[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 192 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7101-S7102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
  S. 5231. A bill to provide for a primary prevention research agenda 
and workforce; to the Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill provides for a 
primary prevention research agenda and workforce.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 5231

       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 ``Protecting our 
     Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022''

     SEC. 547. PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGENDA AND WORKFORCE.

       (a) Annual Primary Prevention Research Agenda.--Section 
     549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1722) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub-
     populations of the military community may be targeted for 
     interpersonal violence more than others;
       ``(3) seek to identify factors that influence the 
     prevention, perpetration, and victimization of interpersonal 
     and self-directed violence;
       ``(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of 
     data on hazing and bullying related to interpersonal and 
     self-directed violence;''; and
       (3) by amending paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph 
     (1) of this section, to read as follows:
       ``(6) incorporate collaboration with other Federal 
     departments and agencies, including the Department of Health 
     and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, State governments, academia,

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     industry, federally funded research and development centers, 
     nonprofit organizations, and other organizations outside of 
     the Department of Defense, including civilian institutions 
     that conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, and 
     analysis; and''.
       (b) Primary Prevention Workforce.--Section 549B of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
     (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1722) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Comptroller general report.--Not later than one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report that--
       ``(A) compares the sexual harassment and prevention 
     training of the Department of Defense with similar programs 
     at other departments and agencies of the Federal Government; 
     and
       ``(B) includes relevant data collected by colleges and 
     universities and other relevant outside entities on hazing 
     and bullying and interpersonal and self-directed violence.''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Incorporation of Research and Findings.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the findings and 
     conclusions from the primary prevention research agenda 
     established under section 549A are regularly incorporated, as 
     appropriate, within the primary prevention workforce 
     established under subsection (a).''.
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