S.Amdt. 4020

SA 4020. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 583. MODIFICATION OF RESPONSE PROCEDURES FOR INCIDENTS
OF SERIOUS HARM TO CHILDREN INVOLVING MILITARY
DEPENDENTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

Section 549B of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
116-283) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ``problematic''
and all that follows and inserting the following: ``such
incidents that are reported to an appropriate office, as
determined by the Secretary, or investigated by a military
criminal investigative organization.''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Reported to
Family Advocacy Programs'';
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) Response groups.--
``(A) Incident determination committee membership.--The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the voting membership
of each Incident Determination Committee on a

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military installation includes medical personnel with the
knowledge and expertise required to determine whether a
reported incident of serious harm to a child meets the
criteria of the Department of Defense for child abuse
described in subsection (a)(2)(A).
``(B) Serious harmful behaviors between children and youth
multidisciplinary team.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish guidance for each Serious Harmful Behaviors Between
Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team on a military
installation to address reported incidents of serious harmful
behaviors between children and youth described in subsection
(a)(2)(C).'';
(C) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting ``relating to
child abuse and adult crimes against children'';
(II) by striking ``covered incidents of serious harm to
children'' and inserting ``incidents of child abuse described
in subsection (a)(2)(A) and crimes described in subsection
(a)(2)(B)'';

(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph (B):
``(B) Development of standardized process relating to
serious harmful behaviors between children and youth.--The
Secretary of Defense shall develop a standardized process by
which a military department screens incidents of serious
harmful behavior between children and youth described in
subsection (a)(2)(C) to determine whether to convene a
Serious Harmful Behavior Between Children and Youth
Multidisciplinary Team.''; and
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by clause (ii),
by striking ``process developed pursuant to subparagraph
(A)'' and inserting ``processes developed pursuant to
subparagraphs (A) and (B)''; and
(D) in paragraph (7)--
(i) by striking ``Incident'' and all that follows through
``the term'' and inserting the following: ``Definitions.--In
this subsection:
``(A) Incident determination committee.--The term'';
(ii) by inserting after ``child abuse'' the following:
``described in subsection (a)(2)(A) and crimes described in
subsection (a)(2)(B)''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) Serious harmful behaviors between children and youth
multidisciplinary team.--The term `Serious Harmful Behaviors
Between Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team' means a
coordinated community response team on a military
installation--
``(i) composed of members with the requisite experience,
qualifications, and skills to address serious harmful
behaviors between children and youth described in subsection
(a)(2)(C) from a developmentally appropriate and trauma-
informed perspective; and
``(ii) with objectives that include development of
procedures for information sharing, collaborative and
coordinated response, restorative resolution, effective
investigations and assessments, evidence-based clinical
interventions and rehabilitation, and prevention of serious
harmful behaviors between children and youth.''.
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