I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8270 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the responses of the 
Department of Defense to sex-related offenses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. OLSON, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
CROW, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. KIM, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. VELA, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. HAYES, 
Ms. GABBARD, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. HAALAND, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. SHERRILL, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
ROSE of New York, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. O’HALLERAN, 
Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LESKO, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. BROWNLEY
of California, Ms. 
FRANKEL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. MOORE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. HECK, Ms. MENG, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
WILD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. EVANS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
TRONE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. COX of California, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Mr. CRIST, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, and Mr. BRINDISI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services 
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A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the 
responses of the Department of Defense to sex-related 
offenses, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘I am Vanessa Guille´n 
Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE TO 
PROCEED TO TRIAL BY COURT-MARTIAL ON 
CHARGES 
INVOLVING 
SEX-RELATED 
OF-
FENSES. 
(a) ROLE OF OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR 
IN DETERMINATION TO PROCEED TO TRIAL ON CHARGE 
INVOLVING SEX-RELATED OFFENSE.— 
(1) REFERRAL AND DETERMINATIONS BY OF-
FICE OF THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR.—Section 834 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 34 of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(B) by inserting after the subsection (c) 
the following new subsection (d): 
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