What This Bill Does
This bill requires members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty to receive self defense training focused on fighting sexual assault. The training must happen once a month as part of their regular physical training. The bill does not add any extra training days beyond what service members already complete.
Who It Affects
Members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
Key Provisions
• Each month, one day of physical training for active duty service members must include self defense training designed to combat sexual assault (Sec. 2)
• The bill does not increase the total number of training days required for active duty service members (Sec. 2)
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, one monthly physical training day for active duty service members will shift to include self defense training to combat sexual assault instead of other physical training activities.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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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.
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. CAR-
SON, 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
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Our Sexual As-
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sault in the Military Act’’.
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SEC. 2. MONTHLY SELF DEFENSE TRAINING TO COMBAT
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SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR A MEMBER OF THE
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ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY.
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(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 101 of title 10,
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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
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following new section:
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‘‘§ 2018. Monthly self defense training to combat sex-
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ual assault
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‘‘One day of physical training each month for a mem-
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ber serving on active duty shall consist of self defense
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training to combat sexual assault.’’.
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(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 2018 of such
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title, as added by subsection (a), shall not be construed
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to increase the number of days of training required for
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a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.
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