{"id":37396,"date":"2021-12-07T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/07\/sweeping-military-justice-reforms-plan-to-add-women-to-draft-dropped-from-compromise-authorization-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:56:28","slug":"sweeping-military-justice-reforms-plan-to-add-women-to-draft-dropped-from-compromise-authorization-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/12\/07\/sweeping-military-justice-reforms-plan-to-add-women-to-draft-dropped-from-compromise-authorization-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeping military justice reforms, plan to add women to draft dropped from compromise authorization bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers\u2019 last-ditch effort to save t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2021\/11\/30\/with-defense-bill-stalled-will-lawmakers-ping-pong-it-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">he annual defense authorization<\/a> measure includes more modest reforms to the military\u2019s criminal justice system and drops plans to add women to future military drafts, two controversial provisions seen as major stumbling blocks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/09\/02\/defense-spending-increase-afghanistan-withdrawal-dominate-debate-over-defense-policy-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\">finishing the legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But whether those changes will be enough to advance the bill for the 61st consecutive year remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House lawmakers were expected to begin debate on the new compromise measure as early as Tuesday afternoon. The House passed its first draft of the bill in September, and is expected to advance the new compromise sometime this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Senate lawmakers have had their own draft stalled on the chamber floor since before Thanksgiving. Republican lawmakers who have been blocking that work over amendment disputes have not yet said whether they will support the new bill, and the changes could also upset Democrats whose priorities aren\u2019t included in the latest draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/11\/30\/with-defense-bill-stalled-will-lawmakers-ping-pong-it-home\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21084543151533.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">With defense bill stalled, will lawmakers \u2018ping pong\u2019 it home?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">With hope of a normal legislative process almost gone, lawmakers are dusting off a nearly decade-old congressional playbook in the hopes of finding a way to get the annual defense authorization bill to the president\u2019s desk before the end of December.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, both the House and Senate pass their respective versions of the authorization bill \u2014 a massive budget policy measure that include the annual pay raise, renewals for specialty pays and bonuses, and spending priorities for a host of equipment \u2014 and then conduct a lengthy, weeks-long conference process to negotiate the differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the lack of progress on the measure in the Senate, however, Democratic and Republican leaders from the House and Senate Armed Services Committees crafted the compromise plan on their own in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is a trimmed down bill (which still runs more than 2,100 pages) that dumps some of the more controversial proposals adopted by the House and Senate armed services Committee. Leaders will use procedural moves in both chambers to try and speed through a final draft this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two most prominent changes regard the military justice reforms and the issue of women being required to register with the Selective Service System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the compromise plan, Defense Department would create an independent prosecutorial office within each service to handle some serious crimes, including rape, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter and kidnapping. The move is designed to ensure those crimes are handled by specially trained officials, rather than military commanders unfamiliar with the legal specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But dozens of lawmakers \u2014 led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. \u2014 have pushed for even broader reforms, saying that all serious crimes should be taken away from the traditional military chain of command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Gillibrand on Tuesday called the compromise language \u201ca major setback on behalf of service members, women and survivors in particular\u201d because it did not go far enough to take authority for the prosecution of serious crimes away from military commanders. However, she did not say if she would work to block passage of the measure,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House and Senate lawmakers have also backed plans to add women to potential future military drafts, saying that the current male-only system is antiquated given that women now can serve in all military jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/11\/30\/reforms-to-military-justice-system-endangered-by-slow-pace-of-defense-authorization-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TedCruz.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Reforms to military justice system endangered by slow pace of defense authorization bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If the annual defense policy bill doesn&#039;t pass, neither will sweeping changes to how military sexual assault cases are handled.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a small number of conservative lawmakers had promised to block the legislation if that provision was included in the final draft. By dropping it, lawmakers hope to sidestep those concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new bill also drops plans to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice\u2019s definition of stalking to include offenses against unmarried partners, another provision that was backed by both chambers but deemed problematic by the compromise authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure still outlines priorities for roughly $740 billion in spending \u2014 about 3 percent more than what the White House requested in its budget plan for fiscal 2022 \u2014 and includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for troops starting in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden\u2019s budget request faced tough scrutiny over plans to forgo a Navy destroyer and retire 42 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, among other cost-saving moves. The compromise included Senate language to bar any A-10 retirements, and it authorizes buying three Navy destroyers (two more than requested). It also allows the Navy to retire up to five cruisers (two less than requested).<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2021\/12\/07\/house-ndaa-would-put-brakes-on-a-10-aircraft-retirement-but-let-others-go\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/200720-F-PV484-9215.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">NDAA would put brakes on A-10 aircraft retirement, but let others go<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently cited the A-10 as an example of the kind of older aircraft the service wants to retire to free up resources to modernize for a high-end fight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise authors dropped a number of plans for equipment purchases and force changes. House lawmakers had proposed creating a Space National Guard for the new Space Force, but those plans have been abandoned for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And lawmakers dumped plans to repeal the still-lingering war authorization for the invasion of Iraq, an idea pushed by numerous members of Congress but deemed too complicated to include in the final authorization bill draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise bill does add money to security cooperation programs above the White House\u2019s request, by $60 million for Africa and $45 million for Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said on Tuesday he is optimistic the changes will allow the measure to get through both chambers in coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a good bill, and it should pass,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual authorization measure is seen as one of the few remaining areas of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill in an increasingly fractured Congress. 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