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I am Vanessa Guillén Act Praised as Calls for Removing COs from Sexual Assault Prosecutions Mount
Lt. Gen. Pat White greets Congresswoman Jackie Speier, the representative to California s 14th District, at the start of congressional delegation visit at Fort Hood, Texas, May 5, 2021. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Evan Ruchotzke)
25 May 2021 Medill News Service | By Karli Goldenberg
Less than a month after the anniversary of 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén s disappearance, Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., reintroduced the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act on May 13, reigniting calls to take prosecution authority away from military commanders.
The legislation proposes sweeping changes to the military s policies surrounding missing service members and reports of sexual harrassment and sexual assault. The act would make sexual harassment a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and
May 21, 2021
With the convening of a new Congress, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has reintroduced a bill to drastically change the role of senior commanders in the military justice system. The bill would remove senior commanders from the court-martial referral and review process for sexual assault and other felony-level “common law” crimes and place that responsibility in the hands of lawyers, much like a civilian district attorney’s office.
First introduced in 2013, the proposal has so far failed to pass the Senate and has been opposed by the Pentagon. This time around, however, Gillibrand has enough Republican co-sponsors to guarantee passage and the backing of a Pentagon advisory committee appointed by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Furthermore, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has indicated he will not oppose the measure.