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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2222 

To require a Comptroller General of the United States report on the sexual 

assault prevention activities of the Department of Defense and the Armed 

Forces. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 8, 2014 

Mr. WALSH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require a Comptroller General of the United States report 

on the sexual assault prevention activities of the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces. 

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

3 SECTION 1. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

4 STATES REPORT ON THE SEXUAL ASSAULT 

5 PREVENTION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPART6 MENT OF DEFENSE AND THE ARMED FORCES. 

7 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 

8 30, 2015, the Comptroller General of the United States 

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1 port on the sexual assault prevention activities of the De2 partment of Defense and the Armed Forces. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include the following: 

5 (1) An assessment of the sexual assault preven6 tion strategy of the Department of Defense. 

7 (2) A description and assessment of the actions 

8 taken by each of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, 

9 and the Marine Corps to implement the sexual as10 sault prevention strategy of such Armed Force. 

11 (3) A comprehensive description of the sexual 

12 assault prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, 

13 the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, as of the sub14 mittal of the report and of those planned for the 12 

15 months thereafter. 

16 (4) A comprehensive description of the sexual 

17 assault prevention activities at joint installations, 

18 and an assessment of the collaborative efforts of the 

19 military departments involved, as of the submittal of 

20 the report and of those planned for the 12 months 

21 thereafter. 

22 (5) A comparative assessment of the sexual as23 sault prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, 

24 the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, including an 

25 assessment of the extent to which any differences 


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1 among such activities arise from unique qualities of 

2 a particular Armed Force or the efforts of an Armed 

3 Force to pursue an innovative approach to sexual as4 sault prevention. 

5 (6) A description and assessment of the proce6 dures and mechanisms used by each of the Army, 

7 the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps to 

8 ensure that the sexual assault prevention strategy of 

9 such Armed Force, and the training provided pursu10 ant to such strategy, are effective in achieving the 

11 intended objectives of such strategy. 

12 (7) An assessment of the report of the Sec13 retary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 

14 Chiefs of Staff to the President on efforts of the De15 partment of Defense and the Armed Forces to im16 prove the prevention of and response to sexual as17 sault in the Armed Forces, as required by the Presi18 dent to be submitted not later than December 1, 

19 2014. 

20 (8) Such other recommendations on the sexual 

21 assault prevention activities of the Army, the Navy, 

22 the Air Force, and the Marine Corps as the Comp23 troller General considers appropriate. 

24 (c) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE25 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 


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1 committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

2 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

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