis
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Personnel records
Sex offenses
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Protecting Military Honor Act
Introduced: July 12, 2017
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 12, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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