[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2222

  To require a Comptroller General of the United States report on the 
 sexual assault prevention activities of the Department of Defense and 
                           the Armed Forces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2014

   Mr. Walsh introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a Comptroller General of the United States report on the 
 sexual assault prevention activities of the Department of Defense and 
                           the Armed Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON THE 
              SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE AND THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than September 30, 2015, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the sexual assault 
prevention activities of the Department of Defense and the Armed 
Forces.
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An assessment of the sexual assault prevention strategy 
        of the Department of Defense.
            (2) A description and assessment of the actions taken by 
        each of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps 
        to implement the sexual assault prevention strategy of such 
        Armed Force.
            (3) A comprehensive description of the sexual assault 
        prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and 
        the Marine Corps, as of the submittal of the report and of 
        those planned for the 12 months thereafter.
            (4) A comprehensive description of the sexual assault 
        prevention activities at joint installations, and an assessment 
        of the collaborative efforts of the military departments 
        involved, as of the submittal of the report and of those 
        planned for the 12 months thereafter.
            (5) A comparative assessment of the sexual assault 
        prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and 
        the Marine Corps, including an assessment of the extent to 
        which any differences among such activities arise from unique 
        qualities of a particular Armed Force or the efforts of an 
        Armed Force to pursue an innovative approach to sexual assault 
        prevention.
            (6) A description and assessment of the procedures and 
        mechanisms used by each of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, 
        and the Marine Corps to ensure that the sexual assault 
        prevention strategy of such Armed Force, and the training 
        provided pursuant to such strategy, are effective in achieving 
        the intended objectives of such strategy.
            (7) An assessment of the report of the Secretary of Defense 
        and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the President 
        on efforts of the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to 
        improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the 
        Armed Forces, as required by the President to be submitted not 
        later than December 1, 2014.
            (8) Such other recommendations on the sexual assault 
        prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and 
        the Marine Corps as the Comptroller General considers 
        appropriate.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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