Sec. 539. Reimbursement of expenses and property damage for victims of designated offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice
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Chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1044f the following new section: The Secretary of Defense may authorize the secretaries of the military departments to provide, and the secretaries of the military departments may provide, payments to victims of designated offenses for prescribed unreimbursed expenses and property damage in accordance with the regulations prescribed under subsection (b). The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations pursuant to which a victim of a designated offense may apply for and receive reimbursement payments under this section.
Such regulations shall provide— that a victim of a designated offense may apply to the secretary of a military department for a reimbursement payment; that a reimbursement payment to a victim shall be for an amount determined by the Secretary of a military department that is sufficient to reimburse the victim for health care expenses, travel expenses, and expenses for property damage or loss resulting from the designated offense, subject to such limits as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the regulations; that a reimbursement payment may not be made for any expenses for which a victim receives reimbursement from other sources, including insurance claims; that the eligibility of a victim to receive payments is subject to such terms, conditions, and other requirements as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the regulations; and procedures for determining whether a person qualifies as a victim for purposes of this section.
In this section: The term designated offense means— an offense under section 917a (article 117a), section 918 (article 118), section 919 (article 119), section 919a (article 119a), section 920 (article 120), section 920b (article 120b), section 920c (article 120c), section 922 (article 122), section 925 (article 125), section 928a (article 128a), section 928b (article 128b), or section 930 (article 130), or the standalone offense of producing child pornography punishable under section 934 (article 134) of this title; or an attempt to commit an offense specified in subparagraph
(A)as punishable under section 880 (article 80) of this title. The term victim means an individual who has been determined pursuant to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection
(b)to have suffered pecuniary harm as a result of the commission of a designated offense for which a courts-martial has rendered a guilty verdict wherein the victim is named or identified in the specification. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1044f the following new item: 1044g. Military crime victims reimbursement. . The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations under section 1044g(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 1044g of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall only apply with respect to individuals who— are victims of designated offenses that occur on or after the effective date of the regulations prescribed under subsection
(b)of such section 1044g; and apply for payment after such effective date.