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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 4717 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4717
To establish a policy against sexual abuse on all United States
military installations, whether located in the United States or
overseas.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 2016
Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Russell, Mr.
Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Miller
of Florida, Ms. Speier, and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To establish a policy against sexual abuse on all United States
military installations, whether located in the United States or
overseas.
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 ``Mandating America's Responsibility
To Limit Abuse, Negligence and Depravity Act'' or the ``MARTLAND Act''.
SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
ON ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Members of the United States Army and Marine Corps
serving in Afghanistan were advised to respect cultural and
religious practices of Afghans and told that sexual abuse
perpetrated by local allies was a matter of Afghan law.
(2) In one report, a United States soldier said that, from
his bunk at a base in southern Afghanistan, he could hear
Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought
to the base and that ``at night we could hear [the boys]
screaming but we're not allowed to do anything about it''.
(3) Fighting in a foreign theater of war should not require
members of the Armed Forces to turn a blind eye toward criminal
perversion.
(4) The Department of Defense already has an established
policy against human trafficking.
(5) Department of Defense Instruction 2200.01 instructs
members of the Armed Forces as follows: ``Oppose prostitution,
forced labor, and any related activities contributing to the
phenomenon of trafficking in persons (TIP). TIP is a violation
of U.S. law and internationally recognized human rights, and is
incompatible with DoD core values.''.
(6) The Department of Defense also needs an established
policy to counter sexual abuse perpetrated on a United States
military installation, whether the installation is located in
the United States or overseas.
(b) Policy Against Sexual Abuse on Military Installations.--It is
the policy of the United States that human rights violations, including
child abuse, shall not be conducted or condoned on any United States
military installation, whether located in the United States or
overseas, by either citizens or nationals of the United States or
foreign nationals.
(c) Implementation of Policy.--No later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan detailing the
procedures by which the Secretary will implement the policy expressed
in subsection (b).
(d) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term
``military installation'' includes United States combat outposts and
forward operating locations.
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