[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4394. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of subtitle D of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 554. HAZING IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Identification of System for Reporting and Tracking 
     Incidents.--The Secretary of Defense shall identify a data 
     collection system that provides the Department of Defense 
     with the best mechanism for the reporting and tracking of 
     incidents of hazing involving members of the Armed Forces. 
     The system so identified may be a new data collection system 
     or a current data collection system (either as is or as 
     modified).
       (b) Surveys.--
       (1) Status of forces survey.--Each annual Status of Forces 
     Survey conducted by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) 
     after fiscal year 2017 shall include questions on hazing in 
     the Armed Forces, including questions designed to determine 
     the following:
       (A) The prevalence of hazing in the Armed Forces.
       (B) The effectiveness of training provided members of the 
     Armed Forces on hazing.
       (C) The extent to which incidents of hazing in the Armed 
     Forces are reported.
       (2) Development.--The Defense Manpower Data Center shall 
     develop the elements of the Status of Forces Survey required 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) in coordination with the Inter-
     Service Survey Coordinating Committee (ISSCC).
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) Reports to secretary of defense.--Not later than 
     January 31 each year, each Secretary of a military department 
     and the Chief of the National Guard shall submit to the 
     Secretary of Defense a report on hazing in the Armed Forces 
     under the jurisdiction of such Secretary or the National 
     Guard, as applicable, during the preceding year.
       (2) Reports to congress.--Not later than April 30 each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
     on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a consolidated report on hazing in the Armed 
     Forces during the preceding year.
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