[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IMPROVE DATA ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 395, S. 2349.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2349) to direct the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to establish an interagency working 
     group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual 
     violence and to make recommendations on the harmonization of 
     such efforts, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed, and the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2349) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2349

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Improve Data on Sexual 
     Violence Act''.

     SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FEDERAL EFFORTS TO 
                   COLLECT DATA ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall establish an interagency working 
     group (in this section referred to as the ``Working Group'') 
     to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual violence 
     and to make recommendations on the harmonization of such 
     efforts.
       (b) Composition.--The Working Group shall be comprised of 
     at least one representative from the following agencies, who 
     shall be selected by the head of that agency:
       (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
       (2) The Department of Defense.
       (3) The Department of Education.
       (4) The Department of Health and Human Services.
       (5) The Department of Justice.
       (c) Duties.--The Working Group shall consider the 
     following:
       (1) What activity constitutes different acts of sexual 
     violence.
       (2) Whether reports that use the same terms for acts of 
     sexual violence are collecting the same data on these acts.
       (3) Whether the context which lead to an act of sexual 
     violence should impact how that act is accounted for in 
     reports.
       (4) Whether the data collected is presented in a way that 
     allows the general public to understand what acts of sexual 
     violence are included in each measurement.
       (5) Steps that agencies that compile reports relating to 
     sexual violence can take to avoid double counting incidents 
     of sexual violence.
       (d) Report Required.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall publish 
     and submit to Congress a report on the following:
       (1) The activities of the Working Group.
       (2) Recommendations to harmonize Federal efforts to collect 
     data on sexual violence.
       (3) Actions Federal agencies can take to implement the 
     recommendations described in paragraph (2).
       (4) Recommendations for congressional action to implement 
     the recommendations described in paragraph (2).
       (e) Termination.--The Working Group shall terminate 30 days 
     after the date on which the report is submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (d).
       (f) Definitions.--In this Act:
       (1) Harmonize.--The term ``harmonize'' includes efforts to 
     coordinate sexual violence data collection to produce 
     complementary information, as appropriate, without 
     compromising programmatic needs.
       (2) Sexual violence.--The term ``sexual violence'' includes 
     an unwanted sexual act (including both contact and non-
     contact) about which the Federal Government collects 
     information.

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