H.R. 9290 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9290 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 10, 2022Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Enrique Roman-Martinez Military Cold Case Justice Act of 2022. 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.