S.C.R. No. 69 Summary

• Encourages the United States Congress to reform military reporting, investigatory, and prosecutorial systems governing child sexual abuse in the military.

• Calls on the Pentagon to increase transparency in the military justice system and provide court documents electronically to the public, consistent with civilian court standards.

• Cites findings that over 1,400 children of Army families were exposed to sexual abuse over the past decade and that almost one-third of inmates in military prisons were charged with sex crimes involving children.

• References Department of Defense Inspector General report documenting serious deficiencies in military child sexual abuse investigations, including uncollected evidence, unexamined crime scenes, and inadequate witness interviews.

• Requests transmission of this resolution to the Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Governor.