H.R. 9024

[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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