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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4367 

To improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence prevention policies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. OSSOFF, 

Ms. ERNST, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence 

prevention policies. 

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 ‘‘Protecting our 

5 Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ANNUAL PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGEN7 DA. 

8 Section 549A(c) of the National Defense Authoriza9 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is 

10 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 

2 (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing new paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(2) include a focus on whether and to what ex6 tent sub-populations of the military community may 

7 be targeted for sexual assault, sexual harassment, or 

8 domestic violence more than others; 

9 ‘‘(3) seek to identify factors that influence the 

10 prevention, perpetration, and victimization of sexual 

11 assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence; 

12 ‘‘(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemi13 nation of data on hazing and bullying related to sex14 ual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic vio15 lence;’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para17 graph (1) of this section, by amending the text to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(6) incorporate collaboration with other Fed20 eral departments and agencies, including the De21 partment of Health and Human Services and the 

22 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State 

23 governments, academia, industry, federally funded 

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1 partment of Defense, including civilian institutions 

2 that conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, 

3 and analysis; and’’. 

4 SEC. 3. PRIMARY PREVENTION WORKFORCE. 

5 Section 549B of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

9 following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not 

11 later than one year after the date of the enactment 

12 of this paragraph, the Comptroller General of the 

13 United States shall submit to the congressional de14 fense committees a report comparing the sexual har15 assment and prevention training of the Department 

16 of Defense with similar programs at other Federal 

17 departments and agencies and including data col18 lected by colleges and universities and other relevant 

19 outside entities.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(e) INCORPORATION OF RESEARCH AND FIND23 INGS.—The Primary Prevention Workforce established 

24 under subsection (a) shall, on a regular basis, incorporate 

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1 search agenda established under section 549A, as appro2 priate, into the work of the workforce.’’. 

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