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Military Hazing

October 10, 2025

Rep. Chu, who secured passage of historic reforms to prevent military hazing following her nephew’s tragic death, condemned the Department of Defense’s move to weaken safeguards against abuse in the military. 

June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R.8070, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025.

September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California passed away. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) released the following statement:

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Hazing has no place in our military. It undermines our military readiness and deeply scars volunteers forced to endure it. We must have a zero-tolerance hazing policy in our military.


December 7, 2021

Washington, D.C – Today, the House passed S. 1605, the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022. The FY22 NDAA authorizes a total of $678.2 billion for the Department of Defense.

September 23, 2021

Washington, D.C – Today, the House passed H.R 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022. The FY22 NDAA authorizes a total of $739.5 billion for the Department of Defense and $28.2 billion for the Department of Energy.

October 18, 2016
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September 9, 2016

PASADENA, CA – Today, 14 Members of Congress, led by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging them to preserve anti-hazing provisions passed by the House in the final version of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The provisions included in the House NDAA originate from H.R.

May 10, 2016
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough) added an amendment to the fiscal year 2017 military appropriation bill that includes the text of Rep. Chu's most recent effort. It would require the Department of Defense to create a national database of hazing incidents and submit an annual report on what it is doing to stop hazing through training and response. Chu contends that the military tolerates hazing despite officially prohibiting it. "The Department of Defense doesn't want to recognize that hazing is a problem in the military.
April 28, 2016
On April 27, during markup of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to create a national database of hazing incidents in the military and to submit an annual report on the DOD’s actions to stop hazing through training and response. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14), is identical to the text of H.R. 5060, the Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act that was introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) on April 26.