[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1434 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1434

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require a member of the Armed 
 Forces serving on active duty to receive self defense training once a 
                    month to combat sexual assault.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2023

  Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Moylan, Mr. 
 Crenshaw, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Posey, Mr. Fry, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Carson, Mr. 
Steube, Ms. Mace, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mrs. McClain, and 
 Mr. Diaz-Balart) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require a member of the Armed 
 Forces serving on active duty to receive self defense training once a 
                    month to combat sexual assault.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Our Sexual Assault in the 
Military Act''.

SEC. 2. MONTHLY SELF DEFENSE TRAINING TO COMBAT SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR A 
              MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY.

    (a) Establishment.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2018. Monthly self defense training to combat sexual assault
    ``One day of physical training each month for a member serving on 
active duty shall consist of self defense training to combat sexual 
assault.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Section 2018 of such title, as added by 
subsection (a), shall not be construed to increase the number of days 
of training required for a member of the Armed Forces serving on active 
duty.
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