3.0.0 1789 2022-11-01T07:02:34Z 2022-11-01T07:02:34Z Senate S 2019-06-11 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-11T22:07:30Z 2019-06-11 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2019-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2019-06-11 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-06-11 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-06-11 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-06-11 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-06-11 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-06-11 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-06-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-06-11 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-11 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-06-11 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-06-11 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-06-11 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-06-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-06-11 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-06-11 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-06-11 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-06-11 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-06-11 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-06-11 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-11 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-06-11 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-06-11 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-06-11 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2019-06-11 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2019-06-11 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-06-11 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-06-11 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-06-11 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-06-11 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-11-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Assault and harassment offenses Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal procedure and sentencing Military law Military personnel and dependents Sex offenses Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-21T14:54:32Z Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019

This bill modifies the process for convening courts-martial for sexual assault cases and certain other offenses.

For example, the bill authorizes independent military prosecutors to decide whether to convene courts-martial for (1) sexual assault cases and other specified crimes punishable by confinement of more than one year; and (2) other specified offenses, such as retaliation for reporting a crime, regardless of the maximum punishment authorized for the offenses. Under current law, the military's chain of command generally has sole decisionmaking authority as to whether to prosecute such cases.

]]> Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019 Display Title Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reform procedures for determinations on disposition of charges and the convening of courts-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1789is/xml/BILLS-116s1789is.xml 2019-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.