SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: improve procedures for legal justice for members (see S. 1130), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2190), H2769 [30AP]

Business and industry: protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 3232), H5587 [28JY]

Children and youth: limit hours children work as actors, performers, and models, require blocked trust accounts for their financial protection, and clarify liability of employers for sexual harassment of such child performers (see H.R. 3383), H5767 [29JY]

Crime: encourage States to expand protections to victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrators of such offenses (see H.R. 2120), H2654 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 2026), H2464 [23AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: take appropriate actions to ensure that an illegal alien sex offender is in removal proceedings or has been ordered removed, and is required to register as a sex offender (see H.R. 2793), H4431 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see S. 865), S1891 [25MR] (see H.R. 1607), H2032 [25MR]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H2031 [25MR]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 642), H702 [2FE]

Families and domestic relations: provide workplace protections relative to the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see S. 2208), S7546 [27OC]

Government: protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 3231), H5587 [28JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: protect unpaid interns in the legislative branch from workplace harassment and discrimination (see H.R. 3233), H5587 [28JY]

NOAA: reduce incidence of sexual harassment and assault (see S. 2206), S7491 [26OC]

Transgender: support acceptance of the transgender community (see H. Res. 561), H9270 [10DE]

Remarks in House

Crime: encourage States to expand protections to victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrators of such offenses (H.R. 2120), E616 [29AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (H.R. 1607), H5517–H5519 [27JY]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (H.R. 642), H763, H764, H765 [4FE], H1179 [26FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, S2326 [22AP], S3742–S3744 [4JN], S3911 [9JN], S4131 [15JN], S4183–S4187 [16JN]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits, S3277 [22MY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation Evaluation Procedures for Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Related to Military Sexual Trauma: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1607) (H. Rept. 114–207), H5289 [16JY]

Federal Intern Protection Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3231) (H. Rept. 114–383), H10709 [18DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1607, improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, H5517 [27JY]