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This bill, the Military Justice Oversight and Refinement Act of 2020, aims to improve the military justice system in several ways. It requires the Judge Advocates General of the military branches to provide briefings to Congress on the effectiveness of recent military justice reforms and the status of the Special Victims Counsel program, which provides legal representation to victims of sexual assault. The bill also directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a policy for minimizing contact between victims and accused perpetrators at military service academies. Additionally, it modifies reporting and data collection requirements related to victims of sexual offenses in the military, including by standardizing definitions and methods across the armed forces. Finally, the bill requires an assessment of the feasibility of establishing a guardian ad litem program to represent the interests of minor military dependents living abroad.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7060/all-info