'I am Vanessa Guillén Act' Praised as Calls for Removing COs from Sexual Assault Prosecutions Mount Lt. Gen. Pat White greets Congresswoman Jackie Speier, the representative to California's 14th District, at the start of congressional delegation visit at Fort Hood, Texas, May 5, 2021. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Evan Ruchotzke) 25 May 2021 Medill News Service | By Karli Goldenberg Less than a month after the anniversary of 20-year-old Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén's disappearance, Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., reintroduced the "I Am Vanessa Guillén Act" on May 13, reigniting calls to take prosecution authority away from military commanders. The legislation proposes sweeping changes to the military's policies surrounding missing service members and reports of sexual harrassment and sexual assault. The act would make sexual harassment a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and move prosecution for sexual assault and harassment outside of the military chain of command.