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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5060 

To reform the Department of Defense approach to preventing, responding 

to, and reporting incidents of hazing in the Armed Forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. 

TED LIEU of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To reform the Department of Defense approach to preventing, responding to, and reporting incidents of hazing 

in the Armed Forces. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Harry Lew Military 

5 Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PREVEN2 TION OF AND RESPONSE TO HAZING IN THE 

3 ARMED FORCES. 

4 (a) ANTI-HAZING DATABASE.—The Secretary of De5 fense shall provide for the establishment and use of a com6 prehensive and consistent data-collection system for the 

7 collection of reports, including anonymous reports, of inci8 dents of hazing involving a member of the Armed Forces. 

9 The Secretary shall issue department-wide guidance re10 garding the availability and use of the database, including 

11 information on protected classes, such as race and reli12 gion, who are often the victims of hazing. 

13 (b) IMPROVED TRAINING.—The Secretary of each 

14 military department, in consultation with the Chief of 

15 Staff of each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such 

16 Secretary, shall seek to improve training to assist mem17 bers of the Armed Forces to better recognize, prevent, and 

18 respond to hazing at all command levels. 

19 (c) ANNUAL SURVEY.—The Secretary of each mili20 tary department, in consultation with the Chief of Staff 

21 of each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Sec22 retary, shall conduct an annual survey among members 

23 of each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Sec24 retary to determine the following: 

25 (1) The prevalence of hazing in the Armed 

26 Force. 


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1 (2) The effectiveness of training provided mem2 bers of the Armed Force to recognize and prevent 

3 hazing. 

4 (3) The extent to which members of the Armed 

5 Force report, including anonymously report, inci6 dents of hazing. 

7 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS ON HAZING.— 

8 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Janu9 ary 31 of each year through January 31, 2021, the 

10 Secretary of each military department, in consulta11 tion with the Chief of Staff of each Armed Force 

12 under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, shall sub13 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

14 Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

15 containing a description of efforts during the pre16 vious year— 

17 (A) to prevent and to respond to incidents 

18 of hazing involving members of the Armed 

19 Forces; 

20 (B) to track and encourage reporting, in21 cluding reporting anonymously, incidents of 

22 hazing in the Armed Force; and 

23 (C) to ensure the consistent implementa24 tion of anti-hazing policies. 


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1 (2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—Each report re2 quired by this subsection also shall address the same 

3 elements originally addressed in the anti-hazing re4 ports required by section 534 of the National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub6 lic Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1726). 

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