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H.R. 4104: Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act

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H.R. 4104: Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act

Plain summary

Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act This bill modifies the process and policy related to the disposition of charges and convening of courts-martial for certain sexual assault cases and other specified offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Among other elements, the bill provides that the determinations on the preferral, disposition, and referral of charges for specified offenses under the UCMJ must be made by a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces who is designated as a court-martial convening authority (in grade O-6 or higher) and who is available for detail as trial counsel, has significant trial experience, and is outside the chain of command of the member subject to the charges.

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Official text

Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 222 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Susie Lee (D-NV), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA) and 162 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4104 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117