S 2129
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
Introduced: November 15, 2017
Introduced by:
Hirono, Mazie K.
Democratic
· Hawaii
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To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act
This bill establishes a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice on domestic violence and aggravated domestic violence against an intimate partner. "Aggravated domestic violence" involves the use of a weapon, or force in a manner likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm.
Military departments must submit to the Department of Justice the identity of each member of the Armed Forces who has been convicted of a domestic violence offense for inclusion in the national instant criminal background check system.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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