[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7502-S7503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4020. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 583. MODIFICATION OF RESPONSE PROCEDURES FOR INCIDENTS 
                   OF SERIOUS HARM TO CHILDREN INVOLVING MILITARY 
                   DEPENDENTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

       Section 549B of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ``problematic'' 
     and all that follows and inserting the following: ``such 
     incidents that are reported to an appropriate office, as 
     determined by the Secretary, or investigated by a military 
     criminal investigative organization.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Reported to 
     Family Advocacy Programs'';
       (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) Response groups.--
       ``(A) Incident determination committee membership.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the voting membership 
     of each Incident Determination Committee on a

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     military installation includes medical personnel with the 
     knowledge and expertise required to determine whether a 
     reported incident of serious harm to a child meets the 
     criteria of the Department of Defense for child abuse 
     described in subsection (a)(2)(A).
       ``(B) Serious harmful behaviors between children and youth 
     multidisciplinary team.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish guidance for each Serious Harmful Behaviors Between 
     Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team on a military 
     installation to address reported incidents of serious harmful 
     behaviors between children and youth described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(C).'';
       (C) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting ``relating to 
     child abuse and adult crimes against children'';
       (II) by striking ``covered incidents of serious harm to 
     children'' and inserting ``incidents of child abuse described 
     in subsection (a)(2)(A) and crimes described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(B)'';

       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
       (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
     subparagraph (B):
       ``(B) Development of standardized process relating to 
     serious harmful behaviors between children and youth.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop a standardized process by 
     which a military department screens incidents of serious 
     harmful behavior between children and youth described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(C) to determine whether to convene a 
     Serious Harmful Behavior Between Children and Youth 
     Multidisciplinary Team.''; and
       (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by clause (ii), 
     by striking ``process developed pursuant to subparagraph 
     (A)'' and inserting ``processes developed pursuant to 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B)''; and
       (D) in paragraph (7)--
       (i) by striking ``Incident'' and all that follows through 
     ``the term'' and inserting the following: ``Definitions.--In 
     this subsection:
       ``(A) Incident determination committee.--The term'';
       (ii) by inserting after ``child abuse'' the following: 
     ``described in subsection (a)(2)(A) and crimes described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(B)''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) Serious harmful behaviors between children and youth 
     multidisciplinary team.--The term `Serious Harmful Behaviors 
     Between Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team' means a 
     coordinated community response team on a military 
     installation--
       ``(i) composed of members with the requisite experience, 
     qualifications, and skills to address serious harmful 
     behaviors between children and youth described in subsection 
     (a)(2)(C) from a developmentally appropriate and trauma-
     informed perspective; and
       ``(ii) with objectives that include development of 
     procedures for information sharing, collaborative and 
     coordinated response, restorative resolution, effective 
     investigations and assessments, evidence-based clinical 
     interventions and rehabilitation, and prevention of serious 
     harmful behaviors between children and youth.''.
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