Harry Lew and Danny Chen Military Justice Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9024 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9024

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to analyze the feasibility and
  advisability of establishing a separate punitive article on hazing
  under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2026

Ms. Chu (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Norton,
 Mr. Khanna, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Simon, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Tlaib,
Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr.
Davis of Illinois, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Carson, and Ms. Meng)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to analyze the feasibility and
  advisability of establishing a separate punitive article on hazing
  under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Harry Lew and Danny Chen Military
Justice Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE PUNITIVE
              ARTICLE ON HAZING UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY CODE
              OF MILITARY JUSTICE.

    (a) Analysis Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice, shall analyze the
feasibility and advisability of, and develop recommendations with
respect to, modifying chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the
Uniform Code of Military Justice), to establish a separate punitive
article on hazing. As part of such analysis, the Secretary shall
develop a proposed definition of the term ``hazing'' for purposes of
such article.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the results of the analysis under
subsection (a).
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