SECTION 1. OFFICES AND PERSONNEL FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND 
              RESPONSE WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Offices Under Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces Required.--
            (1) In general.--Each Chief of Staff of an Armed Force 
        specified in paragraph (2) shall establish and maintain within 
        the office of such Chief of Staff an office on the sexual 
        assault prevention and response program carried out by such 
        Armed Force.
            (2) Chiefs of staff.--The Chiefs of Staff of the Armed 
        Forces specified in this paragraph are as follows:
                    (A) The Chief of Staff of the Army.
                    (B) The Chief of Naval Operations.
                    (C) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
                    (D) The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
            (3) Head.--The head of an office established under this 
        subsection shall be selected by the Chief of Staff concerned 
        from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees 
        of the Department of Defense using the selection process used 
        by the Chief of Staff to fill nominative billets.
            (4) Supervision and reporting.--The head of an office 
        established under this subsection shall be subject to the 
        direct supervision of, and shall report directly to, the Chief 
        of Staff concerned regarding the activities of the office and 
        the sexual assault prevention and response program or programs 
        of the Armed Force concerned.
            (5) Selection of sexual assault prevention and response 
        personnel through nominative billet process.--The head of each 
        office established under this subsection shall ensure that any 
        individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian 
        employee of the Department of Defense, who is selected for 
        assignment in such office to a position that includes 
        responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response 
        within the Armed Forces is selected for assignment using a 
        selection process used to fill nominative billets.
    (b) Reports on Offices Under the Military Departments.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military 
        department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
        the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 
        forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
        establishing and maintaining within the office of such 
        Secretary an office on the sexual assault prevention and 
        response program carried out by such military department.
            (2) Elements.--Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall 
        assume the following with respect to the office covered by such 
        assessment:
                    (A) That the head of the office shall be selected 
                by the Secretary of the military department concerned 
                from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
                employees of the Department of Defense using the 
                selection process used by such Secretary to fill 
                nominative billets.
                    (B) That the head of the office shall be subject to 
                the direct supervision of, and shall report directly 
                to, the Secretary of the military department concerned 
                regarding the activities of the office and the sexual 
                assault prevention and response program or programs of 
                the military department.
                    (C) That the head of the office shall ensure that 
                any individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or 
                a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, who 
                is selected for assignment in such office to a position 
                that includes responsibility for sexual assault 
                prevention and response within the Armed Forces is 
                selected for assignment using a selection process used 
                to fill nominative billets.
    (c) Report on Selection of Personnel for Positions Under Armed 
Forces Programs.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the 
feasibility and advisability of selecting the members of the Armed 
Forces and other personnel to be assigned to positions under the 
jurisdiction of such Secretary that include responsibility for sexual 
assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces, including 
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault 
Prevention and Response Victim Advocates, through the selection process 
used by such military department to fill nominative billets.
Requires each Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces to establish and maintain an office within such Chief of Staff on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by that armed force. Directs each military department Secretary to submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of: (1) establishing such an office within each department, and (2) selecting members of the Armed Forces and department personnel to be assigned to positions that include responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces.
A bill to provide for offices on sexual assault prevention and response under the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, to require reports on additional offices and selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel, and for other purposes.