H.C.R. No. 71 Summary

• Encourages reform in military investigatory and prosecutorial systems governing child sexual abuse, citing over 1,400 children of Army families exposed to sexual abuse and about 30,000 children suffering abuse or neglect in Army homes over the past decade.

• Calls on Congress to reform military reporting, investigatory, and prosecutorial systems for child sexual abuse crimes in response to Department of Defense Inspector General findings of serious deficiencies including uncollected evidence, unexamined crime scenes, and inadequate witness interviews.

• Requests the Pentagon apply the same transparency standards for military criminal sex offense cases as civilian courts, including providing court documents electronically and open to the public.

• Directs transmission of the resolution to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, Senate and House Majority Leaders, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Governor.