Bill Text: NJ AR63 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges President and Congress to enact HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-16 - Filed with Secretary of State [AR63 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-AR63-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Urges President and Congress to enact HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act."
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution urging the President and Congress of the United States to enact HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act."
Whereas, In 2010, the United States Department of Defense conducted a survey of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces which revealed that only a small percentage of the more than 19,000 incidents of rape and sexual assault involving military service members were actually reported to a commanding officer; and
Whereas, In many instances, active duty members of the military who are victims of sexual assault feel that reporting an incident through the traditional military chain of command will not bring about a justified response to the crime and are forced to live with their victimization in secret; and
Whereas, In response to this issue, Congresswoman Jackie Speier introduced legislation HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act," otherwise known as the "STOP Act"; and
Whereas, The STOP Act would dramatically reform how incidents of sexual assault and rape are treated in the military by removing the reporting, oversight, investigation, and victim care of sexual assaults from the hands of the military's chain of command and placing jurisdiction in the newly created, autonomous Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office comprised of civilian and military experts; and
Whereas, In addition to sponsoring legislation, Congresswoman Speier has fully endorsed the organization, Protect Our Defenders, which supports the brave women and men in uniform who have been raped or sexually assaulted by fellow service members and seeks to fix the military training, investigation and adjudication systems related to sexual violence and harassment; and
Whereas, It is, therefore, altogether fitting and proper that this House fully support Congresswoman Jackie Speier and urge the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign into law, HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act"; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The President and Congress of the United States are urged to enact HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act."
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, and attested to by the Clerk thereof, shall be forwarded to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and each member of the United States Congress elected from the State of New Jersey.
STATEMENT
This Assembly Resolution urges the President and Congress of the United States to enact HR3435, the "Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act" otherwise known as the "STOP Act."
In 2010, the Department of Defence conducted a survey of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces that revealed that only a small percentage of the more than 19,000 incidents of rape and sexual assault involving military service members were actually reported to a commanding officer.
In response to this issue, Congresswoman Jackie Speier introduced the "STOP Act." The act would dramatically reform how incidents sexual assault and rape are treated in the military by removing the reporting, oversight, investigation, and victim care of sexual assaults from the hands of the military's chain of command and places jurisdiction in the newly created, autonomous Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office comprised of civilian and military experts.
