I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6209 
To improve information collection and reporting on sexual assaults and racial 
and ethnic demographics in the military justice system, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. JONES) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
A BILL 
To improve information collection and reporting on sexual 
assaults and racial and ethnic demographics in the mili-
tary justice system, 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 ‘‘Military Justice Re-
porting Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN ANNUAL 
REPORTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULTS; REPORTING 
ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DEMOGRAPHICS IN 
THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DE-
MOGRAPHICS IN THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 23 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 485 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 486. Annual reports on racial and ethnic demo-
graphics in the military justice system 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of each military department shall sub-
mit to the Secretary of Defense a report on racial, ethnic, 
and sex demographics in the military justice system dur-
ing the preceding year. In the case of the Secretary of 
the Navy, separate reports shall be prepared for the Navy 
and for the Marine Corps. In the case of the Secretary 
of the Air Force, separate reports shall be prepared for 
the Air Force and for the Space Force. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report of a Secretary of a 
military department for an Armed Force under subsection 
(a) shall contain, to the extent possible, statistics on of-
fenses under chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), during the year covered by the report, 
including— 
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‘‘(1) the number of offenses in the Armed 
Force that were reported to military officials, 
disaggregated by— 
‘‘(A) statistical category as related to the 
victim; and 
‘‘(B) statistical category as related to the 
principal; 
‘‘(2) the number of offenses in the Armed 
Forces that were investigated, disaggregated by sta-
tistical category as related to the principal; 
‘‘(3) the number of offenses in which adminis-
trative action was imposed, disaggregated by statis-
tical category as related to the principal and each 
type of administrative action imposed; 
‘‘(4) the number of offenses in which non-
judicial punishment was imposed under section 815 
of this title (article 15 of the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice), disaggregated by statistical category 
as related to the principal; 
‘‘(5) the number of offenses in which charges 
were preferred, disaggregated by statistical category 
as related to the principal; 
‘‘(6) the number of offenses in which charges 
were referred to court-martial, disaggregated by sta-
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tistical category as related to the principal and type 
of court-martial; 
‘‘(7) the number of offenses which resulted in 
conviction at court-martial, disaggregated by statis-
tical category as related to the principal and type of 
court-martial; and 
‘‘(8) the number of offenses which resulted in 
acquittal at court-martial, disaggregated by statis-
tical category as related to the principal and type of 
court-martial. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
April 30 of each year in which the Secretary of Defense 
receives reports under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall forward the reports to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘statistical category’ means each 
of the following categories: 
‘‘(A) Race. 
‘‘(B) Sex. 
‘‘(C) Ethnicity. 
‘‘(D) Rank. 
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