{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov//news/press/release/following-push-senator-gillibrand-announces-bipartisan-amendment-to-end-military-connected-child-abuse-and-neglect-included-in-final-national-defense-bill", "Following Push, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Amendment To End Military-Connected Child Abuse And Neglect Included In Final National Defense Bill", "2020-12-10", "2020", "2020-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Kirsten Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 10, 2020\n\t\t\t Following Push, Senator Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Amendment To End Military-Connected Child Abuse And Neglect Included In Final National Defense Bill \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Gillibrand Introduced The End Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Act Earlier This Year And Successfully Pushed For Its Inclusion In The Senate And House Packages; Final Defense Bill Is Expected For Senate Vote This Week\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee,announced that, followingherpush, theEnd Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Actwill be included in the finalFY21 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).The legislation will address shortcomings in the Department of Defense's (DoD) reporting of child abuse by codifying GAO recommendations to improve how the Department of Defense tracks and responds to incidents of child abuse and neglect occurring on military installations or involving military dependents.The annual must-pass defense bill is expected to be voted on in the Senate this week.\r\nEvery year, there are numerous incidents of child abuse in military families, and we must do more to protect innocent victims,saidSenator Gillibrand.This legislation puts us one step closer to ending the scourge of child abuse in the military. With theEnd Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Actincluded in the finalNDAA, our service members will soon be assured that, should their children suffer from abuse, DoD will act swiftly and deliberately to investigate and respond.\r\nGillibrandpreviously introducedtheEnd Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Actalongside U.S.Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and U.S.Representatives Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-39) and Brian Mast (R-FL-18) following aGAOreportthat outlined 23 recommendations for DoD to implement in order to improve the DoD's tracking and response to child abuse. During conference negotiations, Gillibrand, Rounds, Cisneros and Mast successfullypushed Senate and House Armed Services Committee leadership to maintain essential language in the final NDAA package.TheEnd Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Actwill codify the GAO recommendations to protectthe approximately 1.2 million school-aged military dependents around the world, including tens of thousands in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, and assure U.S service members and their families that the DoD would have a strong response should their child suffer from child abuse and neglect.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov//news/press/release/following-push-senator-gillibrand-announces-bipartisan-amendment-to-end-military-connected-child-abuse-and-neglect-included-in-final-national-defense-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9614731427282095, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}