S 1789 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019

Introduced Jun 11, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 11, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 11, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2019 to Nov 9, 2020, with 29 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 11, 2019
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 11, 2019
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 11, 2019
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJun 11, 2019
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 11, 2019
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Actions 2

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  1. Jun 11, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 11, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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  1. Jun 11, 2019Introduced in Senate

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