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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1432 

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 those efforts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2019 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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 

those efforts, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improve Data on Sex5 ual Violence Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP TO STUDY FED2 ERAL EFFORTS TO COLLECT DATA ON SEX3 UAL VIOLENCE. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘harmonize’’ includes coordinating 

6 the collection of data on sexual violence by Federal 

7 agencies to produce complementary information, as 

8 appropriate, without compromising programmatic 

9 needs; 

10 (2) the term ‘‘sexual violence’’ includes any un11 wanted sexual act, regardless of whether the act in12 volves physical contact, about which the Federal 

13 Government collects data; and 

14 (3) the term ‘‘Working Group’’ means the 

15 interagency working group established by the Direc16 tor of the Office of Management and Budget under 

17 subsection (b). 

18 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of20 fice of Management and Budget shall establish an inter21 agency working group to— 

22 (1) study Federal efforts to collect data on sex23 ual violence; and 

24 (2) make recommendations on the harmoni25 zation of Federal efforts to collect data on sexual vi26 olence. 


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1 (c) COMPOSITION.—The Working Group shall be 

2 composed of not less than 1 representative, who shall be 

3 selected by the head of the Federal agency of which the 

4 representative is a representative, from each of the fol5 lowing Federal agencies: 

6 (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre7 vention. 

8 (2) The Department of Defense. 

9 (3) The Department of Education. 

10 (4) The Department of Health and Human 

11 Services. 

12 (5) The Department of Justice. 

13 (d) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purposes of the 

14 Working Group described in subsection (b), the Working 

15 Group shall— 

16 (1) consider— 

17 (A) what acts constitute different acts of 

18 sexual violence; 

19 (B) whether Federal reports that use the 

20 same terms for acts of sexual violence are col21 lecting the same data on those acts; 

22 (C) whether the context in which an act of 

23 sexual violence occurs should impact how that 

24 act is accounted for in a Federal report; 


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1 (D) whether the data collected is presented 

2 in a way that allows the general public to un3 derstand what acts of sexual violence are in4 cluded in each measurement; 

5 (E) steps that Federal agencies that collect 

6 data on or compile Federal reports relating to 

7 sexual violence can take to avoid double count8 ing any incident of sexual violence in a single 

9 Federal report; 

10 (F) best practices for collecting data on 

11 acts of sexual violence; 

12 (G) the extent to which Federal efforts to 

13 collect data on sexual violence incorporate the 

14 best practices described in subparagraph (F); 

15 (H) steps that Federal agencies that col16 lect data on sexual violence can take to ensure 

17 that Federal reports on sexual violence are able 

18 to provide comparisons to data contained in 

19 Federal reports on sexual violence for prior 

20 years if changes are made to the methodology 

21 used to prepare those Federal reports; and 

22 (I) steps that Federal agencies that collect 

23 data on sexual violence can take to harmonize 

24 Federal efforts to collect data on sexual vio25 lence; and 


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1 (2) consult with stakeholders that have— 

2 (A) expertise in the study of sexual vio3 lence; or 

4 (B) experience working with victims of sex5 ual violence. 

6 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Working 

8 Group shall publish and submit to Congress a report that 

9 contains— 

10 (1) a description of the activities of the Work11 ing Group; 

12 (2) the findings and recommendations of the 

13 Working Group with respect to each of the topics 

14 described in subsection (d)(1), including the findings 

15 and recommendations of the Working Group relating 

16 to harmonizing Federal efforts to collect data on 

17 sexual violence; and 

18 (3) the recommendations of the Working Group 

19 relating to actions that Federal agencies and Con20 gress can take to implement the recommendations 

21 described in paragraph (2). 

22 (f) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall termi23 nate 30 days after the date on which the Working Group 

24 submits the report under subsection (e). 

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