The Enrique Roman-Martinez Military Cold Case Justice Act of 2022

The Enrique Roman-Martinez Military Cold Case Justice Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement uniform standards applicable to its military criminal investigative organizations that establish processes and procedures for the handling of cold cases, specify the circumstances under which cases are referred to the Inspector General of DOD for review, and establish procedures for the transfer of cases to new investigators when necessary.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9290 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9290

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement uniform 
    standards for the treatment of cold cases by military criminal 
          investigative organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2022

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement uniform 
    standards for the treatment of cold cases by military criminal 
          investigative organizations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The Enrique Roman-Martinez Military 
Cold Case Justice Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS AND REPORTS RELATING TO CASES OVERSEEN BY MILITARY 
              CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Standards Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
        with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall develop 
        and implement uniform standards applicable to the military 
        criminal investigative organizations of the Department of 
        Defense that--
                    (A) establish processes and procedures for the 
                handling of cold cases;
                    (B) specify the circumstances under which a case 
                overseen by such an organization shall be referred to 
                the Inspector General of the Department of Defense for 
                review; and
                    (C) establish procedures to ensure that, in the 
                event an investigator transfers out of such an 
                organization or otherwise ceases to be an investigator, 
                the cases overseen by such investigator are transferred 
                to a new investigator within the organization.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the standards developed under paragraph 
        (1).
            (3) Implementation.--Following the submittal of the report 
        under paragraph (2), but not later than 120 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        implement the standards developed under paragraph (1).
    (b) Report Establishment of Cold Case Unit in the Army.--Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report on the 
feasibility of establishing a cold case unit in the Army Criminal 
Investigation Division that is similar to the cold case units operating 
within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Air Force 
Office of Special Investigations.
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