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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6210 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the status 

of the implementation of certain recommendations of the Independent 

Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 9, 2021 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress 

on the status of the implementation of certain recommendations of the Independent Review Commission 

on Sexual Assault in the Military, 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 ‘‘Oversight of Inde5 pendent Review Commission Recommendations Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN REC2 OMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT RE3 VIEW COMMISSION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 

4 THE MILITARY. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

7 of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees a report on status of the implementation of 

9 the recommendations specified in subsection (c). 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

11 shall include the following: 

12 (1) A description of the status of the implemen13 tation of each recommendation specified in sub14 section (c), including— 

15 (A) whether, how, and to what extent the 

16 recommendation has been implemented; 

17 (B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 

18 other guidance that have been issued, revised, 

19 changed, or cancelled as a result of the imple20 mentation of the recommendation; and 

21 (C) any impediments to the implementa22 tion of the recommendation. 

23 (2) For each recommendation specified in sub24 section (c) that has not been fully implemented or 

25 superseded by statute as of the date of the report, 


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1 a plan for the implementation of the recommenda2 tion, including identification of— 

3 (A) intermediate actions, milestone dates, 

4 and the expected completion date for implemen5 tation of the recommendation; and 

6 (B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 

7 other guidance that are expected to be issued, 

8 revised, changed, or cancelled as a result of the 

9 implementation of the recommendation. 

10 (3) Any statutory changes identified as nec11 essary to fully implement the recommendations spec12 ified in subsection (c). 

13 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIED.—The rec14 ommendations specified in this subsection are the fol15 lowing, as set forth in the report of the Independent Re16 view Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military titled 

17 ‘‘Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations 

18 from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual As19 sault in the Military’’, and dated July 2, 2021: 

20 (1) Each recommendation under the heading 

21 ‘‘Line of Effort 1: Accountability’’ as set forth in 

22 section III such report. 

23 (2) Each recommendation under the heading 

24 ‘‘Line of Effort 2: Prevention’’ as set forth in sec25 tion III such report. 


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1 (3) Each recommendation under the heading 

2 ‘‘Line of Effort 3: Climate and Culture’’ as set forth 

3 in section III of such report. 

4 (4) Each recommendation under the heading 

5 ‘‘Line of Effort 4: Victim Care and Support’’ as set 

6 forth in section III of such report. 

7 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

8 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con9 gressional committees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

11 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor12 tation of the Senate; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

14 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

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